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Back Row: Matilda (Tillie), Hedig (Hattie), Theodore, Henry F, ,Herbert (Herb), Augusta, Elizabeth (Ella). Middle: Carl, Alfred. Front: Elizabeth, Thelma, Henry A.
Theodor F. Bals
Born: December 25, 1891 in Crete, Nebraska Married: January 21, 1919 to Anna Helen Kempkes in Crete, Nebraska. Died: January 1, 1984 in Loup City, Nebraska. Anna died September 20, 1988. Children: Sylvester Theodore. Born: November 9, 1919 Died: April 1940 of Leukemia. Harold Joseph: Born: November 22, 1923 at Douglas, Nebraska. Died: January 18, 2005 at Good Samaritian Hospital, Kearney, Nebraska Donald Anton: Born: September 25, 1025. Died: January 4, 1942 lost in a snowsstom at Loup City, Nebraska Loren Elmer: Born: January 1, 1929 at Lincoln, Nebraska Died: November 17, 2003 at his home in Odessa, Nebraska. Reatha Mae: Born: February 5, 1931. Died: October 16, 2012 Earl Herbert: Born: Private Maxine Marie "Mickey" Born: February 21, 1939 Died: August 25, 1975. Drowned near Crete, Nebraska
Henry Ferdinand Bals
Born: December 20, 1893 in Crete, Nebraska Married: November 29, 1917 to Anna Rose Smejkal in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Crete, Nebraska Died: October 23, 1972 at Crete Hospital, Crete, Nebraska.. See Obituaries
Children Jerome H. Bals Born: December 7. 1918, Saline County, lNebraska Died: July 7,1952, St. Elizabeths Hospital. Lincoln, Nebraska Leonard J. Bals: Born: December 20, 1920, Saline County, Nebraska Married: Mary Alice Nelson at St. Paul Catholic Church, St. Petersburg, Florida Died: September 9, 2007, Bryan LGH East Hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska. See Obituaries Valarian Bals Born: November 1, 1922, Saline County, Nebraska Died: November 28, 1928. St, Elizabeths Hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska Internment; Sacred Heart Cemetary, Crete, Nebraska. John F. Bals August 28, 1924: Saline County, Nebraska Married: Marlene Siedhoff, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Crete, Nebraska. Died: Henry J. Bals Born: December 24, 1927, Saline County, Nebraska. Married: Nadine Shandra in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Crete, Nebraska. Died: August 21, 2021 See Obituaries Eugene F. Bals Born: February 21, 1940, Saline County, Nebraska. Married: Marilyn Jean Dietrich in St. Mary of the Mount Catholic Church, Pittsburgh, PA. Married: Sally R. Roberts at Taos, NM.
Elisabeth (Ella)
Born: March 31, 1896 Married: John Patz (Died April 24,1921 of appendicitis) Married: Frank Schroader Died: January 19, 1985.
Children: Delmer Patz (See Delmer Memories) Born 1917 Mae Born 1918
Augusta Carolyn (Gus)
Born: October 21, 1897 in Crete, Saline County, Nebraska. Married: Herman M. Witte on Feruary 15, 1917 Died: July 2, 1974 in Chadron, Nebraska
Children: Dale Henry Witte Born: February 23, 1918 Married: Phyllis Lillian Allen Died: September 11, 2007 (See Obituaries) Glen Frederick Witte Born: February 20, 1920 Married: Doris Jean Coffee, 1944 Died: 1944 near Montrose, VA in crash of Corsair Navy fighter plane. Lavern Carolyn Witte Born: June 9, 1922 in Friend, Nebraska Married: Robert Eskridge Anderson Died: ? Phrllis Virginia Witte Born: November 19,1924 in Loup City Nebraska Married: Thomas Paul McDill (born in Lincoln, NE October 14, 1921) Died: ? Dorothy Ruth Witte Born: October 31,1926 in Loup City, Nebraska Married: Stanley D. Whetstone (died July 8, 1979) Died: ? Earl Frederick (Joe) Witte (See Witte Family Account) Born: January 3, 1929 in Rapid City, South Dakota Married: Bertha Lee Williams Died: ? Carl Henry (Pete) Witte Born: November 3, 1932 Married: Bettiellen (Betty) Broadhurst on February 12, 1952 in Chadron, Nebraska. Died: ?
Matilda (Tillie) Buntemeyer
Born: October 21, 1900 in Crete, Saline County, Nebraska Married: To Fred Buntemeyer Died: ?
Moved from Nebraska to Clinton, Iowa.
Hedig (Hattie) Buntemeyer
Born: September 22, 1902 in Crete, Saline County, Nebraska. Married: August 27, 1924 to Elmer August Buntemeyer in Loup City, Sherman County, Nebraska. Died: October 23, 1988 in Clinton, Iowa. Elmer died March 9, 1963 in Clinton, Iowa
Moved from Nebraska to Clinton, Iowa (date ?). Lived at 1515 Lazy Lane, Clinton, Iowa.
Children: Virgil Elmer Born: Married: To Marvel Mae Lauritsen Died: Leroy Frederick Born: Married: Ellen Peterson Died: Elmer John (Jack) Born: February 3, 1930 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Married: Annette Swyers Died: February 15, 1991 in Clinton, Iowa. Verlee Virgina (Sister Mary Lydia) Born:: Herbert Henry (Herb) Born: November 21, 1904.
