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Pauline Caroline Tesmer Witzke
10 Oct 1858 – 6 Dec 1942
| Birth | 10 Oct 1858 |
| Death | 6 Dec 1942 |
| Cemetery | Avoca Cemetery Avoca , Cass County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | RL (Bob) Nielsen on 09 Aug 2008 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28890440 |
Bio
Pauline was born in Skoraczewo, Kreis Wirsitz, Provinz Posen, Westpreußen, Preußen (northcentral Poland today). Her baptism record lists her parents' home as "Skoraczewo", which was a small village near today's Sicienko in Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Her parents were Friederich Wilhelm & Anna Elizabeth, nee Schmidt, Tessmer. Pauline's name on her baptism record was "Caroline Pauline", but as often the case with Germanic names, she went by Pauline in her daily life. Pauline had 4 siblings that we know of: August Ferdinand (b. 1849), Friedrich Wilhelm (b. 1851, d. 1852), Emilie Ernestine (b. 1853, d. 1854), and Gustav (b. 1861). As far as we know, neither August or Gustav emigrated from Poland. ============ Obituary: Avoca Woman Dies At Daughter's Home Mrs Pauline Witzke, 84, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs William Gollner, Avoca, Sunday morning after a long illness. She was born in West Prussia, Germany, Oct. 10, 1858, and came to Avoca in 1911 from Hammond, Minnesota. Survivors are two sons and six daughters, Charles E, Red Wing, Minn.; Gustav A., Billings, Mont.; Mrs Anna Hawley, Hamlet. Neb.; Mrs Fred Ronfronz [sic], Rochester, Minn.; Mrs John Nutzman, Mrs William Gollner, Avoca; Mrs G. S. Mohr, Hamlet, and Mrs Marian [sic] Pittman, Avoca. Also surviving are a brother, Gustav Pessmer [sic], in Poland, and 2 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren also survive. Her husband, Gustav Witzke, died several years ago. Funeral services will be held at Congregational church, Avoca, Tuesday at 2 p. m. following a short prayer service at the home of her daughter at 1:30 o'clock. Rev G. Bergstraesser will officiate, and burial will be at Avoca cemetery. The pallbearers will be Elmer Hennings, Elmer Halstrom [sic], Henry Maseman, Ellis Lacey, Oscar Zimmerer and Carl Zeiser. The body will lie in state at the Gollner home from 10 a. m. Tuesday until time of the service. Caldwell funeral home, Plattsmouth, has charge of the funeral.
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- Anna Marie Witzke Hawley 1878–1972
- Charles Edward Witzke 1881–1966
- Ida Wilhelmine Witzke Ranfranz 1883–1977
- Emma Witzke Nutzman 1886–1974
- Ella Pauline Witzke Gollner 1888–1970
- Olga Amanda Witzke Mohr 1891–1955
- Gustav Adolph Reinhold Witzke 1895–1975
- Lillie Laura Elizabeth Witzke Bush 1899–1935
- Esther Ruth Witzke Pittman 1903–2001
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