20. WILLIAM H. FUST (1875-1952)

OBITUARY

Lidgerwood Monitor, Thursday, August 21, 1952, page 1

SERVICES HELD FOR WILLIAM FUST AT HOLY CROSS MONDAY

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Holy Cross Lutheran Church for William Fust, long-time resident of this community who passed away at his home on August 14, 1952.  The Rev. L. K. Meyer officiated, and interment was at Holy Cross Cemetery.  Pallbearers were Lester Silverthorn, Virgil Silverthorn, William Clark, Kenneth Clark, Robert Fust, and Luther Sheets.

The son of Marie and Fred Fust, he was born in Swan (Schwaan), Mecklenburg, Germany, on September 5, 1875, and came to the United States with his parents in 1882.  First they settled near Dysart, Iowa, then moved 11 years later to Hardwick, Minnesota, where they had a farm.

In November 1900 William Fust was united in marriage to Bertha Carl.  They lived on a farm in the Hardwick community for 9 years, then moved to Moscow, Idaho, and finally in 1915, to Kingston Township in Sargent County, N. D.

Since they retired in 1943 to Lidgerwood, Mr. and Mrs. Fust have traveled extensively during the winter months, having gone at different times to Canada, California, and the southern states.  When at home in Lidgerwood, their children and grandchildren took every opportunity to visit with them.

Besides Mrs. Fust, there are eight children, three daughters:  Marie (Mrs. Harry Silverthorn), Rosa (Mrs. Roy Clark), and Huldah (Mrs. William Tesch); and five sons:  Jacob, Alfred, Raymond, Norman, and Gilbert; 40 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren.

  

19.  MARIA BUNGER FUST (1851-1919)

OBITUARY

Rock County Herald, Hardwick News Section, Fri., Feb. 21, 1919

  Mrs. Fred Fust died Tuesday evening at two o'clock at her home, death being due to dropsy and Bright's disease.  Funeral services will be held today (Friday) at 12 o'clock from the German Church and interment will be made at Maplewood Cemetery.   Mrs. Fust was 67 years old at the time of her death.  Mr. and Mrs. Fust were married in Germany and came to this country in 1882.  They lived in Iowa until 26 years ago, when they came to Minnesota.

  Mrs. Fust is survived by her husband and four children, Will Fust, of Cayuga, N. D., Mrs. John Piepgras and Mrs. John Hoeck, who live west of Hardwick, and Miss Anna who lives at home.  The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the bereaved ones.

MAPLEWOOD CEMETERY

MARY FUST was buried in the Fust family plot marked by a large classic monument labeled with an "F" and "Fust"in the 2nd Division, South Section of beautiful Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne, Minnesota.  Her flat ground marker reads "Mother, Mary Fust, Aug. 13, 1851 -- Feb. 18, 1919". Other family members buried there are her husband, Fritz Fust, Father, Aug. 31, 1848 -- Jun 17, 1927); and daughters Ella Fust (Jun 4, 1895 -- Mar 26, 1896); and Erna Fust (Jan 15, 1888 -- Feb 25, 1960).

ROCK COUNTY, MN DEATH CERTIFICATE

FUST, MARY  - Female, White, Married.  Born Aug. 13, 1851 in Germany to parents John Bunger and (no first name given) Schof (sic Schoof).  Died Feb. 18, 1919 at age 67 years, 6 months, 5 days from Interstitial Nephritis and Myocarditis; Housewife.  Undertaker R. D. Smith; Dr. H. L. Sherman of Hardwick Village.  Filed 2-27-19 by Registrar J. B. Iverson of Hardwick.

     

18.  FRED FUST (1848 - 1927)

OBITUARY

Rock County Star -- June 21, 1927

FUNERAL SERVICES HELD for FRED FUST MONDAY

FRED FUST, FORMER RESIDENT OF ROCK COUNTY, 

PASSED AWAY IN PIPESTONE FRIDAY

SERVICES MONDAY

Funeral services for Fred Fust, who for a number of years was a resident of Rock County, were held from the J. D. Piepgras home at two o'clock Monday afternoon and from St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church at 2:30 with Rev. Martin Hauser of that church in charge.  The pall bearers were John Stamman, Henry Oehlerts, Reinhard Bruning, William Schaeffer, Fred Matthiesen, Sr., and William Stelling.  Burial was made in Maplewood Cemetery.

Fred Fust was born in Mecklenburg, Germany on August 31, 1848.  He grew to manhood at home in that country, and on Nov. 13, 1874 he was united in marriage to Miss Marie Bunger, also of Mecklenburg, Germany.  Eight years later, Mr. Fust came with his family to America, settling on a farm near Dysart, Iowa.  Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fust, four of whom survive.  They are William Fust of Cayuga, N. D.; Miss Anna Fust, of Cayuga, N. D.; Mrs. Emma Hoeck of Springwater Township; and Mrs. J. D. Piepgras, of Luverne.  Two daughters died in early childhood.  After Mr. and Mrs. Fust had lived on the farm near Dysart, Iowa for eleven years, they came with their children to Rock County, resuming farming operations in this vicinity.

Mr. and Mrs. Fust made their home at Hardwick for a number of years.  Eight years ago, Mrs. Fust passed away, and since that time Mr. Fust had retired from all farming activities.

During the last eighteen months he made his home with his son and daughter, William Fust and Miss Anna Fust, at Cayuga, N.D.  A short time ago, however, he began to grow more feeble, due largely to his advanced age, and he came to Pipestone to live at the home of his cousin, Mrs. Hans Hummiller.  During the past three weeks he suffered much from a heart complaint, and on Friday of last week, June 17, he suffered a stroke which resulted in his death at about four o'clock in the morning.  During his many years of residence in Rock County, Mr. Fust made many friends who held him in the highest esteem.  His bereaved relatives have the sympathy of the community. 

Among the out of town relatives who attended the funeral were a cousin, Julius Hummiller, and daughters Erma and Eleanor, of Kingsley, this state; Mrs. Hans Hummiller, and George, Lambert, and Miss Elsie Hummiller, of Pipestone.

PIPESTONE COUNTY, MINNESOTA DEATH RECORD

MINNESOTA DEATHS AND BURIALS, 1835-1900

 FRITZ FUST 

Fritz Fust -- Death 17 Jun 1927; Pipestone, Pipestone County, Minnesota; Male; Age 78; Birth Year - 1849 (Estimated); Father's Name - _______ Fust; Spouse's Name - Mary Bunger; Spouse's Gender - Female; Record # 486085; Certificate # 011272; Certificate Year - 1927; File Name - 011272; Affiliate Batch Identifier - NN278DO    

MAPLEWOOD CEMETERY

(LARGE CLASSIC MONUMENT FOR THE FUSTS:)

"F"

FUST 

(INDIVIDUAL  FLAT GROUND MARKER:)

FATHER

FRITZ FUST

AUG. 31, 1848

JUNE 17, 1927

Buried in the Fust plot are Fritz Fust, 31 Aug 1848; 

Mary Fust, 13 Aug 1851 - 18 Feb 1919; 

Ella Fust, 4 Jun 1895 - 26 Mar 1896;

and Erna Fust, 15 Jan 1888 - 25 Feb 1960.

The Fust graves are located in the 2nd Division, South Section of Maplewood Cemetery.      

 You can view the gravestones for our ancestors on the website Find A Grave. (www.findagrave.com)  

17.  JACOB STAMM CARL (1839-1910)

OBITUARY

Obituary in a Pipestone, MN Newspaper the week of Jan. 8-14, 1911

Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Johannsen, Jr., of this county, were called to Luverne last week to attend the funeral of Mrs. Johannsen's father, the late Jacob S.Carl.  The latter was visiting with a daughter at Moscow, Idaho, when he passed away suddenly a week ago last Tuesday.  The remains were  brought back to Luverne for burial, the deceased having resided for some years in Rock County.  The funeral services were held last Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Thielman, a daughter of the deceased.

Mr. Carl was born in Germany and was nearly seventy-two years of age at the time of his death, leaving two sons and five daughters to mourn his departure from this life.

The remains of Jacob Stamm Carl, a highly esteemed resident of Rock County who died suddenly on Tuesday last week at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Fust, at Moscow, Idaho, arrived at Luverne Monday and were taken to the home of the deceased daughter, Mrs. Herman Thielman, in Mound Township.  The funeral services, conducted by Rev. Peithmann, were held from the Thielman home at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and the remains were brought to Luverne and placed in the vault at Maplewood.  The deceased two sons, Geo. and Adolph Carl; his three son-in-laws, Henry and Herman Thielman and Claus Johannsen, and his grandson, Herman Thielman, Jr., acted at pall bearers.

