rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:10 AM Subject: Alma Gardner > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mopettis/obits/2001/GardnerA.html > > Alma Gardner > > Alma Gardner, 84, formerly of Sedalia, died Saturday, December 22, 2001, in > Fort Worth, Texas. She was born at Sedalia on April 6, 1917, a daughter of > John E. & Sophia Kurtz. As a girl she attended St. Paul's Lutheran School > and the Sedalia Public Schools. She was an active member of the Grace > Lutheran Church, involved in LWML, the Braille Ministry, and the church > office volunteers. > > Mrs Gardner's husband's military career took the couple to Kansas City, > where she was employed by Employers's Mutual of Wausau until they moved to > Bloomfield, New Jersey, in 1949. Various other moves followed...among them > to Suffolk, Virginia, in 1961 and, following retirement, to Arlington, > Texas, in October 1987, allowing them to be closer to their daughter and her > family. She volunteered at local hospitals, the Red Cross, and with various > other charitable organizations. She also assisted with the Feed Arlington > and Arlington Night Shelter. > > Mrs. Gardner is survived by her husband of 55 years, Robert P. Gardner; a > daughter, Janice Runzheimer of Arlington, Texas; one brother, Leonard Kurtz > of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; and three grandchildren. > > Friends can call after 8 a.m. Monday at the McLaughlin Funeral Chapel. A > funeral service will be held in Sedalia, Missouri, at 2 p.m. on Monday, at > the funeral chapel with the Rev. Ken Tatkenhorst officiating. Burial will be > in Memorial Park Cemetery. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:09 AM Subject: William F. Kohrs > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Cole Camp Courier > > March 17, 1988 > > William F. Kohrs > > William F. Kohrs, 47, Warsaw, died Friday night, March 11, 1988, at Golden > Valley Hospital, Clinton. > > He was born Aug. 12, 1940, in Sedalia, son of Ernest P. and Dorothy Keller > Kohrs. On June 23, 1962, he married Rozella Stewart, who survives. > > Mr. Kohrs attended school in Cole Camp. He served in the Army during the > Korean conflict and was a construction operator and had a septic tank > service. He was a charter member of the Faith Lutheran Church, Warsaw. > > Survivors include three daughters, Trina Cheatham, Derry, N.H.; Tonya Kohrs, > Sedalia; Tammy Kohrs, a student at Central Mo. State University, > Warrensburg; his mother, Cole Camp; and a brother, Rudy Kohrs, Lincoln. > > Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, at the church with the Rev. > Rich Wagner officiating. > > Burial was in Shawnee Cemetery, Warsaw. > > The family received friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday night at the Reser > Funeral Home, Warsaw. > > Typed as found, Denise Brauer Hoehns > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:08 AM Subject: Louis E. Kohrs > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Cole Camp Courier > > July 25, 1985, Pg. 2 > > Louis E. Kohrs > > Louis E. Kohrs, a native of Cole Camp, passed away at El Paso, TX., on July > 11, 1985 at the age of 49. > > Mr. Kohrs entered the U.S. Military Service in 1954 from which he retired in > 1974 after which time he lived in El Paso, TX. > > He is survived by his wife Linda of the home, 5 sons and 5 daughters. > > His mother (Dora) Dorothy Kohrs of Cole Camp and three brothers, Marvin > Kohrs, Raymond, S.D., Rudy (Rudolph) Kohrs, Lincoln, and William (Bill) > Kohrs, Warsaw. > > He was born January 2, 1936 the son of Ernest and Dorothy (Koeller) Kohrs at > Cole Camp. He was preceded in death by his father Ernest and one brother > John who passed away at an early age. