Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Mrs. Emma (Gerner) Vensel's 1922 Obituary

Emma (Gerner) Vensel is my great-grandfather Fredrick K. Gerner's older sister and daughter of Christian Gerner.  Though the obituary does not give any birth information other than location, her death certificate records her birth date as October 16, 1846.  

This obituary was published in the Butler County Record, 14 Dec 1922, page 8.

                  Mrs. Emma Vensel
     Mrs. Emma Vensel, aged 76, widow
of the later Alfred Vensel, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. D. S. Mc-
Guire, Fairview avenue, Butler, De-
cember 7.  Her father was the late
Christian Gerner.  She was born in
Germany but came to America when a
small child.  Most of her life has been
spent in Petrolia and Chicora where
she was well known.  For the past six
years she had resided here with her
daughter.  Children survive as follows:
Mrs. E. R. Parker and Mrs. D. S. Mc-
Guire, Butler; Mrs. E. L. Guthrie, Sa-
pulpa, Okla.; John V. Vensel, Nash-
port, Ohio; also three brothers, Fred
Gerner, Bruin; Charles Gerner, But-
ler; Christian Gerner, Calif.; also eight
grandchildren and one great grand-
child.  Funeral services were held De-
cember 10 at the home of her daugh-
ter where she died and interment was
in White Oak cemetery near Chicora.


Genealogical information garnered from this obituary includes:
  • Death Date:  December 7, 1922
  • Death Location:  Fairview Avenue, Butler
  • Father's name:  Christian Gerner
  • Husband's name:  Alfred Vensel
  • Birth place:  Germany
  • Approximate birth year can be calculated:  1846
  • Children's names and where they live:
    - Mrs. E. R. Parker, Butler
    - Mrs. D. S. McGuire, Butler
    - Mrs. E. L Guthrie, Salpulpa, Oklahoma
    - John V. Vensel, Nashport, Ohio
  • Siblings' names:
    - Fred Gerner, Bruin
    - Charles Gerner, Butler
    - Christian Gerner, California
  • Burial location:  White Oak Cemetery, Chicora, PA

-–Nancy.

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