Funeral services for Fredrick Fuhrmann were held in the
Baptist Church in Cathay on Wednesday December 12th, 1956. Rev. D. Zimmerman
and Rev. M. DeBoer officiated. Burial was made at the Lakeview Cemetery at
Cathay in the family lot.
Fredrick FUHRMANN was born in Rohrbach, Russia on Feb. 14th
1865. On Jan. 15 1892 he was married to Christine NAGEL.
In 1893 Mr. Fuhrmann and his wife immigrated to the United States,
and made their home in Campbell County, South Dakota for a short time, after which
they homesteaded near Bowdon, Wells County, North Dakota. Here they joined the Cathay Baptist Church in
1918.
Mr. Fuhrmann passed away Dec. 8th, 1956 at the age of 91
years, 9 months and 24 days. He is survived by two brothers, Jake of
Bowdon, and George of Robinson; three sisters, Mrs. Gottfried (Karolina)
SCHELSKE of Portland, Ore., Mrs. J.A. (Elisabetha) WURM of Tuttle, and
Mrs. H.E. (Sophia) WURM of Bird Island, Minn.; ten children, Mrs. Henry (Freda)
HOLTE of Edmonds, Wash., Mrs. E.L. (Lydia) PERRY of Sawyer, Mrs. George
(Christine) O’LEARY of Backus, Minn., Mrs. Ewalt (Sophia) NIPOLDT, Fred of
Cathay, Mrs. Emma EDINGER of Fessenden, Mrs. B.H. (Florence) ROBERTS of
Minneapolis, Minn., Mrs. Elmer (Helen) ELLEFSON of Stanley, Mrs. Wm.
(Frances) HALL of Castana, Iowa, and Mrs. Alex (Selma) TAG of Cathay.
Twenty-six grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren. The pallbearers
were four grandsons, Murel and Ralph EDINGER, David and Larry TAG, and two
nephews Henry and Gust FUHRMANN.
FUHRMANN FAMILIES ON BOARD THE S.S. DUBBLEDAM FROM ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS TO NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Friedrich FUHRMANN 25; Christina FUHRMANN 19; Friedrich FUHRMANN 5 months; Johann FRIES 30; Elizabetha FRIES 23; Wilhelm NAGEL 39; Dorthea NAGEL 41; Wilhelm NAGEL 18; Magdalena NAGEL 20; Rosa NAGEL 1; Friedrich FUHRMANN 33; Margaretha FUHRMANN 49; Johannes FUHRMANN 20; Georg FUHRMANN 18; Karolina FUHRMANN 9; Elizabeth FUHRMANN 7; Sofia FUHRMANN 4.
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