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:08 AM Subject: Marvin F. Kohrs > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Cole Camp Courier > > Feb. 26, 1987, Pg. 5 > > Marvin F. Kohrs > > Marvin F. Kohrs, 57, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 1987, at Eirie Lakes Hospital > West in Watertown of cancer. > > Marvin F. Kohrs was born Aug. 22, 1929 in Cole Camp, Mo., son of Ernest and > Dorothea Koeller Kohrs. He came to Raymond to work for Wegman for 12 years, > then worked in Raymond a self-employed mechanic. He later worked as a farm > mechanic for Vince Menneally of Raymond, and for the last nine years was > mechanic for the clark County Highway Department. > > He married Florence Genzler in Redfield on Oct. 25, 1955. A member of the > Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Raymond, he was custodian for 28 years, taught > Sunday School, and at the time of his death was the church treasurer. > > Survivors include his wife, Florence; four sons, Ernest and his wife Teresa > of Clark, Time and his wife Betty of Raymond, and Kenneth and David at home; > two daughters, Karla and Sandra, both of Clark; two brothers, William of > Warsaw and Rudy of Lincoln; his mother, Dorothea Kohrs of Cole Camp; his > mother-in-law, Berta Genzler of Heron; and five grandchildren. > > He was preceded in death by his father, Ernest; two brothers, John and > Louis; and a grandson. > > Rudy Kohrs and William Kohrs attended the funeral of their brother Marvin at > Raymond, South Dakota. > > Typed as found, Denise Brauer Hoehns. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:07 AM Subject: Clinton Lee Gregory, Sr. > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Abstracted death notice from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) > > June 29, 2003 > > Gregory, Clinton Lee, Sr. > > News Paper Clipping > > GREGORY, CLINTON LEE, SR.,of Fenton, MO., died Friday, June > > 27, 2003, at age 79; he was the beloved husband of Margaret E. Gregory (nee > > Koeller); father of Clinton L. (Bonnie) Gregory, II, Michael L. > > (Jeanette) Gregory, Elizabeth L. (the late Greg L.) Mathes, Nancy L. > > (Richard) Tucker and the late Timothy L. Gregory; grandfather of > > Lynette (David) Roll, Michael (Melisa), II, Matthew and Jonathan > > (Erica) Gregory, Jennifer and Rebecca Mathes, Lydia and Sarah Tucker; > > great-grandfather of Clayton and Caleb Roll and Gabriella > > Gregory; brother of the late Lois Caldwell; our uncle, > > cousin and friend. Funeral was held Wednesday, July 2, 10 a.m. at CHAPEL > HILL > > Mortuary, 6300 Highway 30, Cedar Hill, MO. Interment was in Chapel Hill > > Memorial Gardens. If desired, memorials to Girl Scouts of Greater St. > > Louis, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation or charity of choice would be > > appreciated. VISITATION will be Tuesday, 5--8 p.m. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:04 AM Subject: MARGARET E.(nee Koeller) Gregory > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Abstracted Death from the Saint Louis Post Dispatch > > GREGORY, MARGARET E.(nee Koeller) lived in Fenton, MO, and died July 15, > 2003; she was the beloved wife of the late Clinton L. Gregory Sr.; mother of > Clinton L. (Bonnie) Gregory II, Michael L. (Jeanette) Gregory, Elizabeth L. > (the late Greg) Mathes, Nancy L. (Richard) Tucker and the late Timothy L. > Gregory; grandmother of Lynette (David) Roll, Michael (Melisa) Gregory II, > Matthew Gregory, Jonathan (Erika) Gregory, Jennifer Mathes, Rebecca Mathes, > Lydia Tucker and Sarah Tucker; great-grandmother of Clayton Roll, Caleb > Roll and Gabriella Gregory; sister of Viola Stahl, Katherine (Bill) Hanna > and the late James Koeller; sister-in-law of the late Lois Caldwell; our > aunt, cousin and friend. > > Mrs. Gregory dedicated her life to service to her community. She was a > member of the Board of Directors of the Girl Scout Council of Greater St. > Louis while serving in numerous capacities, the Board of Directors of the > Sappington House, a devoted 'Friend of the Library' in Northwest Jefferson > County, a Certified First Aid Instructor for the American Red Cross, an > Election Judge in Jefferson County and faithful member of Hope Lutheran > Church in High Ridge, Missouri. > > The visitation will be Thursday, July 17, 2003, 4-9 p.m. at CHAPEL HILL > Mortuary, 6300 Highway 30, Cedar Hill, MO 63016. Services will be held > Friday at 10:00 