Ehninger, Catherine (Kneitives)

Catherine Ehninger (Kneitives)
1825-1930

Mrs. John Ehninger dies in Nebraska

Passed away at home of daughter at Arlington Thursday.

Mrs. Catherine Ehninger, 94, widow of John Ehninger, who resided on a farm four miles west of Niles toward Portage Prairie, for many years prior to Mr. Ehninger’s death, died this morning, April 3, 1930, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Schoettger in Arlington, Neb.

The body will be brought to Niles.  The services will be held on Saturday Afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Troost and Augustine Chapel.  It is expected that the funeral party will reach Niles on Saturday morning. Mrs. Ehninger has resided in Arlington since the death of her son, Frank Ehninger 15 years ago.  She is survived by two sons, Henry Ehninger, Hooper, Neb., and William Ehinger of Lyons, Nev.  And by one daughter, Mrs. Henry Schcoettger of Arlington.  Among the surviving grandchildren are the following, Mrs. Lawrence  Ehninger Knox, wife of Jacob, residing west of Niles, Louis Ehinger and Fred Goldfuss of Niles, Clarence Ehninger of South Bend and Mrs. Irene Lister, wife of Joseph Lister of Detroit, other grandchildren reside in South Bend and other cities.  Mr. and Mrs. Ehinger were pioneer residents of the Portage Prairie section and have spent most of their married life on the farm where Mr. Ehninger died in 1907.

Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Ehinger, widow of John Ehninger, whose body was brought to Niles this morning from Arlington, Nev, where she died on Thursday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Schoetiger, will be held at 3 o’clock this afternoon in the Troost and Augustine Chapel. T he Rev. D.O. Young pastor of the Evangelical church in west Niles will officiate. Burial will be made in the family lot in Silverbrook Cemetery. Mrs. Schoettiger and Henry Ehninger; a son, of the deceased of Hooper, Neb., came to Niles with the body. Among other relatives here for the funeral services are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lister of Detroit, and Mrs. Margaret Ehninger and son, Douglas of Michigan City, Mrs. Ehninger was 94 years of age. She was born in Germany.