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Menga Bernhard Gfeller

Birth: 23 Apr 1857
Sauk City, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA
Death: 10 Dec 1928 (aged 71)
Geary County, Kansas, USA
Burial: Saint Johns Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 91464786 View Source

Junction City,KS.Daily Union,copied from Gfeller family history.

Menga Gfeller was born April 23,1857 near Soux City,Soux County,Wisconsin. While yet a child she moved with her parents to a farm in Iowa were she grew to womanhood.On July 9,1874 she was married to Adolph Gfeller.A few days after the wedding she,and her husband moved by wagon to a homestead two and a half southwest of Alida, KS.(Geary County)to this union,six boys and five girls were born.It was during the grasshopper year that Mrs.Gfeller,as a young bride,came to this community.She faced many hardships on these bleak plains in the earlier days when only a few homesteaders cabins dotted the area. Mrs.Gfeller was baptized into the Alida Evangelical Church and remained a faithfully member till her death December 10,1928 at the age of 71 years,7 months and 16 days.

Junction City,KS.Daily Union,copied from Gfeller family history.

Menga Gfeller was born April 23,1857 near Soux City,Soux County,Wisconsin. While yet a child she moved with her parents to a farm in Iowa were she grew to womanhood.On July 9,1874 she was married to Adolph Gfeller.A few days after the wedding she,and her husband moved by wagon to a homestead two and a half southwest of Alida, KS.(Geary County)to this union,six boys and five girls were born.It was during the grasshopper year that Mrs.Gfeller,as a young bride,came to this community.She faced many hardships on these bleak plains in the earlier days when only a few homesteaders cabins dotted the area. Mrs.Gfeller was baptized into the Alida Evangelical Church and remained a faithfully member till her death December 10,1928 at the age of 71 years,7 months and 16 days.

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1851–1938

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Created by: Don Garrison
Added: Jun 6, 2012
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