a.m. Interment Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. In lieu of > flowers, memorials to the Girl Scout Council of Greater St. Louis or Cystic > Fibrosis Foundation. > > (published: 07/16/2003) > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:01 AM Subject: Nola M. Schutte > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Sedalia Democrat, October 3, 2000 > > Nola M. Schutte > > 1922-2000 > > SMITHTON > > Nola Marie Schutte, 78, who lived south of Smithton in Pettis County, died > Monday, Oct. 2, 2000, at her home. > > She was born Feb. 25, 1922, in Pettis County, a daughter of R.D. and Mary > Clay Ona Payne Montgomery. On Dec. 27, 1942, in Omaha, Neb., she was married > to Ferdinand Schutte, who survives of the home. > > Mrs. Schutte was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, where she was > active in the Ladies Aide. She enjoyed the quilting days the aide had. She > was a 1939 graduate of Smithton Hight School and graduated from Central > Business College. She then moved to Parsons, Kan., where she worked in the > office of a munitions plant. > > After she was married, she moved to Fresno, Calif., where she lived for a > year. She returned to Smithton when her husband was sent to Europe. She > later lived in Sedalia and moved to the Montgomery farm south of Smithton in > 1951, where she took part in the farming. It was a common sight to see her > on a tractor with a big straw hat. > > She was room mother for her five children, and was involved in 4-H. She was > on the Smithton Fair Board in its early years. She enjoyed the Smithton > Garden Club and the Ringen Brushy Extension Club. She also enjoyed doing > things for others. > > Also surviving are two sons, George A. Schutte of Lehigh, Kan., and Warren > R. Schutte of Cole Camp; three daughters, Betty M. Brauer of Smithton, Nancy > K. Webb of Independence, and Barbara L. Schnakenberg of Cole Camp; three > sisters, Bertha Cook of Smithton, Treva Hoehns and Leona Faxon, both of > Sedalia; a brother, Ralph Montgomery of Sedalia; 12 grandchildren; and 14 > great-grandchildren. > > She was preceded in death by two brothers, Ivan Montgomery and Paul > Montgomery. > > Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Evangelical > Church, with the Rev. Kenneth Tatkenhorst and the Rev. Maynard Brandt > officiating. Pallbearers will be Tony Beckett, James Brauer, Paul Culp Jr., > Allen Konecne, Jacob Schnakenberg and Michael Schnakenberg. Honary > pallbearers will be George Franklin, Ira McMackin, G.W. Meyer, Claude Page > and Rudy Rehmer. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. > > The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at > Heckart/Gillespie Funeral Home, where a prayer service will begin at 7 p.m. > > The family suggest memorial contributions to the St. Paul's Lutheran Church > Organ Fund or to the Bothwell Regional Health Center Hospice. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:57 AM Subject: Fred Schutte > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Cole Camp Courier > > Dec. 1, 1988, Pg. 3 > > Fred Schutte > > Fred Schutte, 72, Cole Camp, died Saturday morning, Nov. 26, 1988, at his > home. > > He was born April 23, 1916, near Cole Camp, son of Benhardt and Louise > Koeller Schutte. On May 4, 1945, near Cole Camp, he married Verna Metscher, > who survives of the home. > > Mr. Schutte was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, and was a > lumber yard clerk, retiring in 1978 from Mora Lumber Co. > > Other survivors include a daughter, Dorothy Lutjen, Cole Camp; a sister, > Dora Haase, Cole Camp; two brothers, Amos Schutte, Boliver, Mo.; F.A. > Schutte, Smithton; and four grandchildren. > > Funeral services were held Tuesday, Nov. 29, 1988 at the church with the > Rev. Harvey Hendrickson and Vicar David Magruder officiating. > > Burial was at the church cemetery. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:52 AM Subject: Irene Marie Steffens > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Cole Camp Courier, May 1991 > > Irene Marie Steffens > > Irene Marie Steffens of Cole Camp, died at 11:50 p.m. May 20 at the > Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia. She was 71. > > She was born Nov. 4, 1919 near Cole Camp, the daughter of Margaret Koeller > and Claus Henry Steffens. She lived all of her life on a farm south of Cole > Camp. > > Survivors include two sons, Jerry A. Wessel and Larry Steffens of Cole Camp; > one brother, Elmer Steffens of Cole Camp; One sister Dora Payton of Cole > Camp; and four grandchildren. > > She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister and one brother. > > Irene belonged to the Mt. Hulda Lutheran Church where she was baptized Nov. > 23, 1919 by Rev. E. Robert. She was confirmed April 17, 1932 by Rev. W. > Petzoldt at Mt. Hulda. She was a member of the Mt. Hulda Ladies Aid. > > She had been a housekeeper and was self-employed. > > A prayer service for Irene Marie Steffens was conducted at 7:30 p.m. > Wednesday, May 22. Funeral services were at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23, at > Mt. Hulda Lutheran Church with Rev. Mark Laugavitz officiating. The > congregation sang "Lord Take My Hand and Lead Me" and "How Great Thou Art" > as Sharon Steffens played the organ. > > Interment was in Mt. Hulda Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ray Dean Brauer, Carl > Kullmann, Oscar Kreisel, Jr., Elroy Brauer, Albert E. Kreisel and Harry Lee > Kreisel. > > Services were under direction of the Fox Funeral Home of Cole Camp. > > Memorials to the Mt. Hulda Ladies Aid have been suggested. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:51 AM Subject: Elmer Kreisel, died > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Sedalia Democrat > > COLE CAMP - Elmer Kreisel, 29, died Sunday of an apparently self-inflicted > gunshot wound to the head, Benton County Coroner John Reser, Warsaw, said > Monday. > > Kreisel's body was discovered around 9:30 a.m. Sunday in the bedroom of his > home, 4 miles east of here, by his father. Oscar Kreisel had returned from a > two-hour hunting trip. The victim reportedly shot himself with a deer rifle. > > The incident was investigated by Benton County Sheriff's Deputy Bob Crenshaw > and Reser. Crenshaw said Kreisel, an Army veteran of the Vietnam war, had > previously undergone psychiatric treatment at the Harry S. Truman Memorial > Veteran's Hospital in Columbia. > > He was born December 22, 1945, at Cole Camp, son of Oscar and Anna Steffens > Kreisel. > > Additional survivors include four brothers, Albert Kreisel, Otterville; > Harry Kreisel, Stockton, Mo.; Fred Kreisel, Cole Camp; and Oscar Kreisel > Jr., Terre Haute, Ind.; four sisters, Mrs. Anna Bell Lang, 13171/2 East > Fourth, Sedalia; Mrs. Wilbur (Minnie) Canida, Lincoln; Mrs. Steve (Mary > Alice) Kraft, Big Sandy, Tex.; and Mrs. Kenneth (Helma) Wheeler, 1325 East > Fourth, Sedalia. > > Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Fox Funeral Home here > with Darryl Watson officiating. > > Military rites will be conducted by American Legion Post 305 at the Union > Cemetery here. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:50 AM Subject: Mrs. Oscar Kreisel Funeral Rites > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Cole Camp Courier, August 13, 1964 > > Mrs. Oscar Kreisel Funeral Rites > > Mrs. Anna Katherine Kreisel, wife of Oscar Kreisel, passed away at the home > of her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Canida of Lincoln Route 2 at 9:00 > o'clock Friday morning, August 7 at the age of 47 years, 4 months and 10 > days. She had been ill the past five weeks and hospitalized part of the > time. > > Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Fox Funeral > Chapel in Cole Camp with the Rev. Arthur G. Kuecker of Stover, officiating. > > Pallbearers were Larry Steffens, Ray Dean Brauer, Elroy Brauer, Edward > Brauer, Frank Kreisel and Joby Vaughn. > > Interment was in the Mt. Hulda cemetery south of Cole Camp. > > Mrs. Anna Katherine Kreisel, nee Steffens, was born March 27, 1917 at Cole > Camp, Mo., a daughter of Mrs. Maggie A. Koeller Steffens and the late Henry > C. Steffens. She was baptized in the