John Pfannes's obituary, Hatton Township, Clare County, Michigan

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 JOHN V. PFANNES

 John V. Pfannes, one of the first true pioneer residents of Mann Siding,
Hatton Township, passed on to eternity on March 10, 1965.  He received 
the holy rites of the Catholic Church a few days previous, and died a 
very peaceful death. He passed away in the house he had personally 
built in February of 1898.

 John Pfannes, the last surviving child of Nickolaus and Kunighunda
Pfannes, was born in  Grosslangheim, Germany, on July 26, 1872, and at 
the age of 16 he came to America.

 He farmed in the state of Kansas, spent a few years in Chicago along with
his brother,  then he and a brother-in-law migrated to Iowa where he 
farmed again and accumulated a train car of goods.

 He then moved to Michigan, on the way stopping in Chicago to marry Eva
Marie Kraft, on February 1898, and came on to Harrison, and they settled 
on the farm in Hatton Township.

 John Pfannes was an active member of his community, and held the office of
treasurer of  the school board, and served as justice of the peace.

 John was first a Christian, a man fortified with the love of God.
Everyone will remember him as a man of action, and good humor. A hard 
worker to the very end, but  most of all, he was a father worshipped by 
his family.

 He is survived by one daughter, Anna, and five sons: Sebastian, of Flint;
Nickolaus, of Evart; Edward, of Detroit, and William and Richard, of Saginaw.  
One son, Willy, preceded him at the age of two years.  He also leaves fifteen
grandchildren and twenty-nine great-grandchildren; and a host of other 
relatives and friends.

 Requiem High mass was celebrated in St. Athnasius Church, Saturday
morning, March 14, by  Rev. Father James Fitz Patrick, with William Pfannes 
Jr., grandson of the departed, and James Hoskey, great-grandson, serving 
at the mass. grandsons of the departed served as pallbearers, John and 
Carl Hoskey, John Pfannes, Paul Yambrick, Larry Snively and  Douglas Pfannes.  
Interment was made in St. Athanasius Cemetery, Harrison.

 The Clare County Cleaver Inc.
 Harrison, Michigan

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