Generation 11

Max Major Pappe

Max Major Pappe (1917-2002)

Kingfisher Times, Sunday, March 3, 2002

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CATHEDRAL CITY, CA. Max Major Pappe, 84, of Cathedral City died at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, February 24, at Amdal Residential Care in Rancho Mirage, where he has resided since August of 2001 with his wife of 58 years. He was admired and respected by all who knew him.

A native of Kingfisher, OK, he was born December 28, 1917. He moved to Downey, CA in 1948 with his wife, the former Mildred Wittrock from Okarche, OK, and three children. He retired to Cathedral City in 1971. The Pappe family was well known in Kingfisher, his grandfather, Richard Pappe Sr., being among the first settlers there in the opening of Oklahoma Territory in April 1889. He made his living in the flooring business and was a full partner in Floor Fashions, Inc. in Fullerton, CA. In retirement, he pursued his life's passions as an inventor and ballroom dancer and was an active amateur radio operator, using the call sign KA6EKV. He was a 30-year member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the USA, Lodge No. 1905 in Cathedral City.

At the age of 16 he enlisted in the National Guard in Oklahoma, serving for six years. In 1940 he entered the regular Army, serving six more years in Panama and the Philippines as Unit Commander, Field Artillery, and rising to the rank of Master Sergeant. He was commissioned as Second Lieutenant after completing Officers Candidate School and was later promoted to First Lieutenant upon his honorable discharge in 1946.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur Pappe and Violet Major Pappe of Kingfisher and one brother, Charles Pappe of Oklahoma City, OK. In addition to his widow, Mildred, of the home, he is survived by three children and their spouses, Donald and Judy Pappe of Whittier, Marilyn and Don Davis of Cathedral City, and Elaine and Robert Lawson of Laguna Beach, CA; five grandchildren, Kimberly Cheney, Robert Willis, Angela and Jessica Lawson; and five great grandchildren; a sister, Louise Altizer of Kingfisher and a nephew, Charles Altizer of Oklahoma City, OK; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Private memorial services will be held on Saturday March 9th in Cathedral City.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Max and Mildred Pappe, about 1985

Generation 10

Joe and Anna Wittrock Lechtenburg

Anna K Wittrock (1896-1993)
Mrs. Joseph Lechtenberg

Obituary not available.

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Generation 10

Mike Wittrock, Tony Wittrock, Elizabeth Wittry, Clara Wittry,
1934

Elizabeth Wittry (1908-1991)
Mrs. Tony Wittrock

 

Obituary not available.

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Generation 10

Left to right Gertrude Werner, Alberta Marcucci, Mike Wittrock, Ben Wittrock.

Bernard John "Ben" Wittrock (1900-1956)

Funeral Card

JESUS!      MARY!      JOSEPH!

We have loved him in life; Let us not forget him after death.  St. Ambrose

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Bernard John Wittrock

Born March 22, 1900 at Okarche, Oklahoma. Died there May 15, 1056.

May he rest in peace. Amen.  (ind. of 300 days)
Sacred Heart of Jesus. Thy Kingdom come.  (Ind. of 300 days)
My Jesus, mercy.  (Ind. of 300 days)
Jesus, Mary, Joseph.  (Ind. of 7 years)
My Cross, my only hope, I salute Thee.  (Ind. of 500 days)

 

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Generation 10

Left to right Gertrude Werner, Alberta Marcucci, Mike Wittrock, Ben Wittrock.

Gertrude Cecelia Werner (1909-2001)
Mrs. Ben Wittrock

Okarche, Oklahoma, April, 2001

Gertrude C. Wittrock, 91, of Okarche died Tuesday, April 3, 2001, at Kingfisher Regional Hospital in Kingfisher.

A prayer service was held at 7 p.m. Friday, April 6, at Benson Memorial Chapel in El Reno with Deacon Max Schwarz officiating. Mass of Christian Burial was set for 10 a.m. Saturday, April 7, at Holy Trinity Church in Okarche with Rev. Ed Weisenburger and Rev. Marvin Leven officiating. Burial will follow in Holy Trinity Cemetery under direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

She was born Dec. 20, 1909, at Humphrey, Nebraska, the oldest of 10 children.

She graduated from St. Francis Catholic High School in 1927 and attended Duchesne College in Omaha, Nebraska, for one year.

