THIRD GENERATION


30. Mary Anna Kohmetscher was born on Oct 21 1901 in Lawrence, Nuckolls, Nebraska. She died on Apr 23 1986 in York, Nebraska. She was buried on Apr 26 1986 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Mary, married Frank Jurgensmeier in 1919. They made their home on a farm 5 miles south of Lawrence. He died in a car accident by the bridge south of St. Stephens in 1930, leaving her with 6 small children. She moved several times to towns east of us. Her four sons Ralph, Orville, Leland, Gerald all joined the navy at the time of World War II. Leland's ship sank off the coast of France, where his body rests at sea. Frances, Mrs. Walter Schroenrock, lives on a farm by Fairbury and Mary Lou, Mrs. Virgil Vermass, lives at Hickman. (Lawrence, Nebraska 1884 - 1984)

She was married to Francis "Frank" Jurgensmeier (son of Johann Heinrich Jurgensmeier and Anna Merschman) on Oct 20 1919 in Sacred Heart Parish, Lawrence, Nebraska. Francis "Frank" Jurgensmeier was born on Feb 5 1898 in Lawrence, Nuckolls, Nebraska. He was baptized on Feb 5 1898 in St. Stephens Parish, Lawrence, Nebraska. He died on Mar 18 1930 in Hastings, Adams, Nebraska. He was buried on Mar 18 1930 in St. Stephens Parish, Lawrence, Nebraska. Mary Anna Kohmetscher and Francis "Frank" Jurgensmeier had the following children:

child+165 i. Ralph Henry Jurgensmeier (Private).
child+166 ii. Frances Sophia Jurgensmeier (Private).
child+167 iii. Orville Bernard Jurgensmeier (Private).
child168 iv. Leland John Jurgensmeier was born on Jan 11 1925 in Lawrence, Nuckolls, Nebraska. He died on Sep 25 1944 in Miantonomah, Atlantic Ocean.
child+169 v. Mary Lou Jurgensmeier (Private).
child+170 vi. Gearold Henry Jurgensmeier (Private).

She was married to Menno Sam Bentzinger on Aug 26 1946. Menno Sam Bentzinger was born on Apr 18 1886. He died on Feb 21 1960.

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