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Katherine Loretta Gavin Bergstreser

27 Sep 1884 – 6 Jun 1946

Birth	27 Sep 1884
Death	6 Jun 1946
Cemetery	Saint James Catholic Cemetery Willow Lake , Clark County , South Dakota , USA
Added by	Thomas Erbes on 13 Nov 2013
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116530115

Bio

Katherine Gavin was born September 27, 1884, at Willow Lake. She married Wilson Bergstreser at Willow Lake, in the new St. James Church, on January 10, 1906. In 1910 Wilson Bergstresers moved to Faith and proved their homestead claim in a sod shanty. The drought caused them to sell the claim and move to Bancroft in 1914. In Bancroft, Wilson operated a meat market. In 1918, they moved back to Willow Lake where Katherine lived there until 1942. While living in Willow Lake, Katherine was Chancellor of the Willow Lake Royal Neighbor lodge in 1930. When she moved to Watertown to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Dvorak. Mrs. Bergstreser was preceded in death by her husband, Wilson Bergstreser, who died in 1933. Surviving relatives include: three daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Caroline) Dirksen of Conde, Mrs. Nellie Dvorak of Watertown, and Mrs. Clarence (Bertha) Quill of Grand Junction, Colorado, two sons George of Watertown, and James of Los Angeles. One sister W. W. (Rosie) Erbes, and one brother James Gavin of Watertown.

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Family

Parents

• George Gavin 1857–1934 FaG
• Mary Byrne Gavin 1859–1933 FaG

Spouse

• Wilson Howard Bergstreser 1878–1933

Siblings

• William "Willie" Gavin 1889–1891 FaG
• James Francis Gavin 1891–1951 FaG
• Rose Gavin Erbes 1892–1986 FaG

Children

• George Frederick Bergstresser 1911–1980
• Carolyn Mary Bergstreser Dirksen 1913–1981
• Nellie Nadine Bergstresser Stockstad 1914–1985
• Bertha Rose "Peggy" Bergstreser Quill 1920–1995
• James Jacob Bergstreser 1925–1974

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