2010 Winter DS Obituaries

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DONAUSCHWABEN OBITUARIES

02/24/13

January February March 2010 Volume 5 Number 1

2010 Winter LA Donauschwäbische Verstorbene

Heidi was an enthusiastic and fun-loving member of several Danube Swabian groups, including the Dance Group, the Bowling League and the Trachtenchor.

One of the things that she loved best was wearing a new Dirndl or Tracht to an event.

On Kirchweih she said, "Take a picture of me in my new Dirndl!". Heidi passed away on Christmas Eve.

† Heidi Schuessler †

BORN:
DIED: 24 December 2009
LOCATION: Jan. 19 at Inglewood Cemetery at 11:30 am

† Karen Elisabeth Smith †

Father Theodore's sister Karen passed away unexpectedly on, 28 December 2009, after a brief hospitalization. She died in the Lord in her 44th year of life on the Feast of the Holy Innocents after receiving the Last Rites of the Church. Please keep her and us in your prayers!

          She is survived by her parents, Will Ted and Joan Smith, my brother Gregory and Father Theodore Smith.
          Karen was born 3 May 1965 in Ventura, California. She graduated from Mission Viejo High School in 1985. Karen was never a good student, but she is remembered for her faithfulness. A faithful employee of the boutique where she worked for about 20 years -- a faithful daughter and sister -- a faithful friend to one and all. Karen was a faithful Catholic who never missed Sunday mass and last received Holy Communion on Christmas day.
          Karen was admitted to the emergency room the afternoon of the 26th due to pain from a fall. When her blood test was taken, it revealed an almost negligible white count. She was in ICU for almost 2 days where her condition worsened despite the nurses' heroic care. She was eventually diagnosed with APL (Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia -- a rare, rapid and overwhelming form of the disease,) but it came too late. Despite the staff's prolonged efforts, Karen's kind but exhausted heart did not respond as we all hoped and prayed. Monday morning with her entire family at her side, she heeded the loving summons of her dear Savior, in Whom we place all our hope, as did Karen. We who knew her count her among God's holy innocents. May she rest in peace!

† Karen Elisabeth Smith †

*Memorial Services for*
*KAREN ELIZABETH SMITH*

*Rosary* -- 7:30 pm Wednesday evening, 30 December at O'Connor's
Mortuary on Alicia. (25301 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Hills, CA 92653)

*Requiem Mass* -- 10am on Thursday, 31 December at St. Michael's Abbey
(19292 El Toro Rd., Silverado, CA 92676) followed by

*Interment* -- 11:30am at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery (7845 Santiago Canyon
Road, Orange, CA 92669)

*Gathering of Family and Friends* -- 12:30pm at St. Michael's Abbey

2010 Winter Kitchener Obituaries

Rapp, Sebastian

Passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. Sebastian was born on August 1, 1930 in Kakasd, Hungary. A member of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church and a long time member of the Deutsch Kanadischer Jagd & Fisch Verein and the Schwaben Club.

Sebastian is survived by his Anna, Beloved father to Wilfred (Deborah), Gabriele (Richard), and Karen (Jordan) grandchildren Christian and Sebastian.

He is also survived by family in Germany.

Schaman, Magdalema

Passed away on Monday, November 9, 2009 at the age of 91. Beloved wife of the late Jakob Kehl (1942) and George Schaman (1983). Loving mother of Elizabeth Petereit

(Siegfried), Simon (Maria) and Anthony Shaman (Rose).

Dear grandmother of Connie

Palenik (Dave), Karen Milla, Debbie Shaman (Patrick Mercil), Tom (Tara), Ken (Leora), Dr. John Schaman, Anne Reiter (Danny) and

Mike Petereit (Holly).

Will be dearly missed by her 12 great-grandchildren. She was a

member of the Schwaben Club, St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, and the Einigkeit Klub.

Adam, Mary

Peacefully on Friday, November 13, 2009, in her 83rd year. Mary Adam of Kitchener, beloved wife of 60 years to Jacob Adam. Loving mother of Thomas (Linda) of Pefferlaw, Joseph (Joan) and Susan (Michael) Cook all of Kitchener.

Cherished grandmother of Michael Adam, Vanessa and Christopher Adam, Andrea (Peter) Speckner, Jade and Magdalena Adam, Adam, Mary Catherine and Robert Cook, Andrew and Arron Lumley, Melanie (Andrew) Bennet and their children.

Dear sister of Katherine (Al) Opresnik of Toronto, and predeceased by her parents Joseph and Katherine Schreier and a brother Joseph Schreier. Mary was a member of St. Anne’s RC Parish and The Schwaben Club

2010 Winter Carpathia Obituaries

The Carpathia Club expresses our condolences to the families of these members:

Magdalena Bohn

Paul Sippl

Mathias Fischer

Thino Napora

2010 Winter Chicago Donauschwaben Obituaries

Barbara Neumann

Born: 20 March 1928

Died: 6 September 2009