11. Joseph¹ MEIDL (MEITL) (Matthias^A, Blasius George^B, Georg^C)⁽¹⁹⁵⁵⁾ was born in Kaltenbrunn 11, Bohemia [Studanky] 14 OCT 1848. Joseph died 30 JUN 1922 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, at 73 years of age. His body was interred 3 JUL 1922 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, Mount Calvary Cemetery.⁽¹⁹⁵⁶⁾

He married Eve LUNKENHEIMER Meidl in Hanover, Washington County, Kansas, 5 APR 1880. Eve was born 3 JAN 1860 in Peru, La Salle County, Illinois. (Additional notes for Eve LUNKENHEIMER Meidl⁽¹⁹⁵⁷⁾) Eve died 8 DEC 1938 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, at 78 years of age. Her body was interred 11 DEC 1938 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, Mount Calvary Cemetery.⁽¹⁹⁵⁸⁾

OBIT - Joseph Meitl - Oberlin Herald, Thursday, July 27, 1922 - from Frank Knopp to RJ Pritzl 11/06 Joseph Meitl died at his home in Leoville, June 30, aged 73 years. 8 months and 16 days, as a result of a general failure of his health. complicated with asthma. Joseph Meitl was born in Bavaria, Germany, October 14, 1848; came to this country when 13 years of age, settling first in Wisconsin. Came to Kansas in the 70's and to Decatur County in 1885; living on a farm in Summit township 11 miles south of Oberlin. Later he bought a farm near Dresden and a few years ago, bought a residence property in Leoville, where he lived until his death. In 1880 Joseph Meitl married. Ten children were born to this union, five boys and five girls; all of whom are living except ALBERT, who died in July 1915. All of the children were present at the funeral held at the church in Leoville, July 3rd, except Henry Meitl, of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Kate Meitl Kaus, of Idaho, who were unable to be present. Those left to mourn are the wife, nine children, grandchildren and numerous friends around Leoville and Dresden. Surely a good man has gone to his reward.

Joseph MEIDL (Meitl) and Eve LUNKENHEIMER Meidl had the following family:

25 i. Henry Edward² MEIDL⁽¹⁹⁵⁹⁾ was born in Hanover, Washington County, Kansas 28 JAN 1882. Henry died 25 FEB 1933 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, Califorina, at 51 years of age.

Henry E Meidl married (1) Corrine Ellers, 15 Sep 1907 Sheridan WY 2) Mrs Bertha Atkinson, 22 Feb 1915, Sheridan, WY 3) Margaret Gilbert, Children: Helen G Meidl, b. 11 Dec 1907, d. 16 Jul 1998, Buffalo, NY James Meidl, d. 25 Feb 1933, San Fransisco, California Henry was a Sheepherder and Bar Owner in Sheridan, WY and a taxi driver in Portland, Oregon

26 ii. Catherina MEIDL Kaus⁽¹⁹⁶⁰⁾ was born in Oberlin, Decatur County, Kansas 8 JAN 1884. Kate died 4 FEB 1961 in Cottonwood, Idaho County, Idaho, at 77 years of age. Her body was interred 7 FEB 1961 in Cottonwood, Idaho County, Idaho, Cottonwood Catholic Cemetery. She married Frank KAUS in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, 8 NOV 1904. Frank was born 29 MAR 1871 in Chilton, Calumet County, Wisconsin. (Additional notes for Frank KAUS⁽¹⁹⁶¹⁾) Frank died 29 OCT 1939 in Cottonwood, Idaho County, Idaho, at 68 years of age. (See Frank KAUS for the continuation of this line.) Kaus farm was 5 miles from Cottonwood, Idaho

27 iii. Mary MEIDL Reichert⁽¹⁹⁶²⁾ was born in Lund, Decatur County, Kansas 28 JUL 1885. Mary died 18 JUL 1972 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, at 86 years of age. Her body was interred 21 JUL 1972 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, Mount Calvary Cemetery.⁽¹⁹⁶³⁾ She married Ferdinand REICHERT in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, 26 MAY 1909. Ferdinand was born 2 FEB 1881 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas. (Additional notes for Ferdinand REICHERT⁽¹⁹⁶⁴⁾) Ferdinand died 17 DEC 1963 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, at 82 years of age. His body was interred 20 DEC 1963 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, Mount Calvary Cemetery.⁽¹⁹⁶⁵⁾ (See Ferdinand REICHERT for the continuation of this line.) Reichert farm was southeast of Leoville, Kansas

+ 28 iv. Joseph Lawrence MEIDL was born 26 MAY 1887.

+ 29 v. Frank Francis MEIDL (Meitl) was born 9 OCT 1889.