She came to Okarche in 1931. She was a homemaker and nurses aid. She was a member of the Holy Trinity Church and the Catholic Daughter of the Americas.

She married Bernard Wittrock on Oct. 13, 1931. He preceded her in death on May 15, 1956.

She was also preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Margaret (Smith) Werner; three sons, Thomas, Donald and Alvin Wittrock; two brothers, Martin and Marion Werner, and one sister, Marcella Lee.

Survivors include one daughter, Margaret Ann Corniola and her husband Carmine of Sandy, Utah; four brothers, George of Omaha, Nebraska, Mark of Humphrey, Nebraska, Jerome of Illinois, and David of Minnesota; two sisters, Agnes Bruck of Sedona, Arizona, and Rosemary Storey of Chicago, Illinois; one daughter-in-Law, Jan Wittrock of St. Louis, Missouri; five grandchildren, Michael and Christopher Corniola of Sandy, Utah, Steve Wittrock of Okarche, Debbie Miller and her husband Greg of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, and Mike Wittrock of Smithville, Texas, and nine great grandchildren.

Generation 10

Frank and Barbara Ludwig Wittrock, about 1930

Frank George Wittrock (1904-1956)

El Reno American, Jan 20, 1966

Rites Held for F. Wittrock

Frank G. Wittrock, Okarche, died early Friday in an El Reno nursing home.

Office of the dead was recited at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Benson Memorial chapel. Funeral Mass was said at 9 a.m. Monday at Holy Trinity Catholic church at Okarche. Father Edmund VonElm officiated. Burial was in the Holy Trinity cemetery.

He was born in Okarche September 17, 1904. He was a lifetime resident of that community.

Mr. Wittrock was a member of the Holy Trinity Catholic church.

He is survived by two sons, Robert H., Oklahoma City, and Charles A, Denver, Colo.; two daughters, Mrs. Geneva Marie Ryan, Los Angeles, Calif., and Miss Betty Wittrock, Oklahoma City; four brothers, Paul, John and Antone, all of Okarche, and Michael, Carroll, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. Ann Lechtenberg, Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. George Werner, Omaha, and four grandchildren.

 

Okarhche Chieftain, Jan 20, 1966  

Funeral Services Held for Frank Wittrock

Frank G. Wittrock, Okarche, died early last Friday in an El Reno nursing home. Rosary was recited at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Benson Memorial chapel. The Funeral Mass was read at 9 a.m. Monday at Holy Trinity Catholic church at Okarche, with Father Edmund Von Elm officiating. Burial was in Holy Trinity cemetery.

He was born in Okarche September 17, 1904 and had farmed there until about eight years ago. He is survived by two sons, Robert H. of Oklahoma City and Charles A., of Denver, Colo.; two daughters, Mrs. Geneva Marie Ryan, Los Angeles, Calif., and Miss Betty Wittrock, Oklahoma City.

And by four brothers, Paul, John and Antone, all of Okarche, and Michael, of Carroll, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. Ann Lechtenberg, Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. George Werner, Omaha, and four grandchildren.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Generation 10

Frank and Barbara Ludwig Wittrock, about 1930

Barbara Ann Ludwig (1910-1999)
Mrs. Frank Wittrock

Obituary not available.

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Generation 10

Marie Wittrock

Marie Cecelia Wittrock (1906-1944)
Mrs. Anton Smith

El Reno Tribune, Sunday, May 21, 1944

Mrs. Anton Smith Claimed by Death

Mrs. Anton Smith, 37 years of age died at 7:30 p.m. Saturday after an illness of about five years at the family home one and one-half miles west of Okarche.

Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband and four children, Gerald, Dorothy Mae, Sylvester and Alice of the home.

Other survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Theresa Werner, Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Anna Lechtenberg, Petersburg, Neb.; and seven brothers, Joe Wittrock, Anton Wittrock, Ben Wittrock, Paul Wittrock, Frank Wittrock, and John Wittrock, all of Okarche, and Mike Wittrock, now residing in California.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by Benson funeral home.

