Distler, Katherine^[1]

1874 - 1957  (82 years)

• Name	Distler, Katherine
  Born	15 Aug 1874	Nickle, Austria
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Aug 1957	Platte County, NE.
  Buried	Calvary Cemetery; Columbus, NE.
  Person ID	I2565	Wuerdemann Family
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Distler, Frank,   b. UNKNOWN, ? ,   d. UNKNOWN, ?
  Mother	Hurich, Theresa,   b. UNKNOWN, ? ,   d. UNKNOWN, ?
  Married	UNKNOWN	?
  Family ID	F1567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lusche, George,   b. 30 Nov 1861, Platte County, NE. ,   d. 16 Jun 1945, Platte County, NE.  (Age 83 years)
  Married	24 Apr 1891	St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Shell Creek); Columbus, NE.
  Children	+ 1. Lusche, Carl G.,   b. 14 May 1892, Platte County, NE. ,   d. 3 Jul 1977, Columbus, NE.  (Age 85 years) + 2. Lusche, Edward F.,   b. 1 Dec 1896, Platte County, NE. ,   d. 29 Feb 1980, Columbus, NE.  (Age 83 years) + 3. Lusche, Emil O.,   b. 6 Apr 1900, Platte County, NE. ,   d. 11 Dec 1933, Columbus, NE.  (Age 33 years)
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2017
  Family ID	F1568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  _P_CCINFO 2-14330 From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) DAILY TELEGRAM, August 7, 1957, pg. 2, col. 5-6 Mrs. Katherine Lusche, 82, of 1722 9th street, died Tuesday at the Lutheran hospital. She had been ill the past year. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Gass Funeral Home chapel and at 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran church. The Rev. John N. Slice will officiate, and burial will be in Calvary cemetery, Shell Creek. The body will lie in state at the funeral home from 11 a.m. Thursday until the hour of service. She was born Aug. 15, 1874, in Nickle, Austria, the daughter of Frank and Theresa Hurich Distler, and at the age of one year came with her parents to the United States, the family settling in Platte county. She attended Colfax county schools. On April 24, 1891, she was married to George Lusche at St. John's Lutheran church, Shell Creek. They made their home on a farm seven miles north of Columbus until 1921, when they retired and moved into Columbu Mr. and Mrs. Lusche celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on April 24, 1941. Mr. Lusche died June 16, 1945. A member of Trinity Lutheran church, Mrs. Lusche was a charter member of the Ladies Aid. She is survived by two sons, Carl and Edward F. of Columbus; three grandchildren, LaVern and Noris of Denver and Mrs. Glenn Hegi of Columbus; seven great granchildren; and one brother, Frank Distler of Columbus. Mrs. Lusche was preceded in death by her husband; one son, Emil; one grandson, S-Sgt. Carroll Lusche, killed at Tarawa in World War II.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) DAILY TELEGRAM, August 7, 1957, pg. 2, col. 5-6 Mrs. Katherine Lusche, 82, of 1722 9th street, died Tuesday at the Lutheran hospital. She had been ill the past year. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Gass Funeral Home chapel and at 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran church. The Rev. John N. Slice will officiate, and burial will be in Calvary cemetery, Shell Creek. The body will lie in state at the funeral home from 11 a.m. Thursday until the hour of service. She was born Aug. 15, 1874, in Nickle, Austria, the daughter of Frank and Theresa Hurich Distler, and at the age of one year came with her parents to the United States, the family settling in Platte county. She attended Colfax county schools. On April 24, 1891, she was married to George Lusche at St. John's Lutheran church, Shell Creek. They made their home on a farm seven miles north of Columbus until 1921, when they retired and moved into Columbu Mr. and Mrs. Lusche celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on April 24, 1941. Mr. Lusche died June 16, 1945. A member of Trinity Lutheran church, Mrs. Lusche was a charter member of the Ladies Aid. She is survived by two sons, Carl and Edward F. of Columbus; three grandchildren, LaVern and Noris of Denver and Mrs. Glenn Hegi of Columbus; seven great granchildren; and one brother, Frank Distler of Columbus. Mrs. Lusche was preceded in death by her husband; one son, Emil; one grandson, S-Sgt. Carroll Lusche, killed at Tarawa in World War II.

  
  

• Sources

  ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW Date of Import: 3 May 2008 ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW Date of Import: 3 May 2008 ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW Date of Import: 3 May 2008.