30 vi. Louise MEIDL Schroer⁽¹⁹⁶⁶⁾ was born in Lund, Decatur County, Kansas 5 NOV 1891. Louise died 22 JAN 1975 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, at 83 years of age. Her body was interred 25 JAN 1975 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, Mount Calvary Cemetery.⁽¹⁹⁶⁷⁾ She married George SCHROER in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, 3 AUG 1909. George was born 28 JAN 1883 in Grafton, Fillmore County, Nebraska. (Additional notes for George SCHROER⁽¹⁹⁶⁸⁾) George died 30 NOV 1943 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, at 60 years of age. His body was interred 3 DEC 1943 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, Mount Calvary Cemetery.⁽¹⁹⁶⁹⁾ i0

From - "Immaculate Conception Parish - A Century of Faith, 1885-1985"

George Schroer, son of George and Bemadina (Galbert) Schroer, was born January 28, 1883, in Grafton, Nebraska. His parents came to America from Hannover, Germany, and were married February 9, 1869 at Fort Madison, Iowa. Later they moved to Nebraska, then on to Kansas in 1885 homesteading one mile east of Leoville. The children of George and Bernadine were Margaret, Helena, John, Elizabeth, George and Bernard. George married Louise Meitl on August 3, 1909, at Leoville. They raised their family of 11 children on the home place east of Leoville. Their children were Teresa, Laura, Rose, James, Joseph, Albert, Odelia, William, George Jr., Betty and Robert. George farmed most of his life and died November 30, 1943. Louise passed away January 22, 1975. Both are buried in the Leoville Cemetery. Teresa E. Schroer was born at Dresden, Kansas, July 14, 1910, and married Leo Goscha, November 5, 1931, at Leoville by Father Martin J. Schmitt. They began their married life on a farm east of Selden. Then they moved to a farm 14 miles south of Dresden in 1939. In 1959 the couple moved to Norton County and farmed 20 years before retiring to Norton city. Eleven children were born to this union, seven daughters and four sons, with 39 grandchildren. Laura Schroer, born June 10, 1913, was married to Joseph Beris on January 12, 1932, by Father Schmitt at Leoville. Joe was born March 8, 1909, and passed away July 19, 1976. Joe managed elevators in Dresden and Selden for a number of years. The couple had six children and 22 grandchildren. Rose Marie Schroer, born January 14, 1915, married Paul Lamberson, September 15, 1939. Four children were born to this couple. Paul passed away in November 1967. James Schroer and Betty (Verheijen) Schroer were married on October 1, 1942. James, born June 27, 1917, and Betty, born June 2, 1924, have 12 children. Joseph Schroer, born October 14, 1920, married Dorris Mithcel on October 14, 1943. The couple have two children, one son and one daughter. Albert Schroer married Audrey Karls, February 25, 1971, at Leoville. Albert was born June 12, 1922, and Audrey was born November 16, 1929. Audrey passed away October 30, 1976. Albert still farms the home place. Odelia Schroer, born August 14, 1924, married Francis Robert Lagesse of Plainville, Kansas, on September 5, 1946. The couple have eight children, four girls and four boys, and eight grandchildren. William Schroer and Mary Lou Suizman were married June 16, 1953, by Father Clement Kruse in Leoville. William was born April 2, 1926, and Mary Lou was born June 27, 1932. They have four boys and four girls and two grandchildren. George Schroer Jr. was born May 14, 1928, and died February 6, 1974. Betty Lou Schroer married Wilbert Kogi, September 4, 1950, at Leoville by Father Cronin. She was born February 18, 1931, and died September 28, 1978. Wilbert was born August 20, 1929. There are seven children, four girls and three boys. Robert Schroer, born August 14, 1934, lives in Leoville in the home once owned by Pete Pauls. Information E-Mailed from Frank Knopp, July 2004 Louisa Meidl married: George Schroer (28 Jan 1883-30 Nov 1943), 3 Aug 1909, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Leoville, KS Children: 11 Theresa E. (14 Jul 1910-28 Apr 1999), Laura M. Berls (10 Jun 1913-20 Apr 2003), Rose Marie (14 Jan 1915), James (27 Jun 1917), Joseph George (4 Oct 1920-1 Jun 1979), Albert Bernard (12 Jun 1922-Apr 1987), Odelia Kathryn (14 Aug 1924), William M. (2 Apr 1926-15 Apr 2001), George Martin (14 May 1928-6 Feb 1974), Bernita Louise (18 Feb 1931-28 Sep 1978), Lawrence Robert (5 Jan 1934) Farm Homemaker east of Leoville, KS

+ 31 vii. John MEIDL (Meitl) was born 20 DEC 1893.

