Pauline Bauer Combs was born September 29, 1919 in Merino, Logan Co. Colorado. Her parents, Gottifred Bauer and Eva Margaritha Karst Bauer were German immigrants from Russia. They arrived in America, January 1912 and settled in Colorado. Pauline moved with her parents and siblings from Colorado to Nebraska, then to South Dakota in 1928.
Pauline was the 8th child in a family of 12 children. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church and was faithful in her belief in God all her life. She would listen to the Lutheran hour on the radio when she couldn't attend the First Lutheran Church in Kennewick.
She married her childhood sweetheart, Byron Walter Combs on March 10, 1936 in Patricia, South Dakota. They had two children, Byron Lee, born November 10, 1937 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, and Wanda Eve, born January 16, 1941 in Custer, South Dakota.
They moved to Kennewick, Washington from the Black Hills in South Dakota in August of 1951. Her husband worked as a carpenter when they first moved to Kennewick. He later worked for the City of Kennewick as Superintendent of the Water Department for 25 years. Pauline worked as a cosmetologist for over 26 years.
She was a genealogist for many years. She researched and compiled a book, "The Bauer and Karst Family Tree", and researched the Combs Family back to the 1700's. She made many handmade quilts, giving them to her family.
She and her husband traveled to Hawaii many times and to both the East and West Coasts. They saw many historic places such as, the Vietnam Wall, Korean Memorial, Statue of Liberty, and Amish Country in Pennsylvania, Grand Canyon, Arizona Memorial in Hawaii, Niagara Falls, Smithsonian Institution and many more. They were also able to visit the Port of Pennsylvania, where her parents arrived from Russia.
Pauline is preceded in death by her husband, Byron, her parents, Fred and Eva Bauer, 4 brothers, Jacob (Jake), Fred, Sammy, Alexander (Alec), two infant brothers, 4 sisters, Margaret Keller Petersen, Mollie Combs, Mildred Kling, Esther Wilson, and her granddaughter Pamela Combs.
She is survived by her son, Byron and Carol of Oregon City, Oregon, her daughter Wanda Razey of Kennewick, Washington. Four grandchildren, Nancy Combs, Michael and Corie Combs, Patrick and Christy Murphy, Shawn and Suzie Murphy. Six great grandchildren Neil and Jack Murphy, Pavin, Acton, and Hogan Combs, Daniel Patrick, Caitin Nicole, Sarah Anne, Elizabeth Grace, and Nicholas John Patrick. One great-great granddaughter, Nicole Marie Murphy. One brother, Henry and Shery Bauer of Edgemont, South Dakota. Also many nieces and nephews and a very dear friend, Ardith M. Morton of Merriman, Nebraska.
She will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband at Riverview Heights Cemetery, 1200 N Olympia St., Kennewick, Washington. Visitation will be Friday, June 14, 2013, at Mueller's Chapel of the Falls, 314 W 1st Ave, Kennewick, from 5:00PM-8:00PM. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, June 16, 2013, starting with dinner at 5:00PM followed by the service at 7:00PM, at the Kennewick First Lutheran Church, 418 N Yelm, Kennewick, WA.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like you to make donations to The Lutheran Hour Ministries at 1-800-944-3450 or 660 Mason Ridge Center Drive St. Louis, MO 63141.
Pauline was the 8th child in a family of 12 children. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church and was faithful in her belief in God all her life. She would listen to the Lutheran hour on the radio when she couldn't attend the First Lutheran Church in Kennewick.
She married her childhood sweetheart, Byron Walter Combs on March 10, 1936 in Patricia, South Dakota. They had two children, Byron Lee, born November 10, 1937 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, and Wanda Eve, born January 16, 1941 in Custer, South Dakota.
They moved to Kennewick, Washington from the Black Hills in South Dakota in August of 1951. Her husband worked as a carpenter when they first moved to Kennewick. He later worked for the City of Kennewick as Superintendent of the Water Department for 25 years. Pauline worked as a cosmetologist for over 26 years.
She was a genealogist for many years. She researched and compiled a book, "The Bauer and Karst Family Tree", and researched the Combs Family back to the 1700's. She made many handmade quilts, giving them to her family.
