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- MRS. HENRY GILSDORF passed away at her home here on Monday evening after a lingering sickness of over a years duration. Death was due to cancer.
Katherine Zimmermann was born April 16, 1863 at Rhine Centre, Sheboygan county. She was married on May 25th, 1887, a Kiel to Henry Gilsdorf also of Rhine Center, and came to Hilbert where they since lived.
A husband and six children are left to mourn her death; Mrs. Geo. Wiegand, Appleton; Mrs. Frank Schmidt, Fond du Lac; Mrs. Anton Hoffman, New Holstein; Mrs. Cyril Gehl, Hilbert; Othmar, Sherwood; and Joe at home, also six sisters; Mrs. George Diedrich of this city, Mrs. Elizabeth Mehler of St. Cloud, Mrs. Eva Schmitz of Fond du Lac, Mrs. M. Carney of Rockford, Ill., Mrs. Apolone Schmidt of Steinthal, and Mrs. Christine Schmidt of McHenry, Ill.; four brothers, Philip of Steinthal, Jacob of Rockford, Ill., and Adam and Conrad of Plymouth; and eighteen grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning at St. Marys church, Rev. Geier officiating.
Chilton Times May 26, 1938
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