32 viii. Margaret Elizabeth MEIDL Heim⁽¹⁹⁷⁰⁾ was born in Lund, Decatur County, Kansas 2 JAN 1896. Margaret died 25 APR 1989 in Colby, Thomas County, Kansas, at 93 years of age. Her body was interred 28 APR 1989 in Hoxie, Sheridan County, Kansas, St Francis Church Cemetery. She married John Henry HEIM in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, 6 MAY 1914. John was born 22 JAN 1891 in Carroll, Carroll County, Iowa. (Additional notes for John Henry HEIM⁽¹⁹⁷¹⁾) John died 3 DEC 1960 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, at 69 years of age. (See John Henry HEIM for the continuation of this line.) OBIT - MARGARET E Meitl Heim - KS Sentential, Thursday, 27 Apr 1989 - from Frank Knopp to RJ Pritzl 11/06 HOXIE - Margaret E, Heim, 93, Tuesday, April 25, at the Sheridan County Long Term Care Unit, Hoxie. She was born Jan. 2, 1896, in Decatur County, near Oberlin, to Joseph and Eve (Lunkenheimer) Meitl. She married John Heim, May 6, 1914, at Leovllle. He died Dec. 3, 1960. They lived on a farm near Dresden until retiring in 1960. She was a member of St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church, Hoxie, the church Altar Society and the Daughters of Isabella of Leoville. Survivors include three sons; Edwin, Denison, Texas, Ray, Westminster. Colo. and Alfred, Grapevine, Texas; five daughters, Lillian Heim, Hoxie, Irene Kruse, Selden, Mildred Barnett, Colby, Lorene Reinert, Lincoln, Neb., and Berniece Halle, Colorado Springs, Colo; and 58 grandchildren and 87 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sons. Father Cornelius Heim and Julius Heim; a daughter, Leona Zodrow; and one grandchild. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, at the church, with Father Richard Lutgen and Father Jim Reinert officiating; burial in the church cemetery. There will be a wake at 8 p.m. Friday at the Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home, Hoxie. Friends may call until service time at the funeral home.

Information E-Mailed from Frank Knopp, July 2004 - Nov 2006 Margaret Elizabeth Meidl married: John Henry Heim (22 Jan 1891-3 Dec 1960), 6 May 1914, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Leoville, KS Children: 11 Clarence (Fr Cornelius) (15 Feb 1915 - 18 Jun 1957), Julius (26 Jan 1917 - 11 Feb 1986), Leona (30 Nov 1918 - 31 Oct 1987), Lillian (14 Dec 1920 - 25 Sep 2004), Anna Irene (27 Dec 1922 - 27 Jan 2006), OBIT - Irene Heim Kruse - Mass Program - Sacred Heart Church, Selden, Kansas - from Frank Knopp to RJ Pritzl 11/06 Irene Kruse passed away Friday, January 27, 2006, at the Infinia Nursing Home in Colby, Kansas, at the age of 83. She was born December 27, 1922, at the family farm southeast of Leoville, Kansas, to John and Margaret (Meitl) Heim. Irene was raised on a farm in the Leoville and Dresden area along with ten brothers and sisters. She attended Prairie Center Grade School, graduated from Leoville High School in 1942, and attended Marymount College in Salina for one year. Irene then taught at the grade school she attended for three years. On May 29, 1946, Irene was united in marriage to John Marlin Kruse in Leoville. They lived on a farm south of Leoville for nine years before moving to Selden. Raising eleven children and making a home for her large family kept Irene very busy as a young mother, but it was a vocation she enjoyed and was proud of. In addition, she relished watching her family grow to include in-laws and grandchildren. Irene loved having family get-togethers and following her grandchildren's activities. She was an active member (of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Altar Society in Selden. Over the years, she served as a religious education teacher and helped with many ministries within the church. Survivors include five sons, Bernard of Holsington, John and wife, Cindy of Arvada, CO. Michael of Goodland, Daniel of Topeka, and Steve of Selden; six daughters; Marlene Tignor of Cheyenne, WY, Donna McGee of Olathe, Patricia Brown and husband, Mike of Joplin, MO, Mary Deyle and husband, Gary of Imperial, NE., Suzanne Johnson and husband, Steve of Belleville, TX. And Christina Immelman and husband, Allan of Washington, DC; three brothers and wives, Ed and Lou Heim of Dennison, TX, Ray and Annie Heim of Westminster, CO. and Alfred & Marge Heim of St. Joe, TX; three sisters, Mildred Green and husband, Gerald of Colby, Lorene Reinert of Lincoln, NE., and Berniece Halle and husband, Alan of Mission Viejo, CA; 27 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, other relatives and many friends. Irene was preceded in death by her parents; husband Alan, August 26, 1995; brother's, Fr. Cornelius and Julius Heim; two sisters, Leona Zodrow and Lillian Heim; and a grandson Nicholas McGee.