She and her husband traveled to Hawaii many times and to both the East and West Coasts. They saw many historic places such as, the Vietnam Wall, Korean Memorial, Statue of Liberty, and Amish Country in Pennsylvania, Grand Canyon, Arizona Memorial in Hawaii, Niagara Falls, Smithsonian Institution and many more. They were also able to visit the Port of Pennsylvania, where her parents arrived from Russia.
Pauline is preceded in death by her husband, Byron, her parents, Fred and Eva Bauer, 4 brothers, Jacob (Jake), Fred, Sammy, Alexander (Alec), two infant brothers, 4 sisters, Margaret Keller Petersen, Mollie Combs, Mildred Kling, Esther Wilson, and her granddaughter Pamela Combs.
She is survived by her son, Byron and Carol of Oregon City, Oregon, her daughter Wanda Razey of Kennewick, Washington. Four grandchildren, Nancy Combs, Michael and Corie Combs, Patrick and Christy Murphy, Shawn and Suzie Murphy. Six great grandchildren Neil and Jack Murphy, Pavin, Acton, and Hogan Combs, Daniel Patrick, Caitin Nicole, Sarah Anne, Elizabeth Grace, and Nicholas John Patrick. One great-great granddaughter, Nicole Marie Murphy. One brother, Henry and Shery Bauer of Edgemont, South Dakota. Also many nieces and nephews and a very dear friend, Ardith M. Morton of Merriman, Nebraska.
She will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband at Riverview Heights Cemetery, 1200 N Olympia St., Kennewick, Washington. Visitation will be Friday, June 14, 2013, at Mueller's Chapel of the Falls, 314 W 1st Ave, Kennewick, from 5:00PM-8:00PM. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, June 16, 2013, starting with dinner at 5:00PM followed by the service at 7:00PM, at the Kennewick First Lutheran Church, 418 N Yelm, Kennewick, WA.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like you to make donations to The Lutheran Hour Ministries at 1-800-944-3450 or 660 Mason Ridge Center Drive St. Louis, MO 63141.
Pauline Bauer Combs was born September 29, 1919 in Merino, Logan Co. Colorado. Her parents, Gottifred Bauer and Eva Margaritha Karst Bauer were German immigrants from Russia. They arrived in America, January 1912 and settled in Colorado. Pauline moved with her parents and siblings from Colorado to Nebraska, then to South Dakota in 1928.
Pauline was the 8th child in a family of 12 children. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church and was faithful in her belief in God all her life. She would listen to the Lutheran hour on the radio when she couldn't attend the First Lutheran Church in Kennewick.
She married her childhood sweetheart, Byron Walter Combs on March 10, 1936 in Patricia, South Dakota. They had two children, Byron Lee, born November 10, 1937 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, and Wanda Eve, born January 16, 1941 in Custer, South Dakota.
They moved to Kennewick, Washington from the Black Hills in South Dakota in August of 1951. Her husband worked as a carpenter when they first moved to Kennewick. He later worked for the City of Kennewick as Superintendent of the Water Department for 25 years. Pauline worked as a cosmetologist for over 26 years.
She was a genealogist for many years. She researched and compiled a book, "The Bauer and Karst Family Tree", and researched the Combs Family back to the 1700's. She made many handmade quilts, giving them to her family.
She and her husband traveled to Hawaii many times and to both the East and West Coasts. They saw many historic places such as, the Vietnam Wall, Korean Memorial, Statue of Liberty, and Amish Country in Pennsylvania, Grand Canyon, Arizona Memorial in Hawaii, Niagara Falls, Smithsonian Institution and many more. They were also able to visit the Port of Pennsylvania, where her parents arrived from Russia.
Pauline is preceded in death by her husband, Byron, her parents, Fred and Eva Bauer, 4 brothers, Jacob (Jake), Fred, Sammy, Alexander (Alec), two infant brothers, 4 sisters, Margaret Keller Petersen, Mollie Combs, Mildred Kling, Esther Wilson, and her granddaughter Pamela Combs.
