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Mary Gertrude "Mae" Theewen Aerts

16 Mar 1888 – 16 Nov 1961

Birth16 Mar 1888
Death16 Nov 1961
CemeterySaint Francis Catholic Cemetery
David City , Butler County , Nebraska , USA
Added byScott on 14 Sep 2012
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Daughter of Mathew and Johanna (Sanders) Theewen. Married Frank Aerts on January 5, 1908 at St. Francis Catholic Church, Center Township, Butler County, Nebr. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Banner-Press (David City, Nebr.), November 23, 1961, p. 7, col. 3 & 4 Mrs. Frank Aerts, 73, Dies Thursday, Nov 16; Services Held Saturday Mrs. Frank Aerts, 73, died Thursday, Nov. 16 at the David City Hospital after an illness of more than five years. Funeral services were conducted at St. Mary's Catholic Church Saturday morning, Nov. 18, with the Rev. Charles Kelliher officiating. LeRoy Svoboda, Carol Zimmer, Jerome Svoboda, Edward R. Wachal, David Aerts, and Wm. Riha, Jr., were pallbearers. Burial was in St. Francis Cemetery (Center). Mary Gertrude Theewen, daughter of Mathew and Johanna Sanders Theewen, was born March 16, 1888, at Atkinson, Nebr. She moved to Butler county at the age of three years with her parents. On Jan. 5, 1908, she was married at St. Francis Church (Center) to Frank W. Aerts, and 11 children were born to this union. For 41 years they lived on the same farm in Center Township before retiring and moving to David City 11 years ago. Mrs. Aerts was a member of the St. Mary's and St. Francis Altar Societies. She is survived by ten children, Mrs. Cecilia Svoboda of Columbus; Mrs. William Riha, Mrs. Bill Samek, Mrs. Art Kosch, Theodore Aerts, Leo Aerts, Mrs. Joe Hladky, William Aerts, and Frank L. Aerts of David City; and Mrs. Leonard Darnell of Sargeant, Minn.; 37 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Martin Theewen of David City, Bill Theewen of Lincoln, and Frank Theewen of Cedar Rapids; and a sister, Mrs. Henry Phillips, of David City. Preceding her in death were her husband, Frank, and one son, James.

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