Obit for APPEL, John (b.1855), Murray Co., MN
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Born=Austria  Died=Murray Cnty, MN  There was no date on this paper.
 
"John Appel was born in Neumoltein, Austria, on December 27, 1855. When 
he was a young man of 22 he left Europe to come to America and settled in 
southwestern Minnesota before the state had roads or any of the modern 
conveniences of living. The first home was a sod house in Belfast 
township. Mr. Appel helped build the railroads, worked in lumber camps 
near Mankato and did other work necessary in the new land.
  He was married in 1879 to Louisa Pietsch, of Heron Lake, at Avoca and 
in 1884 they took a homestead in Belfast township. In this vicinity, Mr. 
Appel carried on farming operations for a number of years, retiring in 
the fall of 1916 to move to Fulda. Mr. and Mrs. Appel were the parents of 
twelve children, two of whom, Mary and Edward, have preceded their father 
in death. Mrs. Appel died in September, 1936. The surviving children are 
three sons, John, of Dundee, Guido, of Sleepy Eye, and Gus, of Fulda and 
seven daughters, Mrs. Hubert Exner (Gusta) and Mrs. H.H. Dean (Cecelia), 
of LaMoure, N.D.; Mrs. Moritz Haberman (Minnie) of Kinbrae, Mrs. Alfred 
Haberman (Louise) of Heron Lake, Mrs. F.C. Koopman (Laura) of Hardwick, 
and Miss Josephine Appel of Fulda.
  There are 39 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. Of his immediate 
family, parents brothers and sisters, all remained in Austria and all 
have preceded him in death. He has never lacked however for family 
devotion, all of the sons and daughters visiting him very often and the 
daughter, Miss Josephine, with whom he lived, being especially faithful 
in her care of him and constant in her attendance. She did everything 
possible to make his illness bearable, looking always to his physical 
comfort with patience and cheerfulness, her nurses training standing her 
in good stead during the last few weeks. Many relatives and friends who 
would have come to Fulda for the funeral services were kept at home by 
the New Year's storm, but among those who attended were Mrs. Hubert Exner 
and Mrs. H.H. Dean of LaMoure, N.D., Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Haberman, Mr. and 
Mrs. A. Haberman, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schafer, Clarence Mixner and Clifford 
Langer of Heron Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kennedy and two daughters of 
Hardwick, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ramert of Avoca, Emanuel Ramert of Dovray, 
Guido Appel and son, Leon of Sleepy Eye, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Kennedy, 
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kennedy of Luverne, Mr. and Mrs. Moritz Haberman of 
Kinbrae, and relatives from the Fulda vicinity. St. Rita's Guild of 
the Catholic church served dinner for about fifty relatives before 
they left for their homes in the afternoon."