Pauline Wittmeier

1916 - 2012  (95 years)

• Name	Pauline Wittmeier
  Born	29 Jul 1916	Zeeland, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 May 2012	Hosmer, Edmunds County, South Dakota, USA
  Buried	30 May 2012  [1]
  Person ID	I234725	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Heinrich Wittmeier,   b. 12 Jan 1882, Odessa, Ukrayina
  Mother	Christina Hieb,   b. 20 Apr 1885, Neudorf, Odessa, Ukrayina
  Family ID	F84000	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edwin Albert Kirschenmann,   b. 26 Oct 1911, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 2 Mar 1985, South Dakota, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	19 Sep 1933
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F78725	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary. Hosmer: Pauline Kirschenmann, 95, Hosmer, died Friday, May 25, 2012, at the Hosmer Senior Citizens Home. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at St. Paul's Congregational Church, Hosmer, with Pastor Tim VanderVorst and the Rev. Al Schmierer leading the service. Burial follows at Bethany Cemetery, Hosmer. Organist will be Mavis Lehr and the Lehr family will sing. Ushers will be Wilbert Forkel and Pat Forkel. Funeral home visitation will be from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday, with family present from 7-8:30 p.m. Pauline Wittmeier, daughter of Christina (Hieb) and Henry Wittmeier, was born at Zeeland, N.D., on July 29, 1916. Soon after, the family relocated to the Kaul farm, 3 miles south of Hosmer, near which Pauline attended rural school. Pauline married Edwin A. Kirschenmann at Hosmer on Sept. 19, 1933. They settled on a farm 5 miles south of Hosmer. In October 1983, they retired and moved into Hosmer, where Pauline enjoyed baby-sitting neighboring children. Edwin died March 2, 1985. Pauline continued living in Hosmer and since October 2005, had resided at the Senior Citizens Home. She was active in her lady's church group and sang in the choir. She enjoyed crocheting, making doilies and afghans, and quilting. When folks gathered at Pauline's home, there was always plenty of food and she was known for her homemade noodle soup. She will be remembered for her love of music. Pauline and her sisters loved to sing together, especially gospel songs, and Pauline also played the harmonica.