El Reno American, May 25, 1944

Mrs. Anton Smith Rites

Funeral rites were conducted Tuesday in Holy Trinity Church for Mrs. Anton Smith, who died at her home west of Okarche, Saturday evening following an illness of five years, at the age of 37 years, 10 months and 9 days. Msgr. Z. Steber officiated at the service and at the Catholic cemetery where burial was made. Marie Wittrock was born at Okarche on July 11, 1906. On May 7, 1920 she was married to Anton Smith. Surviving with the husband are four children, Gerald, Dorothy Mae, Sylvester and Alice Ann, all of the home. She also leaves two sisters and seven brothers: Mrs. Anna Lechtenberg, of Petersburg, Nebr.; Mrs. Theresa Warner of Omaha, Nebr.; and Joe, Anton, Bernard, Paul, Frank and John Wittrock, of Okarche; and Mike Wittrock, of Alhambra, Calif.

Relatives who came from a distance to attend the funeral were Mrs. Theresa Warner, and Miss Helen Fuches of Omaha, Nebr. Mrs. Margaret Warner and Mrs. Mary Fuches of Humphrey, Nebr.; and Mike Wittrock of Alhambra, Calif.

Anton and Marie Wittrock Smith, 1929

Marie Wittrock Smith with her children, about 1939

Generation 10

Anton and Marie
Wittrock Smith, 1929

Anton Smith (1900-1970)

Okarche, Oklahoma, February 1970

Services Held for Anton Smith Wed.

Anton Smith, 69, died suddenly Sunday morning at his home in Okarche. He had been ill for some time. Office for the dead was recited at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Holy Trinity Catholic church at Okarche.

The funeral Mass was read at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Holy Trinity church by Father Stanley Rother with burial following in Holy Trinity cemetery.

Smith was born December 31, 1900, at St. Bernard, Neb., and came to Okarche in 1901. He was a retired farmer. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.

He was an active member of the Catholic Order of Foresters for 53 years, having joined the Order in 1917 as a charter member when the local Court was instituted.

He had held an elective office in the Court in some capacity for most of the years he was a member and members of the Court attended the funeral in a group.

He was a member of the Holy Name Society and had served as Town Clerk a number of years.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Cornwell of Hannibal, Mo., and Mrs. Bud Stroud of Okarche; two sons, Gerald Smith of Marianthal, Kansas and Sylvester Smith of Oklahoma City; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Fuchs of Humphrey, Neb., and Miss Katherine Smith of Okarche, 17 grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

Okarche, Oklahoma, February 1970

THE DEATH OF ANTON Smith removes another of the original charter members of the Okarche Catholic Order of Foresters, initiated here in 1917. Tony was also among those who with their families came here in the so-called "Emigrant Cars" furnished by railroads in those early days.

Since cross-country moving as we know it today, was impossible then, the railroads would rent a box car to anyone wishing to move into the new territory, in which they could load a cow, the family furniture and what farming equipment needed, and the family would live on the car as it slowly moved cross-country to the new land.

In so doing, the railroads helped populate the territories, thus insuring future business of hauling wheat and farm produce.

Upon arrival, the contents of the car would be unloaded a set distance from the track and the new settler or "Emigrant", was on his own.

Generation 10

George and Theresa Wittrock Werner

Theresa Mae Wittrock (1910-2005)
Mrs. Theresa Werner

The Omaha World Herald

Werner — Theresa M., age 94 yrs, Omaha.

Theresa always had an open door and an open heart and was noted for her love. "The Giving Tree". Preceded in death by husband, George I. Werner; granddaughter, Dianne; son-in-law, Russell McGill. Survived by daughters and son-in-law, Helen McGill, Co. Bluffs, Virginia and Frank Sokol, Seattle, WA; sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and Jane, Leo and Barbara, Jim and Mary, all of Omaha; 11 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; brother, Mike and wife Alberta Wittrock, Carroll, IA.

VIGIL SERVICE Thurs 7:30pm West Center Chapel. SERVICES Fri 10am West Center Chapel to St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church at 10:30 am. Interment Calvary. Memorials to the Alzheimer's Association, Women's Care Center of the Heartland, or Masses. VISITATION from 3pm Thurs.

HEAFEY-HEAFEY-HOFFMANN DWORAK-CUTLER WEST CENTER CHAPEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George and Theresa Wittrock Werner,
August 1990

Generation 10

George and Theresa Wittrock Werner

George Ignatius Werner

Omaha, Nebraska , April 2004

Werner — George I, 92 yrs., Omaha.

