Nov 10, 1955
Mrs. Katie Richter Ziegler, 88, a native of
Germany and an esteemed Posey county resident most of her life, died at 8:45
o'clock this morning at the home of her son, Chris Ziegler, 710 West Second
street, where she had resided since last August.
She had been ill for months and seriously ill
for the last week.
The deceased was the widow of Konrad Ziegler, a farmer. The Ziegler home for many
years was southwest of Mt. Vernon overlooking the Ohio River.
The body is at the Weisinger
Funeral Home where friends are invited to call, beginning Friday noon. The
funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Weisinger
chapel with Rev. August E. Binder, pastor of Trinity Evangelical and Reformed
Church, officiating. Burial will be in Bellefontaine cemetery.
Mrs. Ziegler's church affiliation was with
Trinity Church of which she was a devout and active member.
Born in Germany, a daughter of Edgar Richter and
Elizabeth Gardner Richter, she came to America as a girl.
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Surviving are four sons and two daughters, all
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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers