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Finke, Katharina G.[1]

Female 1888 - 1947  (59 years)


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  • Name Finke, Katharina G. 
    Born 7 Jun 1888  Hude, Oldenburg, GER. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 12 Sep 1947  Columbus, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Christ Lutheran Cemetery; Columbus, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3470  Wuerdemann Family
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2017 

    Father Finke, Diederich,   b. UNKNOWN, Oldenburg, GER. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. UNKNOWN, Oldenburg, GER. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Schutte, Anna Catharine,   b. UNKNOWN, Oldenburg, GER. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. UNKNOWN, Oldenburg, GER. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married UNKNOWN  Oldenburg, GER. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2016  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grotelueschen, John Adolph,   b. 29 Dec 1871, Platte County, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1961, Columbus, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 26 Feb 1911  Columbus, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Grotelueschen, Harold Walter,   b. 19 Jun 1913, Platte County, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1996, Columbus, NE Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +2. Grotelueschen, Louise Mathilda,   b. 2 Jul 1916, Columbus, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1997, Columbus, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +3. Living
    +4. Living
    +5. Living
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2017 
    Family ID F2017  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • _P_CCINFO 2-14330
      From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) DAILY TELEGRAM, September 13, 1947, pg. 5, col. 3

      Mrs. Adolph Groteluschen, 59, passed away at 3:04 p.m. Friday at the Lutheran hospital where she had been a patient for the past two and one-half months. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the family home and at 2 p.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran church with Rev. A.H. Guettler, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Christ Lutheran cemeter

      The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Diedrich Finke, she was born June 7, 1888, at Hude, Oldenburg, Germany. In April 1904, she came with her brother and sister to the United States and that same year came to Columbus, Neb. She was employed in Columbus and vicinity and on Feb. 26, 1911, she married John Adolph Groteluschen at Christ Lutheran church. They made their home on a farm in Sherman township until 1926 when they moved to a farm near Columbus where they have since resided.

      She was a member of Christ Lutheran church and transferred her membership to Immanuel Lutheran church when she moved near Columbus. She was also a member of the Ladies Aid and the Women's Missionary League.

      Mrs. Groteluschen was preceded in death by her parents and one sister and is survived by her husband, three sons, Harold and Roland, both of Columbus, Norman of Hickory, N.C., two daughters, Mrs. Otto Barjenbruch of Leigh, Mrs. Fred Gruenhage, Columbus, five stepchildren, Arthur and Ernst, both of Columbus, Paul of Wausau, Wis., Mrs. E.A. Buchholz, Columbus, and Rev. E.T. Groteluschen, Elgin, Ill., 21 grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Diedrich Sander, Cordova, Md., and Mrs. Johanna Schultz of Germany, and one brother, Henry Finke of Florida.

      The body will lie in state at the Gass Funeral Home from 10 a.m. Monday until 9 a.m. Tuesday when it will be taken to the home for the service.

      [The Columbus Daily Telegram, September 17, 1947, pg. 6, col. 2]

      Funeral service for Mrs. Adolph Groteluschen, 59, who died Friday, were held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the family home and at 2 p.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran church with Rev. A.H. Guettler, pastor, officiating.

      Burial was in the Christ Lutheran cemetery and pallbearers were Ernest Otte, Adolph Loseke, Clarence Groteluschen, Bernard Loseke, Carroll Kant, and Walter Korte. Out of town relatives and friends at the services were Rev. and Mrs. E.T. Groteluschen and family, Elgin, Ill.; Louis Groteluschen, Audubon, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Willie Breese, sr., Albion; Miss Elsie Breese, Albion; Mr. and Mrs. Hans Buchholz and Mrs. Gottlieb Buchholz, all of Oakland, and Mr. and Mrs. Louie Ross, Bancroft. [ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW]

      From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) DAILY TELEGRAM, September 13, 1947, pg. 5, col. 3

      Mrs. Adolph Groteluschen, 59, passed away at 3:04 p.m. Friday at the Lutheran hospital where she had been a patient for the past two and one-half months. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the family home and at 2 p.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran church with Rev. A.H. Guettler, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Christ Lutheran cemeter

      The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Diedrich Finke, she was born June 7, 1888, at Hude, Oldenburg, Germany. In April 1904, she came with her brother and sister to the United States and that same year came to Columbus, Neb. She was employed in Columbus and vicinity and on Feb. 26, 1911, she married John Adolph Groteluschen at Christ Lutheran church. They made their home on a farm in Sherman township until 1926 when they moved to a farm near Columbus where they have since resided.

      She was a member of Christ Lutheran church and transferred her membership to Immanuel Lutheran church when she moved near Columbus. She was also a member of the Ladies Aid and the Women's Missionary League.

      Mrs. Groteluschen was preceded in death by her parents and one sister and is survived by her husband, three sons, Harold and Roland, both of Columbus, Norman of Hickory, N.C., two daughters, Mrs. Otto Barjenbruch of Leigh, Mrs. Fred Gruenhage, Columbus, five stepchildren, Arthur and Ernst, both of Columbus, Paul of Wausau, Wis., Mrs. E.A. Buchholz, Columbus, and Rev. E.T. Groteluschen, Elgin, Ill., 21 grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Diedrich Sander, Cordova, Md., and Mrs. Johanna Schultz of Germany, and one brother, Henry Finke of Florida.

      The body will lie in state at the Gass Funeral Home from 10 a.m. Monday until 9 a.m. Tuesday when it will be taken to the home for the service.

      [The Columbus Daily Telegram, September 17, 1947, pg. 6, col. 2]

      Funeral service for Mrs. Adolph Groteluschen, 59, who died Friday, were held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the family home and at 2 p.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran church with Rev. A.H. Guettler, pastor, officiating.

      Burial was in the Christ Lutheran cemetery and pallbearers were Ernest Otte, Adolph Loseke, Clarence Groteluschen, Bernard Loseke, Carroll Kant, and Walter Korte. Out of town relatives and friends at the services were Rev. and Mrs. E.T. Groteluschen and family, Elgin, Ill.; Louis Groteluschen, Audubon, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Willie Breese, sr., Albion; Miss Elsie Breese, Albion; Mr. and Mrs. Hans Buchholz and Mrs. Gottlieb Buchholz, all of Oakland, and Mr. and Mrs. Louie Ross, Bancroft.

  • Sources 
    1. 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.