George Werner was the founder of Werner Paint Co. and a 65 year member Knights of Columbus. He enjoyed many hobbies. His motto was, "Bloom where you are planted." He was preceded in death by granddaughter, Dianne; son-in-law, Russell McGill; brothers, Martin and Marion; sisters, Marcella Lee and Gertrude Wittrock. Survived by wife of 70 years., Theresa M. Werner; daughters and son-in-law, Helen McGill, Council Bluffs, Virginia and Frank Sokol, Seattle, WA; sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and Jane, Leo and Barbara, Jim and Mary, all of Omaha; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; sisters, Rosemary and husband Frank Storey, brothers, Mark, David and wife, Janie, and Jerome.

WAKE SERVICE: Thurs. 7 pm, West Center Chapel. SERVICES: Fri. 10 am, West Center Chapel to St. Margaret Mary Church 10:30 am. Interment Calvary, Memorials to St. Margaret Mary Church, New Cassel or Hospice House. VISITATION from 4 pm Thurs.

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George and Theresa Wittrock Werner,
August 1990

Generation 10

Maribeth Stallman, Paul Thileke, Mike Wittrock; Seated: Alberta Marcucci

Alberta Ernestine (Marcucci) Wittrock

(living)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Generation 11

LeRoy Wittrock (1939-1970)

Okarche Chieftan, September 1970

Funeral Mass Held for LeRoy Wittrocks

A funeral Mass was held last Monday at 10:a.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic church here for LeRoy Wittrock and his two children, Allen, 7, and Carol, 6. Surviving are the widow, Pat, and another son, Kelly, 4.

He is also survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Wittrock of Okarche. Father F.F. Meis, pastor of Holy Trinity conducted the Mass and arrangements were by Langley Funeral Home of Kingfisher.

The Wittrocks live 12 miles east and a half mile north of Okarche and the deaths have been officially ruled a murder-suicide by the Assistant District Attorney Leo Shaw and Sheriff Coye L. Barker. Wittrock was a wheat and cattle farmer.

 

 

Generation 9

Theresa Wittrock Siermer (front left) and family, about 1900

Theresa (Wittrock) Siemer (1848-1944)
Mrs. Clemens Siemer

Obituary not available.

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Theresia Wittrock Siemer Funeral Card

JESUS! MARY! JOSEPH!

Old age is a crown of dignity when it is found in the ways of justice.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Mrs. Theresia Siemer

Born January 12, 1849, at Vechta, Germany. Died Nov. 17, 1944 at Butte, Nebraska

PRAYER

O God, Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant to the soul of Thy servant departed the remission of all her sins, that through pious supplications she may obtain the pardon which she has always desired. Who lives and reignest world without end. Amen.

Jesus! Mary! Joseph! (Ind. of 7 years)

My Jesus, mercy. (Ind. of 300 days)

Jesus, my God, I love Thee above all things. (Ind. of 100 days)

Dear Lord Jesus, grand her eternal rest (Ind. of 300 days)

 

Klemens Siemer Funeral Card

Jesus!   Maria!   Joseph!

Zum frommen Andenken an

Klemens Siemer

Geboren am 17. Januar 1836 bei Lohne, Bakum, Oldenburg, Deutschland.
Gestorben wohlversehen mit den hl. Sterbesakramenten am 20. Juni 1912 zu Butte, Nebraska und wurde begraben auf den Gottesacker daselbst.

Herr, gib ihm die ewige Ruhe und das ewige Licht leuchte ihm. Herr laß ihn ruhen in Frieden! Amen. (300 Tage Ablass jedenmal)

Jesus, sanftmütig und demütig von Herzen, mache mein Herz nach deinem Herzen. (300 Tage Abl.)

Jesus, Maria und Josef! Euch schenke ich mein Herz und meine Seele. – Jesus, Maria und Josef! Steht mir bei im letzen Todeskampfe. Jesus, Maria und Josef! Möge meine Seele mit Euch im Frieden scheiden. Amen. (300 Tage Abl.)

English Translation:

Jesus!   Mary!   Joseph

In pious memory of

Klemens Siemer

Born on January 17, 1836 in Bakum, [near] Lohne, Oldenburg, Germany.
Died on June 20, 1912, with last rights, at Butte, Nebraska
and was buried in the cemetery.

Lord, give him eternal peace and eternal light shine on him. Lord may he rest in peace. (300 days indulgence)

Jesus, of gentle and humble heart, make my heard like your heart. (300 days indulgence)

Jesus, Mary, Joseph! To you I give my heart and soul. – Jesus, Mary, Joseph! May my soul part with you in peace.