Mr. Carl was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on Feb. 11, 1839, and at the age of twenty-seven was united in marriage to Miss Anna Albers.  He continued to live in Germany until 1889, when he immigrated, with his family, to Rock County, taking up his residence on a farm in Springwater.  Mr. Carl continued actively engaged in farming in Rock County until 1901, when he moved to Hardwick.  In April 1907, Mrs. Carl passed, and from that time he made his home with his son, Adolph Carl.

The deceased is survived by two sons, Geo. Carl, of this city, and Adolph Carl, of Hardwick, and five daughters, Mrs. Herman Thielman and Mrs. Henry Thielman of Mound Township; Mrs. Claus Johannsen, Pipestone; Mrs. Bertha Fust of Moscow, Idaho; and Mrs. Maggie Albers of Canada.  

Last spring Mr. Carl went to Moscow for an extended visit with his daughter and he was in the best health apparently, almost until the day of his death.  Christmas day he was up and around the house and was in an exceptionally happy frame of mind, but the following day he remained in his room owing to a cold.  His condition was not thought serious, but Tuesday noon when Mrs. Fust brought his dinner up to him, she found her father dead, death being due to heart failure.

LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO  DEATH REGISTER

Page 12, Record No. 480

JACOB S. T. CARL -- Date of Death -- Dec. 27, 1910; Male; White: Age 71 at Last Birthday; Single (Sic Widower); Place of death -- Near Genesee; Birthplace -- Germany; Returned by J. Aspry.  (These columns were not filled in:  Cause of Death, Residence, Occupation, Names of Father and Mother and Their Birthplaces, and Informant.)

TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION in MAPLEWOOD CEMETERY

CARL 

 JACOB ST. CARL

BORN FEB. 11, 1839

DIED DEC. 27, 1910

Jacob Carl is buried beside Anna C. Carl, Apr. 18, 1836-Apr. 8, 1907, and Minna Carl, Jan. 15, 1902-Apr. 27, 1907.  Minna was Anna Wilhelmina Carl, 5-year-old daughter of Adolph and Mary (Stroeh) Carl.  

16.  ANNIE ALBERS CARL (1836-1907) 

Obituary in the Rock County Herald 

Luverne, Minnesota -- Friday, April 12, 1907  -- Page 6

Mrs. Jacob Carl, who had been ill for some time in her home in the northeast part of town, passed quietly away last Monday forenoon.  Her health had been poor for the past twenty years and for some time had been known that death would be the only relief.  Funeral services were conducted at the home Wednesday, and the interment took place in Maplewood at Luverne.  The large attendance at the funeral was a token of the high esteem in which the good old lady was held by her many friends and bespoke the sympathy felt by all for the bereaved husband and children.

ROCK COUNTY DEATH REGISTER 

State of Minnesota, County of Rock

Hardwick Death Register C, Page 21, Line No. 19

   

Elizabeth Katrine Carl -- Female, White, Married.  Born April 17, 1836.  Death April 8, 1907. Age 70. Occupation -- Housewife.  Cause of Death -- Senile Degeneration.  Birthplace -- Germany.  Birthplace of Father and Mother -- Germany.  Name of Father -- _______ Albers.  Name of Mother -- Elizabeth Hansen.  Attending Physician -- P. D. Whyte, Hardwick, Minnesota.  Attending Undertaker -- I. I. Smith, Luverne, Minn.  Registrar -- P. D. Whyte, Hardwick, Minn.  Date of Filing -- April 13, 1907.  Burial -- Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne. 

TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION in MAPLEWOOD CEMETERY

ANNA C. CARL

Born Apr. 18, 1836
Died Apr. 8, 1907

ANNA C. CARL was buried with husband Jacob  St. Carl, Feb. 11, 1839 -- Dec. 27, 1910 and with Minna Carl, Jan. 15, 1902 -- Apr. 27, 1907.  Minna Carl was Adolf and Mary (Stroeh) Carl's 5-year-old daughter, Anna Wilhelmina Carl.)

 

15.  THE CARLS  IN THEIR LATER YEARS

In 1903 Jacob and Anna, empty nesters who courageously sacrificed so much for the American dream for their children, grandchildren, and later generations, were living in the village of Hardwick, Rock County, Minnesota.  At age 70, our great-grandmother, Annie Albers Carl, passed away on April 8, 1907, at home in Hardwick, leaving her husband of some sixty years.  Her obituary said that her "health had been poor the last twenty years, and for some time past, it has been known that death would be the only relief."

