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Mary Wimmer Berger

8 Sep 1877 – 11 Jan 1936

Birth8 Sep 1877
Death11 Jan 1936
CemeterySaint Martins Cemetery
Tours , McLennan County , Texas , USA
Added byAndrea Berger Walston on 20 Jun 2016
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38904966

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Maria "Mary" Wimmer was born in Peigen, Bavaria, Germany at eight o'clock in the evening on Saturday, September 8, 1877. She was the second of ten children born to Johann and Theres (Moosburger) Wimmer. Her older sibling at the time of her birth was Theresa Wimmer, who was 11 months old. Shortly after Mary was born the Wimmer family moved from Peigne to Dingolfing, Bavaria, where Mary's next three siblings, Frances Mary, John George and Joseph Henry, were born. In 1884, Johann Wimmer made the decision to go to America ahead of his family to find work and a place to live. In 1885, after Johann Wimmer had secured a home and money to pay for his family's passage, he sent for them. Theresa and the children traveled in steerage class. They arrived at the port of Galveston on October 31, 1885. The Wimmer family made their home in St. Martinsville (later renamed Tours), Texas, a predominately German community. After settling in St. Martinsville (Tours), Mary Wimmer and her siblings all attended school held in the John Henry Schroeder home. The first schoolhouse was not built until 1890. Until then, regular classes were held in the Schroeder home. On November 9, 1898, John Theodore Berger and Mary Wimmer were united in holy matrimony at St. Martin's Catholic Church. Rev. Christopher Preker, pastor of St. Martin's, performed the ceremony. John was 23 and Mary was 21. John and Mary (Wimmer) Berger had eight children, including one, Heinrich Albert, who passed away at age of ten months in 1905. Only three of their children remained in Tours. Mary lived the remainder of her life in Tours. Mary died at home in Tours, Texas at 8:05 a.m. on Saturday, January 11, 1936, at the age of 58 yrs 4 mos 3 days. Her cause of death was listed on the death certificate as Cardiac Embolus (Heart Failure or Stroke) with Arteriosclerosis (commonly called hardening of the arteries) as contributory. Mary's funeral took place on January 13, 1936 at St. Martin's Catholic Church. Kyle Aderhold with Aderhold Funeral Home in West handled the arrangements. Her prayer card was printed by Subiaco College Press, Subiaco, Arkansas, where her son, Robert John Berger was a seminarian. He was ordained a priest, Rev. Mark Berger, five months after Mary's death, in Little Rock, Arkansas on June 6, 1936. Mary and John Berger's youngest child, Emma, was only eighteen at the time of her mother's death. Emma was not yet married and still lived at home. She took over the household duties and looked after her father until his death six years later in 1942. Researched and Compiled by Andrea (Berger) Walston- Compiled on: June 20, 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mary (Wimmer) Berger - Obituary The West News, West, Texas, January 17, 1939 Mrs. Mary Berger, 58, Dies at Tours Saturday Mrs. Mary Berger, age 58, died at her home in Tours on Saturday, January 11. Mrs. Berger came to the Tours community from Germany, her birthplace, 49 years ago, and had lived in that section until the time of her death, Funeral Services were held at the St. Martin's Church in Tours at 9:00 a.m. Monday, January 13th, with Father Duda officiating. Interment was in St. Martin's Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Herman Wimmer, Herbert Wimmer, Chas Berger, Tom Berger, Fred Berger and Joe Deiterman. Survivors are: her husband, John Berger; three daughters, Misses Angelina, Agnes and Emma Berger of Tours; four sons, Isidor, Willie, Alphonse and Fr. Mark Berger of Tours; three brothers, Joe of Westphalia, Charles of Munster and Henry Wimmer of Hermleigh; four sisters, Mrs. Frank Bezdek of West, Mrs. Willie Schroeder of Windthorst, Mrs. Frank Berger of Tours, and Mrs. Joe Schwirtlich of Robstown.

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