Mt. Hulda Lutheran Church on April 10, > 1917. On April 19, 1931 she was confirmed in the Mt. Hulda Lutheran Church > by the Rev. W. O. Petzoldt. > > On March 15, 1936 she was united in marriage to Mr. Oscar Kreisel. The > couple resided in Sedalia until 1939 when they moved to their farm five > miles east of Cole Camp. > > Seven children were born to this union, all of whom survive. > > Survivors include her husband, Oscar Kreisel of the home; four sons, Albert > E. Kreisel, Sedalia; Harry L. Kreisel, Ft. Polk, Louisiana; Elmer L. > Kreisel, Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.; and Fred J. Kreisel of the home near Cole > Camp; three daughters, Anna Bell, Mrs. Fred Lang, Kansas City, Mo.; Minnie, > Mrs. Wilbur Canida, Lincoln, Mo.; Miss Mary Alice Kreisel at home; two step > children, Oscar H. Kreisel, Jr., Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Helma, Mrs. > Kenneth Wheeler, Sedalia, Mo.; two grandchildren, six step-grandchildren; > two sisters, Miss Irene Steffens, Cole Camp and Mrs. Dora Brauer, Cole Camp; > and two brothers, Fred Steffens and Elmer Steffens, both of Cole Camp. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:46 AM Subject: Gladys Marie Steffens > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Cole Camp Courier, September 21, 1989 > > Gladys Marie Steffens > > Gladys Marie Steffens, 72, of Cole Camp, Missouri, died at her home on > Sunday, September 17, 1989. She was born in Edmonson, Missouri on February > 3, 1917, a daughter of James Robert and Josie O. Dukeshier Robinson. On > December 1, 1940, she married Fred Steffens, who preceded her in death. > > Survivors include her mother, Josie Robinson, Stover; one daughter, Carol > Snow, Wellsville, Missouri; two brothers, John Robinson, Grandview, Missouri > and Raymond Robinson, Midwest City, Oklahoma; and two grandchildren. > > Mrs. Steffens was a member of Mt. Hulda Lutheran Church. > > Funeral services were held, Wednesday, September 20, 1989 at the church with > the Rev. Mark Laugavitz officiating. Burial was in Memorial Cemetery. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:46 AM Subject: FRED STEFFENS > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Cole Camp Courier, January 8, 1983 > > FRED STEFFENS > > Fred John Henry Steffens, 604 East Main Street, Cole Camp, died December 31, > 1982, at the Columbia Regional Hospital in Columbia at the age of 67 years, > 7 months and 28 days. > > He was born May 13, 1915, near Cole Camp, son of Claus Henry and Margaret > Alice (Koeller) Steffens. December 1, 1940, he married Gladys Robinson and > to this union was blessed with one daughter. > > He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister. > > Mr. Steffens was employed with the State Highway Department until his > retirement. > > He was a member of Mt. Hulda Lutheran Church near Cole Camp. > > Survivors include his wife, Gladys, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Duane > (Carol) Snow, Wellsville, Mo.; two grandchildren, Brian and Stacy Snow; two > sisters, Dora Payton and Irene Steffens, both of Cole Camp; a brother Elmer > Steffens, Cole Camp. > > Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. January 3, 1983, at Mt. Hulda > Lutheran Church with the Rev. Eric Schillo officiating. Songs rendered were > "How Great Thou Art" and "What A Friend We Have In Jesus." > > Burial was in Memorial Cemetery, Cole Camp. > > Pallbearers were Elroy Brauer, Ray Dean Brauer, Larry Steffens, Jerry > Steffens, Albert Kreisel and Harry Lee Kreisel. > > A prayer service was held Sunday, January 2, 1983, at 7 p.m. at the Fox > Funeral Home in Cole Camp. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:45 AM Subject: Rosie Brauer > Memorial Paper from St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, MO > > Rosie Brauer > > It was on December 20, 1927, at Rocheport Missouri that the Lord blessed the > home of Joe and Lottie Lee (Womack) Bond with the gift of a daughter and > they named her Rosie. > > She entered God's kingdom through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism as an > infant. She affirmed her faith in the triune God through the rite of > Confirmation on February 13, 1972. > > She was united to Howard Shiverdicker. She was later married to Tandy > Uptegrove who preceded her in death. On July 23, 1966, she was united to > Elroy W. Brauer. > > She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Cole Camp. Along > with being a homemaker and mother, she worked outside the home in various > jobs. Most recently she operated a kennel, raising several different breeds > of dogs. > > Rosie had been in failing health and entered Bothwell Regional health Center > in Sedalia. It was there Thursday morning that the Lord called Rosie to her > eternal rest, having granted an earthly life of seventy years, three months > and twelve days. > > She is survived by: her husband, Elroy W. Brauer of the home; one daughter, > Bonnie Jean Allen of Sedalia; two sons, John Franklin Uptegrove of > Otterville, and Roger Dale Uptegrove of Cole Camp; eight grandchildren, > twelve great-grandchildren and her mother-in-law, Dora Payton of Cole Camp. > > She was preceded in death by one daughter (Barbara Lee Shiverdicker), one > sister, three brothers and one half-brother. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:44 AM Subject: DEATH OF LEROY WILBERT BRAUER > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Cole Camp Courier, after March 6, 1938 > > DEATH OF LEROY WILBERT BRAUER > > Leroy Wilbert Brauer, 19 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Brauer, who > has been suffering with lymphatic leukemia, passed away at the home of his > grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Brauer near Cole Camp, Sunday morning at > 11:15 o'clock. He leaves to mourn his early passing his grief stricken > parents and one sister Delores of the home, his grandparents and a host of > relatives and friends. > > Leroy Wilbert Brauer was born May 28, 1936, near Cole Camp, and departed > this life March 6, 1937 at the tender age of 1 year and 7 months. He was > baptized in infancy by the Rev. R. Kranz. > > Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 8 at the home and at Brauersille > Lutheran Church. Rev. R. Kranz had charge of the service. Interment was made > in the church cemetery. > > Pallbearers were: Fred and Elmer Steffens and Raymond and Norman Brauer. > > Death year incorrect. Denise Brauer Hoehns > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:44 AM Subject: Lee Payton > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Sedalia Democrat after March 14, 1978 > > Lee Payton > > COLE CAMP - Lee Payton, 59, died at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday morning at his home > here. > > He was born Jan. 18, 1919, at Harrison, son of Lee and Susie Gregg Payton. > On March 4, 1966, he married Dora Brauer, who survives. > > A veteran of World War II, Mr. Payton was a member of American Legion Post > No. 305, V.F.W. Post No. 2623 and St. Paul's Lutheran Church here. > > Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Linda Fay Brentley, Clinton, > Iowa; Mrs. Alta Lee Richards, Clinton, Mo.; two stepsons, Elroy and Ray Dean > Brauer, both of Cole Camp; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Sharon Beeson and Mrs. > Margaret Roark, both of Cole Camp; Mrs. Delores Pitts, Ionia; three sisters, > Mrs. Dorothy Burks, Springfield; Mrs. Hester Vananaton, Clinton, Mo., Mrs. > Alice Berry, Warrensburg; five grandchildren, 21 step-grandchildren and > three step-great-grandchildren. > > Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Fox Funeral Home > here with the Rev. A.H. Roesener officiating. > > Burial will be at the Brauersville Cemetery near here. > > Friends may call from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, where > a prayer service will be held at 8:30 p.m. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:43 AM Subject: Wilbert Brauer dies > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Warsaw Paper, Jan. 27, 1956 > > COLE CAMP RESIDENT KILLED WHEN TRUCK SKIDS, STRIKES TREE > > Wilbert Brauer, of Cole Camp, met instant death at about 12:15 o'clock > Thursday afternoon of last week, when a 1954 one-half ton Dodge pick-up in > which he was riding with two other men crashed into a tree after the truck > skidded on some ice packed snow. The accident occurred on Highway 72, > fourteen miles south of Rolla, Mo. > > Brauer, and his two companions, B. H. Elliott, owner and driver of the > truck, of Hartville, Mo., and Tom Bell of Nobby, Mo., are all employees of > the H. J. Hessefort Construction Co. of Cole Camp and were working on a road > project on Route K at Redford, Mo., in Reynolds County. Due to a work > shutdown on the construction project on Thursday because of the inclement > weather, the men decided to spend the weekend at their homes and were > enroute to Cole Camp when the accident happened. > > According to information received the truck skidded off the highway, rolled > down a 25-ft. embankment and crashed into a tree. Brauer was thrown through > the windshield from the impact and Elliot was also thrown out of the truck, > receiving a skull fracture. Bell, the other occupant, escaped uninjured. > > The body of Mr. Brauer was brought to Cole Camp in the Eickhoff ambulance > and taken to the Eickhoff Funeral Home. > > Elliott was taken to the Phillips County Hospital at Rolla. > > Obituary > > Wilbert Henry Brauer was born at Walnut, Kansas on April 27, 1911, a son of > William and Mathilda Munsterman Brauer. At the age of three years he came to > Cole Camp with his parents. He was baptized on May 21, 1911 by the Rev. > Mueller at Walnut, Kansas. On April 5, 1925 he was confirmed in the Lutheran > faith by the Rev. R. Kranz at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Brauersville, > northeast of Cole Camp. > > On June 9, 1935 he united in marriage with Miss Dora Steffens. The couple > have resided at Cole Camp. Six children were born to this union. A son, > Leroy, preceded the father in death at the age of two years. > > He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dora Brauer, two sons, Elroy and Ray Dean > and three daughters, Sharon and Margaret, all of the home and Delores, Mrs. > Vernon Brown of Cole Camp; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Brauer, five > brothers, Homer, Raymond, Norman and Leonard, all of Cole Camp, and Elmer > Brauer of Brazilton, Kansas and one sister, Lydia, Mrs. Harvey Luetjen, Cole > Camp. One sister preceded him in death. > > He attained the age of 44 years, 8 months and 22 days. > > Funeral services were held at 1:30 p. m. Sunday at the Eickhoff Funeral > Home, and at St. Paul's Am. Lutheran Church, Cole Camp at 2 o'clock. The > Rev. Elmer H. Kuhlmann conducted the services. The church choir with Mrs. > Robert Gerken as organist, sang, "What A Friend We Have In Jesus," "Abide > With Me" and "In The Hour of Trial." > > Pallbearers were: Rudy Haase, Fred Schutte, Florence Koeller, Ralph Kreisel, > Herman Brauer and Marvin Boeschen. > > Burial was at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Brauersville. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:42 AM Subject: Matilda E. J. Koeller > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Cole Camp Courier > > Thursday, November 9, 2000 > > Matilda E. J. Koeller > > Matilda Ella Josie Koeller, 83, of Cole Camp, died Thursday, November 2, > 2000, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Cole Camp. She was born July 7, > 1917, at Mt. Hulda, a daughter of John and Anna Lackman Kerksiek. > > On October 6, 1940, in Mt. Hulda Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, she was united > in marriage to Clarence Koeller, who survives of the home. > > She was a homemaker and a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cole > Camp. > > Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Iverne, Mrs. Charles > Johnson of Rantoul, Illinois and Diana, Mrs. David Moelman of Cole Camp; two > sons, Alvin Koeller and his wife Maurine of Florence and Kenneth Koeller and > his wife Barbara of Sedalia; ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. > She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, Ida