Barton County Kansas Obituaries Extracted From The Barton County Democrat, Great Bend, Kansas, 1907

1907 Obituaries from the Barton County Democrat, in Great Bend, Barton County Kansas.

BAUER, Florence, Obituary

Florence Bauer, the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bauer, died last Thursday morning, her remains were taken to Pawnee Rock Cemetery Friday morning. [Barton County Democrat, (Great Bend, Kan.), Friday, May 31, 1907]

DICK, Caroline, Obituary

Mrs. Nicholas Dick, one of the early settlers in this community, passed to her eternal rest at St. Rose hospital, Sunday afternoon, Feb. 3rd, at 4:10, after an illness of some duration. Deceased was taken to the hospital about two weeks ago but was not able to rally from her trouble.

Mrs. Dick, whose maiden name was Damm, was born in Rhe in Pfalz, Germany, April 11, 1849. As a young girl she immigrated to this country with her parents, settling at New Philadelphia, Ohio. Here she met Nicholas Dick, and to him she was married on July 21st, 1872. On April 28th, 1878 they came to Barton county, settling on a farm eight and a half miles east of Great Bend. In 1884 they moved to town and have resided here ever since. She was the mother of three children, Mrs. Minnie Stephens of Stafford, Kansas, Arthur Dick of this city, and one daughter, Mary, who died in 1901 a few months after her marriage to E.F. Buess. She leaves to mourn her death, the two children above mentioned, her husband, three brothers, Jacob and Lewis living west of the city, Peter, of Chillicothe, Mo., Phillip of New Salem, Oregon, and one sister, A Mrs. Weaver, living in Ohio. One sister, who was Mrs. Katzemaier, has been dead some years. Her father and mother who settled in this county in 1877, died here some years ago.

Mrs. Dick was a member of the Catholic church, and the funeral services will be conducted from the church Wednesday morning at 10:30, Father O'Sullivan officiating. She was an earnest womanly woman, whose pathway through life, like that of many other mothers, was full of thorns, through it all she maintained herself as befitting an estimable woman, and the many friends she had are proof of the fact that she was possessed of those traits that go to make up the woman with the motherly feeling for her family, which must be respected in any woman. We trust that the example she has set will be followed by those who are left to mourn her loss, and that it will have the effect of leading them along the narrow path, though filled with thorns and tribulations, yet will lead to an eternal rest and happiness in the hereafter. To her husband, daughter, son, brothers and sister, we extend our sympathy and urge them to be ever watchful that they may be united with her in the life to come. [Barton County Democrat, (Great Bend, Kan.), Friday, February 8, 1907, p.2.]

JANTZ, Anna, Obituary

AN EARLY SETTLER GONE

Mrs. Anna Jantz, one of the early settlers of Liberty township, died at the home of Mrs. Jacob Rose on Sunday morning, the 28th, at 1:30, after a short illness. Deceased had stepped on a nail the Sunday before, but no bad effects were shown until on Friday, when considerable inflammation appeared, which was followed by an attack of lock jaw. Deceased was 76 years, 4 months, and 15 days old. She came to this country with her husband from Russia in 1877, and has resided here continuously. Those who are left to mourn are the following: Henry Jantz, living in Pawnee county, Mrs. Tobias Unruh, Liberty township, Mrs. Tobias Base, Stafford county, Mrs. Cornelius Buller, Battle Creek, Mich., Tobias Jantz, living in California, and Jacob Jantz, living in Arizona. Also the following brothers and sisters survive her: Elizabeth Unruh, Abraham and Peter Dirk, living in this county, Jacob Dirks, Kiowa county, Tobias Dirks, Marion county, and Lena Richer, Reno county. Funeral services were held Monday, and the body laid to rest in the Dundee Valley cemetery. Her husband preceded her in death, dying in February, 1898. Deceased had a large circle of acquaintances, and was a good and kind mother, and a dutiful wife. A large number of friends are left who unite with the relatives in mourning for her loss. [Barton County Democrat, (Great Bend, Kan.), Friday, August 9, 1907, p.2.]