Obituary - "After a long and painful disease - cancer on the stomach - Mrs. J.F. Waschefort of Teutopolis, died on Saturday, the 18th inst., at one o'clock A.M. Her funeral took place on Tuesday, at the Catholic church, commencing at 7:30 o'clock a.m.
The church was heavily draped in mourning and the services were of an imposing solemnity.
The very Rev. P. Mauritius, Rectar of the St. Joseph's College (Teutopolis, Illinois), officiated at the solemn Requiem and Rev. P. Mathias preached the funeral discourse and performed the burial ceremonies according to the rites of the Catholic Church with unusual impressiveness . . . she was aged 53 years and 28 days and leaves a sorrowful husband and four children - three daughters and one son to mourn her premature departure . . ."
From Newspaper abstracts from the Effingham Democrat, Effingham, Illinois 1873
[Obituary courtesy of Find a Grave member sarah kavran-drees #47723847]
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Mother of Maria Anna Gertrude Drees Waschefort was Maria Catherine Hogermann
born: 31 October 1789 in Garrel,Grermany
died: 1 November 1830 in Garrel ,Germany
burial: unknown
Contributor: sarah kavran-drees (47723847)
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Obituary - "After a long and painful disease - cancer on the stomach - Mrs. J.F. Waschefort of Teutopolis, died on Saturday, the 18th inst., at one o'clock A.M. Her funeral took place on Tuesday, at the Catholic church, commencing at 7:30 o'clock a.m.
The church was heavily draped in mourning and the services were of an imposing solemnity.
The very Rev. P. Mauritius, Rectar of the St. Joseph's College (Teutopolis, Illinois), officiated at the solemn Requiem and Rev. P. Mathias preached the funeral discourse and performed the burial ceremonies according to the rites of the Catholic Church with unusual impressiveness . . . she was aged 53 years and 28 days and leaves a sorrowful husband and four children - three daughters and one son to mourn her premature departure . . ."
From Newspaper abstracts from the Effingham Democrat, Effingham, Illinois 1873
[Obituary courtesy of Find a Grave member sarah kavran-drees #47723847]
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Mother of Maria Anna Gertrude Drees Waschefort was Maria Catherine Hogermann
born: 31 October 1789 in Garrel,Grermany
died: 1 November 1830 in Garrel ,Germany
burial: unknown
Contributor: sarah kavran-drees (47723847)
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Spouse of John Ferdinand Waschefort, Sr.; Married 1839
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