Thanks Ron! I can add this as a note to my entry about my grandfather's employment at the Koester Dairy. (Now to find that elusive Koester Dairy quart bottle <grin>) Linda > -----Original Message----- > From: REPKINGRON@aol.com [mailto:REPKINGRON@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 5:16 PM > To: ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILEFFING-L] Search Words on Ebay > > In case anyone is interested here is the obituary of Anton 'Tony' Koester. > He was married to my Great-Aunt, Louise Catharina 'Kathyrn' Repking. > > Obituary: Effingham April 1, 1935 > > Father and Son Die A Few Days Apart > > Anthony Koester, Sr, 69 years of age and Anthony Koester, Jr, 27 years of > age, father and son, of north of Effingham, died within a few days of each other > last week. Anthony, Jr, died Thursday afternoon, March 28, at St Anthony's > Hospital after a two weeks' illness with pneumonia, while his Father died > Saturday about 12:30 pm with a complication of diseases and shock over his son's > death on Thursday. > > The Koesters were the owners of the Koester Dairy at Effingham. Anthony, > Jr, was employed as a truck driver for the plant. > > They are survived by their wife and Mother: Mrs.Anthony Koester; one son > and one brother: Ralph at home and four daughters and sisters: Mrs.Wayne > Eyers of Chicago; Miss Katherine at home; Mrs.Ben Meyers and Mrs.Wm > Huelsebusch > of Effingham. A large number of other relatives and friends survive. > > Double funeral services were held Monday morning at St Anthony's Church at > Effingham with burial taking place in St Anthony Cemetery. > > ------------- > > Condensory pays out thousands of dollars for milk. (from Effingham Democrat, > March 17, 1914, given to the Effingham Regional Historical Society by Arthur > Baumann of Gorsyth, Mo.) > > The following is a list of Farmers who received over $50.00 for milk brought > to the condensory during the month of February, 1911: > > Anton Koester -- $152.10 > > > ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== > If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail to ILEFFING- > L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the > digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or > unsubscribe in the message body.