Elizabeth Gerhartz
1862-1941
Born: Stacyville, Mitchell Co, Iowa, USA
Died: Stacyville, Mitchell Co, Iowa, USA
1862-1941
Born: Stacyville, Mitchell Co, Iowa, USA
Died: Stacyville, Mitchell Co, Iowa, USA
[Note--Elizabeth was the 3rd wife of Chrysanthus Halfman. Also note that this obituary was not sourced, so I do not know the paper in which it ran.]<br><br>October 1941: Last Rites Held for Mrs. Halfman Last Saturday.<br>Funeral services for Mrs C. Halfman, beloved resident of the Stacyville community for many years, were held last Saturday morning at 9 o'clock in Visitation Catholic church in Stacyville. Requiem high mass was read by Rev. H. N. Manternach, in the presence of a large number of sorrowing relatives and friends.<br>Elizabeth Gerhartz was born January 11, 1862 at Spillville, Iowa, and died at Stacyville, October 8, 1941 at 6:50 p.m. She was married on November 8, 1886 to Chrisand Halfman, at Visitation Church, Stacyville, Iowa, and the couple lived on a farm 2 miles southeast of Stacyville.<br>Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Halfman, two dying in infancy. the other eight children who remain to revere the memory and mourn the passing of a grand, good mother are Joe, Manly, Iowa; George, Christina (Mrs. Joe Simon), Michael, Alois, Hubert, Stacyville Iowa; Albert, Sheboygan Falls, Wis.,; Paul, Campbellsport Wis. She is also survived by twenty-one grandchildren.<br>Her husband died January 12, 1917 and Mrs. Halfman continued to live on the farm until the spring of 1930 when she moved to town.<br>The following acted as pallbearers at the funeral: Mrs. Frank Hovel, Mrs Jake Simon, Mrs. Katie Diedrich, Mrs. Anton Nies, Mrs. Mary Frein, Mrs. Rose Durben, Ray Jurgensmeir, Ernie Heimer, Ferd Durben, Will Gerhartz, Willie Eschweiler, Fred Halfman.<br>Out of town relatives and friends here on Saturday for the funeral services included: Mrs. and Mrs. A. M. Olaesgens, Owataonan, Minn.; Mrs. and Mrs. Ernest Heimer, Austin Minn.; Julia Hoffman, Owatonna, Minn.; Henry Halfman and son Paul, Stephen, Minn.; Mrs. Scott Hedges, Marian Simon, Mason City, Iowa; Mrs. L. A. Leske, Owatonna, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Durben, Rochester, Minn.; Phillip Halfman, Malone, Wis.; Mrs. Vincent Aigner, Fond du Lac, Wis.; Mrs. and Mrs. Ed Schaefer, Fond du Lac, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jurgensmier Sheboygan, Wis.; Mike Strauth and son Vincent, Faribault, Minn.; Will and Agie Eschweiler, Riceville, Iowa; Frank and Fred Halfman, Tony Retterath, Turton, South Dakota; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Halfman, Campbellsport, Qis.; Mrs. August Kraemer, Campbellsport, Wis.; Albert Halfman Sheboygan Falls Wis.; Esther Boyington, San Diego, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Durben, Manly, Iowa.