She is survived by her son, Byron and Carol of Oregon City, Oregon, her daughter Wanda Razey of Kennewick, Washington. Four grandchildren, Nancy Combs, Michael and Corie Combs, Patrick and Christy Murphy, Shawn and Suzie Murphy. Six great grandchildren Neil and Jack Murphy, Pavin, Acton, and Hogan Combs, Daniel Patrick, Caitin Nicole, Sarah Anne, Elizabeth Grace, and Nicholas John Patrick. One great-great granddaughter, Nicole Marie Murphy. One brother, Henry and Shery Bauer of Edgemont, South Dakota. Also many nieces and nephews and a very dear friend, Ardith M. Morton of Merriman, Nebraska.
She will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband at Riverview Heights Cemetery, 1200 N Olympia St., Kennewick, Washington. Visitation will be Friday, June 14, 2013, at Mueller's Chapel of the Falls, 314 W 1st Ave, Kennewick, from 5:00PM-8:00PM. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, June 16, 2013, starting with dinner at 5:00PM followed by the service at 7:00PM, at the Kennewick First Lutheran Church, 418 N Yelm, Kennewick, WA.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like you to make donations to The Lutheran Hour Ministries at 1-800-944-3450 or 660 Mason Ridge Center Drive St. Louis, MO 63141.
Pauline was the 8th child in a family of 12 children. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church and was faithful in her belief in God all her life. She would listen to the Lutheran hour on the radio when she couldn't attend the First Lutheran Church in Kennewick.
She married her childhood sweetheart, Byron Walter Combs on March 10, 1936 in Patricia, South Dakota. They had two children, Byron Lee, born November 10, 1937 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, and Wanda Eve, born January 16, 1941 in Custer, South Dakota.
They moved to Kennewick, Washington from the Black Hills in South Dakota in August of 1951. Her husband worked as a carpenter when they first moved to Kennewick. He later worked for the City of Kennewick as Superintendent of the Water Department for 25 years. Pauline worked as a cosmetologist for over 26 years.
She was a genealogist for many years. She researched and compiled a book, "The Bauer and Karst Family Tree", and researched the Combs Family back to the 1700's. She made many handmade quilts, giving them to her family.
She and her husband traveled to Hawaii many times and to both the East and West Coasts. They saw many historic places such as, the Vietnam Wall, Korean Memorial, Statue of Liberty, and Amish Country in Pennsylvania, Grand Canyon, Arizona Memorial in Hawaii, Niagara Falls, Smithsonian Institution and many more. They were also able to visit the Port of Pennsylvania, where her parents arrived from Russia.
Pauline is preceded in death by her husband, Byron, her parents, Fred and Eva Bauer, 4 brothers, Jacob (Jake), Fred, Sammy, Alexander (Alec), two infant brothers, 4 sisters, Margaret Keller Petersen, Mollie Combs, Mildred Kling, Esther Wilson, and her granddaughter Pamela Combs.
She is survived by her son, Byron and Carol of Oregon City, Oregon, her daughter Wanda Razey of Kennewick, Washington. Four grandchildren, Nancy Combs, Michael and Corie Combs, Patrick and Christy Murphy, Shawn and Suzie Murphy. Six great grandchildren Neil and Jack Murphy, Pavin, Acton, and Hogan Combs, Daniel Patrick, Caitin Nicole, Sarah Anne, Elizabeth Grace, and Nicholas John Patrick. One great-great granddaughter, Nicole Marie Murphy. One brother, Henry and Shery Bauer of Edgemont, South Dakota. Also many nieces and nephews and a very dear friend, Ardith M. Morton of Merriman, Nebraska.
She will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband at Riverview Heights Cemetery, 1200 N Olympia St., Kennewick, Washington. Visitation will be Friday, June 14, 2013, at Mueller's Chapel of the Falls, 314 W 1st Ave, Kennewick, from 5:00PM-8:00PM. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, June 16, 2013, starting with dinner at 5:00PM followed by the service at 7:00PM, at the Kennewick First Lutheran Church, 418 N Yelm, Kennewick, WA.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like you to make donations to The Lutheran Hour Ministries at 1-800-944-3450 or 660 Mason Ridge Center Drive St. Louis, MO 63141.
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