Obituary of Christoph Boettcher; October 6, 1893 in Hanover Democrat Newspaper: "An Old Citizen Gone." died, at his residence three miles east of Hanover on Sunday October, 1st, 1893 at 1 o'clock p.m. Christoph boettcher, aged 65 years and 6 months. Deceased was in his usual health up to Thursday the 28th of September when during the day, with his son F.J. Boettcher, they were taking care of some colts in the stable, he observed to his son that he felt dizzy headed and was about to fall, when his son caught him and saved him from going down. He was carried into the house and medical aid immediately summoned when it was found that he had sustained a paralytic stroke. He remained conscious and could talk until early Sunday morning, when he sank into a comatose state, with one side of the body paralized and passed away at 1 o'clock p.m. Sunday as above stated surrounded by a loving wife and nine sorrowing children, all grown to mand and woman hood. the deceased was born and married in Germany, but coming to America in 1865, settled first in Sac County Wisconsin, where he remained some five years. He then twenty-four years ago moved to Washington County Kansas and took up a homestead three miles east of Hanover where he resided until his death. At the time he located on his homestead there was not t twig of timber growing on it and this part of Kansas was almost wilderness, by his utiring energy and perseverance he made an inviting farm with most beartiful groves and surrounded himself and family with the comforts of life. Christoph Boettcher was a consistent member of the German Lutheran church, an upright honest man, who was highly respected by his neighbors. He leaves a wife and nine children, five boys and four girls, six of whom are married and three, one son and two daughters, single all of whom were present at his death and burial, besides two brothers and one sister, living in Germany to mourn their loss. The funeral took place Tuesday, October 3d, at 10 o'clock a.m. from the Lutheran church, the Rev. D Schabinger, pastor conducting the services, after which the remains were followed to the cemetery south of Hanover by a long procession of his old neighbors and friends to pay the last sad rites to his memory. Researching my Cain, Brazzel, Boettcher, Schild, Brandt families http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brandt/index.html _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail