The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-09-14
Mrs. Josephine GaSpard Passes
Away at Advanced Age
USEFUL LIFE CLOSES
Miss Anna Buckley Goes to Her fter-
nal Home and is Laid Away
in Last Rest

Sunday evening, September 10, at
$50 o'clock, Mrs. Josephine Gaspard
passed away from earth, at the home
of her son Peter Gaspard in this city.
Mrs. Gaspard was 81 years of age
and the cause of her death was can
Ger of the stomach.
Funeral services were held at 8
o'clock, a. m. from ST. Paul's Catholic
church, the pastor, Rev. A. Artzt, Of
floating. Interment was made in ST.
Paups Catholic cemetery.
Mrs. Gaspard's maiden name was
Josephine Wilm She was born in
Germany April 20, 1914, and with her
parents came to America when she
was six years old. The family set
tied in Indiana. In, 1863 she was mar
ried to the late Matthias Gaspard and
the young couple came shortly after
to ST. Cloud where they lived until
1884 That year Mr.. Gaspard died
and Mrs. Gaspard and her children
removed to a farm near Sank Centre,
where she lived four years She then
bought hotel in town and conducted
it fifteen years. This was the old
Commercial House, frame building.
Later she built the present brick
structure.
Mrs. Gaspard was a women of ster-
ling character, a good wife and an
excellent mother She was highly
regarded in the community where she
lived and passed away leaving behind
her the record of we'll spent life.
She was a faithful and conscientious
adherent to the Catholic faith, in
which she lived and died.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gaspard We're blessed
with family of ten children. Of
these the following nine survive: Mrs.
Max Trisko, Superior; Matthias, West
Union; Lawrence G. and John F., st.
Cloud; Joseph F., Minneapolis; Mrs.
John Gaspard, Mrs. George Diebel,
Mrs. Peter Rock and Peter Gaspard,
Sank Centre. All of the children
were born in st. Cloud. All but Mrs.
Trisko were present at the funeral
Miss Anna Buckley died at 2:30 p.
m. Sunday, Sept. 10, at the home of
her parents near this city, Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Buckley, at the age OF
26 years.
Funeral services were held at 10
o'clock a. M, Tuesday from the
Church of Our Lady of the Angels
the pastor, Rev. Hinnenkamp, officiat.
ing. Interment was in the cemetery
Of that church. The pail bearers
were Geo. H. Hooper, Dan Coyle
Philip Du Frene, Harry Hooper, Roy
Truax, Ray Sitter.
Miss Buckley was born in Sank
Centre and spent her life here She
graduated from the Sank Centre high
school in 1903. She then began. the
work of teaching and during the sum.
mer months she attended the normal
school at Moorhead, receiving di-
ploma from that institution in 1910,
Carrying this double work was too
much for her constitution, and last
spring, while teaching in the public
schools of Brainerd, she suffered
from nervous breakdown and came
home. During the summer she inn
proved in health but was not able to
resume her school work Last Sat
urday night, about $50 she was at
tackled by a spell of dizziness, and
fell to the floor. She was laid upon
a bed and shortly after fell into a
deep sleep. She did not awaken and
continued in that condition until her
spirit took its flight at 2:3O Sunday
afternoon.
The deceased was the second of
five daughters, the oldest of whom
died a little over two years ago. She
was a young woman of ability and
succeeded well in her work of teach
ing. She had large circle of friends
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