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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Rettiger, Louisa Hellfrich Mrs. Louisa Rettiger, nee Hellfrich consort of Mr. Nicholas Rettiger, of Strong City, of whose death last week's Courant contained a short notice, departed this life at her home in Strong City, August 17, 1885, surrounded by her relatives.
She was born at Richers, Germany in 1815, and came to America in 1834. She was married to Mr. Rettiger in 1837, Morgan County, Virginia.
In 1866 they moved to Leavenworth, where they resided until 1879, when they moved to Strong City to be in the midst of their children who had preceded them to that place. She was buried in St. Anthony's Cemetery at the side of her dutiful son, Dennis, as was her request.
The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Guido Stello, O.S.F., the paster of the Catholic Church in Strong City of which Church the deceased was a faithful member during life; and who, in death, leaves a husband, two sons, five daughters, and nineteen grandchildren to mourn her absence from time; but as her life was one of sufferings, even departing it in suffering, she had learned to bare her crosses and trials with Christian fortitude, perservering unto the end, thus leaving in time the assurance that she has passed into a blissful eternity, and that the loved ones she has left behind may, too, wear a crown of immortal glory, if they but follow the example she set before them.
Chase County Courant,August 17, 1885
by Lorna Marvin
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