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THEOFIEL NEUHARTH Theofiel Neuharth was born April 29, 1919 in McPherson County to Henry and Mary Kessler Neuharth. Henry was born January 30, 1889 and passed away on August 11, 1972. Mary was born in December 1891 and passed away August 18, 1968. Sisters and brothers of Theofiel are: Emma, Anna, Edward, August, Olga, Della and Vera. Mr. and Mrs. Theo Neuharth Theofiel grew up on his parents farm and attended eight years of rural school. He was inducted into the U. S. Army on November 11, 1942 and served in the Infantry - 8th Division. He was sent to the European Theater of Operations and was discharged, as a sergeant, on October 17, 1945. On July 24, 1945 he was united in marriage to Esther Fiechtner, daughter of Christ and Elizabeth Bitz Fiechtner. Christ was born May 20, 1891 and passed away in February of 1944. Elizabeth was born January 7, 1895 and passed away December 28, 1978. Theo farmed for sixteen years and then moved to Eureka in 1961 where he began working at the Eureka Equity Exchange Feedmill. The Neuharths had five children: Karen, born December 30, 1946, is married to Gene Dunker and they have six children, Tina, Scott, Tamara, Tresa, Tracy and Tonya. Wade, born February 6, 1949, is married to Kathy Skott and has two children, Shanna and Christopher. Doyle was born February 4, 1951. Judy, born May 26, 1954, is married to Tom Singer and has two children, Raschell and Brandon. Sanford was born January 12, 1962. Theofiel's wife, Esther, passed away December 18, 1969. On July 1, 1972 he married Ruth Schnabel (Gottfried Schnabel history). They are members of the Eureka Reformed Church, where Theo serves as janitor and Ruth is a member of the Ladies Aid. They also belong to the VFW Post No. 5126 and Auxiliary respectively.
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