OBIT: Catherine Loechel McKENZIE WAGNER SAWYER, 1931, native of Somerset County, 
PA

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CATHERINE LOECHEL SAWYER

Death of Catherine Sawyer

  Mrs. Catherine Loechel Sawyer, who was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. 
Casper Loechel, was born in Salisbury, Jan. 2, 1843, and died in Morrill, Kan., 
Nov. 23, 1931, at the ripe age of 88 years, 10 months and 21 days.  Her death 
was brought about by a fall she had last summer, which resulted in a broken hip.  
Before her misfortune terminated in death, Mrs. Sawyer spent many weeks of 
suffering in a hospital at Sabetha, Kan.  The broken bone refused to unite, and 
two weeks before her death ensued she was brought to the home of Mrs. William 
Fritz, with whom she had been living, and died there, where the funeral service 
was also held, on November 25th.
  Mrs. Sawyer lived the greater portion of her long life in Salisbury, but 
located in Kansas about 40 years ago, where she became the wife of her last 
husband, W. H. H. Sawyer, who preceded her in death, as did also two other 
husbands whom she had married while still a resident of Pennsylvania, namely, 
the late Cyrus McKenzie and Wells Wagner.  One son, Cyrus McKenzie, Jr., also 
preceded her to the grave.  Two sons by her second husband survive her, Harry 
Wagner of California, and Alonzo Wagner, of Morrill, Kan.
  Mrs. Sawyer was a most noble woman, and her death will sadden many hearts in 
Salisbury and vicinity, where she was ever held in high esteem by all who knew 
her.
  In her younger days she taught school, and in later years, conducted a 
boarding house in Salisbury.  She was a faithful member of the Lutheran Church 
since Feb. 5, 1859.  In addition to her two surviving sons, she is also survived 
by seven grandchildren, and some great-grandchildren.  A newspaper published in 
the town where she died states that she was the oldest citizen of Morrill, as 
well as one of the most beloved and universally respected.  The world is the 
better for her having lived in it.  Blest be her memory!

Meyersdale Republican, December 3, 1931