Our great-grandfather, Jacob Carl, who was widowed at age 68, went to Latah County, Idaho, near Genesee, for an extended visit with his daughter, Bertha and William Fust and family in the spring of 1910.  There he had the opportunity to get reacquainted with his grandchildren:  Marie, Jacob, Rosa, Alfred, and Huldah.  Unfortunately, that was where he died on December 27, 1910, at nearly 72 years of age, about a week before Grandma Fust gave birth to her sixth born, Raymond William. That must have been a very trying time for our grandparents and the older Fust children.

Quoting Grandma's words in his obituary:  "He was in the best health apparently, almost to the day of his death.  Christmas Day he was up and around the house and was in an exceptionally happy frame of mind, but the following day he remained in his room, owing to a cold.  His condition was not thought serious, but Tuesday noon when Mrs. Fust brought his dinner up to him, she found her father dead, death being due to heart failure."  His remains were sent by train to Luverne, Minnesota, for his funeral.  He was buried beside his wife Annie in Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne, Minnesota.

  ( Their obituaries and facts from their death records can be found in Stories 16 and 17 on this blog site.)

14. THE CARLS IN MINNESOTA

The Carls soon adjusted to life in America  in 1889.  Probably taking a train, they arrived in Rock County, Minnesota, and settled on a farm in Springwater Township.  

Our Great-Grandfather, Jacob Carl, wasted no time starting his American citizenship process.  Only five weeks after landing in New York City, he signed his citizenship petition on July 15, 1889, at age 50 in Rock County, Minnesota.  His signature is very beautifully written.  He was naturalized in the same county on March 23, 1897.  As a result, his wife, Anna, and their minority children -- Adolph, Bertha, and Emma -- automatically became full US citizens too.

They happily reconnected with their grown son George and grown-up daughter Margaret.  Margaret had married Nicholas Albers, her first cousin, on November 3,1886, in Luverne, Minnesota, and had two little children, John and newborn Anna, to introduce to them.  Also our Great-Grandma Anna Albers Carl reconnected with her brother, John William Albers, and the rest of his family which had relocated to Springwater Township in Rock County just a couple years before from Benton County, Iowa.  On March 4, 1891, Margaret and Nick Albers  added Gustav (Gust) Adolph in Pipestone County, Minnesota; Walter Nicholas in February 1908 in Montesano, Washington; and Daisy on August 25, 1909 near Camrose, Alberta, Canada.    

While living in America in the 1890's and early 1900's, love was evident when their other children married and began families.  First, George and Charlottia F. Hemme married on March 18, 1891, and their children were Jessie Margarete Carl (Nov. 1, 1891- 1903) and George J. Carl (29 May 1912).

That same year, Marie and Henry Thielman married on June 9, 1891, followed by the births of Carl Jacob on April 11, 1892; Anna K. on August 9, 1893; Herman on June 20, 1895; Laura in December 1899; Adella E. in 1902; and Lillie in December 1908.

On March 15, 1892, Magda married Claus Jacob Johannsen.  Their children were William Jacob, born on March 6, 1893; Claus Herman on May 31, 1894; Bertha Friedricka on October 3, 1896; and Marie Magdalena on July 22, 1908.

Emma Sophia Wilhelmine married Herman Thielman, her sister Marie's brother-in-law, on March 8, 1900.  Children born to them were Adolf, born on May 18, 1902; Henry on October 17, 1903; Helma on February 22, 1906; and Erma Magdalena on August 15, 1917.  Did you notice that a couple Thielman sons carry on the first names of their uncles?

Bertha Catharine Lucie Carl married William H. Fust on November 29, 1900, in Luverne, Minnesota.  Born to this couple were Marie Magdalena on February 2, 1902; Jacob George on December 10, 1903; Rosa Frieda on April 17, 1905; Alfred Carl on November 26, 1906; Huldah Emma on February 14, 1909; Raymond William on January 5, 1911; Norman Adolph on March 22, 1913; and Gilbert John on December 29, 1917.

Last of the Carl family to marry was Adolf Stamp Carl, who married Mary Stroeh in Luverne, Minnesota, on March 14, 1901.  Born to them were Anna Wilhelmina Carl, who arrived on January 15, 1902, but sadly died April 27, 1907; John H. Carl, born October 27, 1903; Irene Carl on November 20, 1905; George Henry Carl on January 2, 1908;  Edna Viola Carl on April 22, 1910; Lucille Dorothy Carl on October 25, 1912; and Eleanor Carl on February 18, 1915. 

(If you notice errors or have more complete information on names, dates, events, and places in any of the stories, you can reach me at the email address shown at the top of each page.  Thanks!)   

   

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