Anna Nauth

b. 23 April 1885, d. 29 October 1957
  • Anna Nauth was born on 23 April 1885 in Wisconsin or 1884.
  • Michael Nauth and Mary Kissinger appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Rhine, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, living near Michael's brother George.. Other members of the household included Anna Nauth, Martha Nauth and Ella Katherine Nauth.
  • Michael Nauth and Mary Kissinger appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Rhine Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, enumerated next to Michael's sister Friederika Schueler.. Other members of the household included Anna Nauth, Ella Katherine Nauth.
  • She was self-employed at home as a dressmaker, according the 1920 census.
  • The following appeared on 1 July 1922 in a local newspaper: Michael Nauth, one of the well-known former residents of the town of Rhine, Sheboygan county, passed to his reward on Saturday morning, at his home in Elkhart Lake, after a lingering illness of several years with cancer of the stomach. Decedent was born December 4, 1856, in the town of Rhine, where he grew to manhood. He was married in 1882 to Mary Kissinger, and the couple settled on a farm in that town, where they resided until 1907, when they disposed of the place and moved to Elkhart Lake to live in retirement. Mr. Nauth is survived by his widow and three daughters, Mrs. Julius Kestell of Elkhart Lake, Anna and Ella at home. Also two brothers, Geo. Nauth of Kiel and Daniel Nauth of Kansas City, Mo., and two sisters, Mrs. Chas. Hecker of Plymouth and Mrs. Carl Schueler of Elkhart Lake. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon from the home, Rev. Zeh of the Ev. church officiating. Interment in the cemetery, one mile east of Elkhart Lake.
  • Anna Nauth died on 29 October 1957 at age 72 in Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, at Memorial Hospital.
  • She was interred at St. Johns Cemetery, Elkhart Lake, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
  • The following appeared on 30 October 1957 in the Sehboygan Press: Miss Anna Nauth, 73, Elkhart Lake, died suddenly Tuesday afternoon at Memorial Hospital, Sheboygan, where she had been taken that morning following a stroke. She was born in the Town of Rhine on April 23, 1884, the daughter of Michael and Mary Nauth. The family moved to Elkhart Lake in 1906. She was employed at Siebken Hotel for 25 years.
         She is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Robert (Jeanette) Kurtz and Miss Joanne Kestell, both of Milwaukee; two nephews, Wallace Kestell, of Elkhart Lake, and Leeland Kestell of Aurora, Colo; two great nephews and two grand nieces. Her parents and two sisters preceded her in death.
         Funeral services will be held at the Raeder Funeral home by Rev. Paul A. Olm, pastor of the Community Church of Elkhart Lake.
  • Last Edited: 5 Jun 2012