Obit for MATSCH, Bernard (b.1851 d.1931), Nicollet Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Jane White Submitted: April 2003 ========================================================================= Obit Bernard MATSCH (b 1851, d 1931) Obituary NU Review 7-16-1931-BERNARD MATSCH Bernard Matsch, well known resident of this city, passed away at his home on North Minnesota Street Wednesday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock after a lingering illness caused by diabetes and the infirmities of old age. He had been ailing since early in February. The deceased was born February 24, 1851 in Wuerttemberg Germany, and was thus past 80 years of age. When a child three years old he came to America with his parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Carl Matsch, now deceased, who located in Chicago. After living in Illinois for a few years the family came to Minnesota and settled on a farm in Lafayette township, Nicollet County. At the time of the Indian Massacre, Mrs. Matsch was 11 years old and he fled with his parents to St. Peter to escape the tomahawks of the Redmen. They remained there until the uprising was over and then returned to their homestead. There the subject of this sketch grew to manhood. He was united in marriage with Miss Agnes Heger, his surviving widow, at the St. George Catholic church, Rev. Berghold performing the ceremony on May 2, 1877. Mrs. and Mrs. Matsch had the pleasure of celebrating their Golden Wedding anniversary in 1927. After their marriage the young jpeople moved to the homestead in Lafayette township where they resided for 35 years. It was just 19 years ago that they retired from active farm like and came to this city to make their home. Eight children blessed their home, two of whom died in infancy and one daughter, Mrs. Jos. Veit passed away at Visalia, Calif. eleven years ago. Five daughters remain with their mother to mourn his passing. They are: Mar. George Wendinger, Fairfax; Mrs. Charles Fischer, and Mrs. Alfred Lang of Lafayette township; and Mrs. Ben J. Vetter and Mrs. Frank Vetter of West Newton township. Twenty-five grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive. Mr. Matsch has no brothers or sisters, being the last member of the family. Funeral services were held from the St. George Catholic church Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock, Rev. Pozek officiating, after which interment was made in the Church cemetery.