Hege, Katherine Elizabeth Baer (1858-1931)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1931 Sep 30 p. 3

Birth date: 1858 Nov 8

text of obituary:

Mrs. Katherine Hege.

Halstead, Sept. 17. — Mrs. Katherine Hege, widow of the late Menno S. Hege, an early day settler of this city, died at a hospital in Pasadena, Calif.

The remains were brought here for burial, the funeral being held today from the Presbyterian church here.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1931 Nov 25 p. 4

text of obituary:

Mrs. Katherine Hege.

Katherine Elizabeth Baer was born November 8, 1858, in O'Fallon,Ill., where she spent her childhood and grew to early womanhood. On August 6, 1882, she was married to Menno S. Hege, shortly after which they moved to Kansas, settling on a farm north of Halstead. To this union were born four children who survive: Carl F. Hege of Halstead, Daniel C. Hege, Eagle Rock California, Mrs. Mildred (Hege) Saylor, Ventura, Calif., and B. E. Hege, of Wichita.

Mrs. Hege, with her family, lived on the farm north of Halstewad until May 1, 1895, when their home was destroyed by a cyclone. On May 2, of that year they moved to Halstead to make their home at 423 East Fifth street until 1920 when at an order of her attending physician she moved to Eagle Rock, Calif., with her daughter Mildred, where she resided until her death. Mrs. Hege passed away in a hospital at Pasadena, Calif., September 13. Interment was made at Halstead, Kansas.

Mrs. Hege held a place among the pioneer women of Kansas, having come here when the history of the state was in the making. She experienced the privations of pioneer life in the destruction of crops by the elements of nature and she learned that by patience and continuous effort any obstacles may be overcome. At an early age she became affiliated with the Presbyterian Church to which she remained a staunch supporter until the end.

Surviving with her children are nine grandchildren and two brothers, Benjamin Baer and Adolph Baer, of Summerfield, Illinois. Beside her husband she was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, and four sisters.