Edwin (11 Jan 1925), Mary Mildred (14 Jan 1927), John Raymond (3 Nov 1928), Mary Lorene (25 Apr 1931), Alfred Joseph (5 Aug 1933), Bernice Mary (12 Aug 1935) Farm, Homemaker 3½ miles east of Leoville, KS/Retired to Hoxie, KS in 1960

33 ix. Anna MEIDL Dempewolf⁽¹⁹⁷²⁾ was born in Lund, Decatur County, Kansas 15 FEB 1898. Anna died 31 AUG 1947 in McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, at 49 years of age. Her body was interred 3 SEP 1947 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, Mount Calvary Cemetery. She married Frank John DEMPEWOLF in Dyersville, Dubuque County, Iowa, 27 NOV 1917. Frank was born 12 FEB 1888 in Dyersville, Dubuque County, Iowa. (Additional notes for Frank John DEMPEWOLF⁽¹⁹⁷³⁾) Frank died 29 JAN 1983 in Dresden, Decatur County, Kansas, at 94 years of age. His body was interred 1 FEB 1983 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas.⁽¹⁹⁷⁴⁾ (See Frank John DEMPEWOLF for the continuation of this line.) "A Century of Faith, Immaculate Conception Parish, Leoville, KS 1885-1985" contributed by Frank Knopp

Frank and Anna Dempewolf Frank was born February 12,1888, on the homestead of his parents, Joseph and Caroline (Raney) Dempewolf, one mile east of Leoville. He attended school only four years in a sod house and then stayed home to help. Frank married Anna Meitl at Dyersville, Iowa, on November 27, 1917. Anna was the youngest daughter of ten children of Joseph and Eva Meitl. She was born February 15, 1898, 11 miles north of Selden, Kansas. She attended Leoville school. Frank and Anna lived on his father's farm east of Leoville and after various moves settled on a farm four miles east and three-fourths mile north of Leoville. Frank and Anna had ten children, all of them born at home. Victor married Pearl Halligan and is living in Sterling, Colorado; Carolyn married Claude Peterson and is living in Wichita, Kansas; Edna married Don Hendrix and is living in Topeka, Kansas; Eugene married Vona Lea Wilson and is living in Seguin, Kansas; Richard married Regina Moellering and is living in Colby, Kansas; Pauline married Francis Ritter and is living in Dresden, Kansas; Gerald married Marian Gilbert and died October 11, 1982 of cancer and is buried at Oberlin, Kansas; Dolores married Paul Koerperich who died in May 1975, and then married Ted Zerr in May 1979 and is living in Hoxie, Kansas; Donald married Laurene Olson and is living in Oberlin, Kansas; and Dianne married Myron Kleidosty and is living in Sylmar, California. Anna died August 31,1947, at McCook, Nebraska, from a heart attack. Frank remained on the farm until 19©0 when he sold the farm and retired to Oberlin, Kansas. Frank enjoyed life, his family and his grandchildren and great- grandchildren. He died of heart failure January 29, 1983. Frank and Anna are buried at Leoville, Kansas.

Information E-Mailed from Frank Knopp, July 2004 Anna Meidl married Frank John Dempewolf (12 Feb 1888-29 Jan 1983), 27 Nov 1917, Dyersville IA Children: 10 Victor (4 Jul 1918-Jul 1985), Carolyn L. (29 Feb 1920-26 Feb 1991), Edna Margaret (14 Oct 1921-5 Jul 2002), Eugene (12 May 1923), Richard (4 Jul 1925), Pauline Mary (11 Aug 1927), Gerald (17 Jan 1930-Oct 1982), Dolores Mary (7 Dec 1932), Donald Leo (7 Jul 1937), Dianne Mary (12 Dec1944) Farm Homemaker 4 miles east and ¾ mile north of Leoville, Kansas

34 x. Albert G MEIDL⁽¹⁹⁷⁵⁾ was born in Lund, Decatur County, Kansas 22 FEB 1901. Albert died 17 JUL 1915 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, at 14 years of age. His body was interred 20 JUL 1915 in Leoville, Decatur County, Kansas, Mount Calvary Cemetery.⁽¹⁹⁷⁶⁾ Albert Meidl was a farm hand in the Lund Community, Decatur County, Kansas

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