CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF CAROLINE AUSDEMORE ==================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Carol Tramp Permission granted by: Rob Dump, Editor, Cedar County News ====================================================================== THE CEDAR COUNTY NEWS - JANUARY 31, 1929 PIONEER DIES ON HOMESTEAD MRS. CAROLINE AUSDEMORE HAD LIVED ON SAME FARM SINCE 1870 "GRANDMA" AUSDEMORE WOULD HAVE BEEN 88 YEARS OLD MARCH 5, PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY NOON AT HER HOME. Mrs. Caroline Ausdemore who came to Cedar county with her husband in 1870 and who homesteaded near Constance the same year, died Wednesday noon on the old home place, having lived there 59 years. She had been ill about two weeks. Until the last few months, Mrs. Ausdemore had been unusually active and healthy. On her 87th birthday last March friends and relatives gave her the first birthday party she had ever had. Previous to that time she had attended and helped with birthday parties for others whom she enjoyed making happy, but she had never celebrated her own birthday. The party that March was a surprise and among its pleasures was a big birthday cake with 87 candles which had been made by her youngest daughter, Mrs. Anton Steffen. Formerly, Miss Caroline Fiddler, Mrs. Ausdemore was born in Hanover, Germany on March 25, 1841. She lived in Germany until she was 21 years of age when she came to America, going directly to Illnois. Here she was married to Joseph Ausdemore. In 1870, Mr. and Mrs. Ausdemore drove with oxen to Cedar county and homesteaded near Constance. They were both active in church affairs, and even after her husband's death on August 27, 1913, Mrs. Audsemore was a regular attendant of St. Joseph's church of which she was a member. She was also a member of the Christian Mothers society of the church. Mrs. Ausdemore is survived by five children: Herman, with whom she lived on the old farm; Henry at Constance; Mrs. John Schumacher, Mrs. Ben Rohe, and Mrs. Anton steffen, all near Crofton; 31 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. All her brothers and sisters live in Germany. The funeral will be held from St. Joseph's church in Constance, altho final arrangements have not yet been announced.