Parish History Highlights at Struble and Maurice Churches
The article traces St Marys in Maurice and St Josephs in Struble from their 1884 founding, noting land purchases, early pastors, and key milestones. It details church construction in 1884, rectory in 1899, a Foresters court, and the 1903 St Josephs church build. It chronicles baptisms, marriages, burials, and first Holy Communion and Confirmation, and documents parish shifts, cemetery deeds, school ties, and the 1974 pastor Robt J Schimmer and Gehlen School connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Struble
Maurice
John A. O'Reilly
Sheldon
St. Mary’s Church
Henry and
Hendrina Hospers
Patrick O’hare
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Peter Cribbins
Luke Fitzpatrick
Michael Keough
James McDonald
Patrick Quigley
John Lynch
Foresters and Altar Society
Catholic Order of Foresters
Edward T. McNally
St. Mary's Altar Society
St. Mary’s
Julia Esther O’hare
Michael Hannan
Mary Ellen LaVelle
Patrick Glenn
St. Margaret's Rolfe Parish Chronology 1897 Beginnings
The Rolfe Catholic community grew from ministry by Fort Dodge and Gilmore City priests to a resident pastor in 1895. The first church was built around 1897, with a rectory, later brick church rebuilt after a 1905 fire. Key figures include Father McKeogh, Father Hurley, and Father Tewell. The parish, named for Margaret Crahan, expanded under multiple pastors, with substantial renovations through 1970 and ongoing lay involvement. Presently 79 families, about 269 souls.
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Rolfe
Fort Dodge
Gilmore City
T. B. Sullivan
Minnie
Dick Burns
Father D. McKeogh
Scott W. Hazen
Norman Russell
Mike Crahan
H.C. Barnes
Anthony Finn
St. Margaret's
Father McKeogh
Margaret Crahan
John G. Fix
Ella Taylor
St. Margaret’s Church
Joseph Murtagh
Jacob Unsecker
Havelock
Christine Tucking
Margaret Frieden
P.J. Garrigan
William Tiernan
Jake Meisenbach
Maurice Flury
Mike Solan
Bessie Taylor
Frank Shimon
John Doyle
James O'Keefe
James Fox
James Carroll
William Kelly
George Schonberger Sr
Joe Wievel
McKeogh
McCauley
J.G. Murtagh
Denis K. Hurley
Father Hurley
P.J
Fae White McEwen
St. Margaret’s Parish
Iowa
Mallinger
Tewell
St. Margaret’s Cemetery
David J. Hogan
St. Margaret’s
Jerome P. Coyle
Father Hogan
Msgr
Zeno J. Reising
Father Schaefer
Louis B. Anthofer
Denis L. Clark
Father Anthofer
Europe
Joseph A. Roder
Aloysius J. Arndorder
Leo C. Schumacher
Cletus A. Ahtmann
McCoy
George D. O’brine
Charles Kniep
Reinhard E. Nemmers
Robert A. Th
Annunciation Parish Coon Rapids Wisconsin History Summary
Annunciation school in Coon Rapids opened in 1916 with 28 boarders and day pupils and closed in 1970. Sisters Mary Eileen Mary Theophila led teaching, joined later by Mary Emma and Mary Hilaria. Parishioners from St Marys Greene County funded the school. Multiple pastors served with major upgrades in 1946 1956 and 1966 9 1969 arrival of Father Carpenter and a 1977 parish center. Approximately 180 families remain in the parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gehlen
le Mars
Gehlen Corporation
People of
St. Joseph’s
Father Conway
Struble
St. Mary’s, Maurice
John Thoennissen
James B. Greteman
Joseph Wolf
Leo Kelm
Clement T. Flannery
George J. Benjamin
Gerald R. Wingert
Robert L. Keefe
Wisconsin
Mary Eileen
Mary Theophila
Annunciation School
Mary Emma
Mary Hilaria
St. Mary’s Mission
Greene County
Coon Rapids
Father Wessling
Annunciation Parish
Hugh O’brien
Herman B. Kramer
Edmond J. Hayes
James A. Kane
C.J. Ivis
Bernard H. Loeffelholz
Charles J. O'Malley
Louis J. Savage
Thomas M. Parle
Father Dougherty
Harold V. Cooper
Edward V. Carpenter
Charter Oak church history and 1909 dedication
Charter Oak history notes the formation of St. Boniface parish in the 1880s, including early organizers, relocation of the church, and the 1909 dedication of a new 80 by 44 foot Romanesque brick church after a 1908 lightning fire and subsequent rebuilding led by Father Lambert A Schenkelberg.
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Charter Oak
St. Boniface
B. C. Lenihan
Denison
St. Rose of Lima
Michael J. Farrelly
M. Costello
Maurice J. Costello
Leonard J. Cooper
John Simmons
John Ullerich
A. Jobken
A Topf
John Kraemer
Peter Sasges
Otto Staley
Patrick Copps
Emil Ohnimus
Father Eker
Lambert A. Schenkelberg
Parish History at St Marys Describes Growth and Change
The history details St Marys parish in Larchwood with past priests and sisters, school closures, and a mission church in Ute. It notes 412 graduates from the high school in 50 years, ongoing vocations, and plans for a new church as of 1974 with about 221 families remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latin America
Marvin Chattleffel
Larchwood
Amazon
Brazil
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Globe
Father O’reilly
Herman J. Dries
Joseph D. Fisch
Clarence P. Conway
St. Mary’s of Maurice
St. Joseph
Conway
N.W. Wiltgen Company of
St. Joe
Alice Magdaline Dominick
Frank Dominick
Kate Erdman
Grady
St. Joseph’s Church
James J. Nolan
Anna McGrain
McNally
Anna Marie Kamp
Dries
Father Joseph Wolf
Austin Dowling
Des Moines
Sodality
Nastor
St. Joseph’s Altar and Rosary Society
Rosary Society
Altar and Rosary Society
Joseph N. Stieb
Robert J. Schimmer
Struble and
Gehlen High School
Mars
St. Joseph’s Parish
St. Joseph - Struble
Rolfe Church
Father Wingert
Reising
Eugene J. Alses
Gabriel A. O’rourke
Ladies’ Rosary Society
The
Council of Catholic Women
Catholic Youth Organization
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Norbert Alig
Roy Schonberger
Annunciation Church
Otto A. Dentlinger
Robert E. Dougherty
Charter Oak Church
Doherty
Cooper
Vail
Robert M. Fangman
St. Mary’s High School
Leonard Schaffer
Fangman
Marlys
Arlene
Blessed Virgin Mary
N.J. Ullerich
James Hartigan
Bernard Clinton
M.J. Barrett
Con.Flynn
Father Cooper
Edmond Heeland
Sioux City
John P.mcguire
Kane
PGF
St. Mary’s New Grade School
Father Adams
Lake City
Edmond F. Adams
John Higgins
Cornelis Flynn
Timothy Shanahan
Bert Ullerich
Nicholas Ullerich
Tony Ullerich
Michael Flynn
Adam Feurbach
William Ebzery
Michael O’connell
Elizabeth Kee
Kinstry
Beck
Mary Christiansen
Father Kane
Bernard J. Montag
Father Altmann
Name Society
John C. Doherty
Daniel C. Lynch
James J. Cain
John F. Cain
Regina Quinlivan
Servants of Mary
M. Ferdinand Kerkinlier
M. Eldred Breuer
M. Veronica Walsh
M. Thecla Cain
M. Clara van Lent
Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque
M. Lois Rutten
M. Anselma Rutten
Sisters of St. Francis
Clinton
M. Benecio McCarty
Sisters
St. Mary - Ute
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