Pritzel, Lillie > Brunjes and Lena Kerksiek and four brothers, Ernest Kerksiek, Olaf Kerksiek > and two in infancy. > > Funeral services were Sunday, November 5, 2000, at the Trinity Lutheran > Church in Cole Camp with the Reverend Randal Ehrichs and Vicar Todd Bunge > officiating. Burial was in Trinity Cemetery. > > Pallbearers were Roland Kerksiek, Leroy Pritzel, Charlie Kast, Elmer > Dieckman, Raymond Schnakenberg, Raymond Metscher and Harlan Bahrenberg. > > The family suggests memorial contributions be given to Trinity Lutheran New > Church Building Fund, or the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, in the care of the > funeral home. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:41 AM Subject: SELMA KOELLER nee Viebrock > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Cole Camp Courier > > December 1, 1983; Pg. 3 > > SELMA KOELLER > > Selma Emma Koeller, 66 years and 15 days, Cole Camp, Mo., died Tuesday > evening, November 22, 1983, at Bothwell Hospital in Sedalia. > > She was born November 7, 1917, in Stover, daughter of John and Gesena > Hagenah Viebrock. On January 17, 1976, she married Florence Koeller, who > survives of the home. > > Mrs. Koeller was a member of the First Baptist Church, Cole Camp. > > Preceding her in death were her father and two brothers. > > Other survivors include her mother, Gesena Viebrock, Cole Camp; one son, > Robert Wienberg, Cole Camp; one daughter, Mrs. Frank (Ruth Ann) Kreisel, > Mora; one step-daughter, Betty Huffman, Springfield; one sister, Waleta > Brandes, Cole Camp; four brothers, Emil Viebrock, Reno Viebrock, Cletus > Viebrock and Alwin Viebrock, all of Cole Camp; and four grandchildren, > Sherry and Bruce Wienberg and Anthony and Amy Kreisel. > > Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at the church with the Rev. Bill > Feese officiating. Beth Rehmer, organist, accompanied Keeth Koeller as he > sang "What A Friend We Have in Jesus" and "The Lord's Prayer." > > Pallbearers were Dale Viebrock, Kenneth Viebrock, Dwayne Wienberg, Dennis > Brandes, Reno Viebrock, Jr. and Ronald Bruns. > > Burial was in the church cemetery. > > A prayer service was held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Fox Funeral Home, > Cole Camp. > > Typed as found, Denise Brauer Hoehns > > rwbrauer@iland.net >

rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:40 AM Subject: MRS. FLORENCE KOELLER, Ola Lorene Koeller Robinson > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Cole Camp Courier > > March 21, 1974, Pg. 8 > > MRS. FLORENCE KOELLER > > Mrs. Ola Lorene Koeller of Cole Camp died at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 14, > at the Bothwell Hospital in Sedalia, at an age of 51 years, 11 months and 9 > days. She had been a patient in the hospital since March 9. > > She was born in the Zora community, southeast of Cole Camp, April 5, 1922, > daughter of William Robinson and t(big black spot in micro-film) Bessie > Bush. > > On Oct. 29, 1938, she was married to Florence Koeller, who survives of the > home. This union was blessed with one daughter. The family lived on a farm > south of Cole Camp until 1939 when they moved to Cole Camp. For a number of > years she was employed as cook in a local cafe. > > She was a member of the First United Methodist Church here. > > Survivors include include one daughter, Betty Lou Koeller, Cole Camp; her > step-mother, Mrs. Mary Bush, Cole Camp; her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary > Bush, Cole Camp; and one sister, Mrs. Goldie Brown, Booneville. > > Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the First United Methodist > Church with the Rev. Paul Bond officiating. Mrs. Barbara Veale sang, "The > Old Rugged Cross" and "In the Garden" with Mrs. Betty Johnson as organist. > > Burial was in the Union Cemetery. > > The family received friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Fox Funeral > Home. > > Pallbearers were Kenneth Koeller, Raymond Metscher, Ernie Hopper, Herbert > Keseman, Emory Call and Calbert Bush, Jr. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >