February 12, 2003
  The ADVOCATE
  Serving Anderson, Southern Franklin and Western Linn Counties
  Volume 7, No. 13
  Transcribed with permission of Vern Brown
  
  Page 3, Column 2:
  
  "Mary Catherine Gilsdorf
  1929-2003
  Mass of Christian Burial for Mary Catherine Gilsdorf, 73, Onaga, KS, was Saturday,
  February 8, 2003, at 1:30 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Onaga, KS. 
  Interment was in Onaga Cemetery.  Mrs. Gilsdorf died Thursday, February 6, at
  Community Hospital, Onaga.
  Mary Catherine Gilsdorf was born June 14, 1929, the daughter of Nathan L. and Ruth
  (McLin) DeFries.  She graduated from Havensville Rural High School in 1947.  She was
  a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and the Kansas Delaware Tribe of
  Indians.
  Mary and Henry G. Gilsdorf were married August 29, 1949, at Topeka, KS.
  Mrs. Gilsdorf was preceded in death by her husband, Henry G. Gilsdorf, on April 21,
  1993; and two granddaughters, Katie Louise Miller and Pearl Gilsdorf.
  Mary is survived by her sons, Henry Leon Gilsdorf, Earlville, IL, Steven Ray Gilsdorf,
  and Robert Eugene Gilsdorf and John Wayne Gilsdorf, both of Onaga, KS; her daughters,
  Patricia Jane Cox, Garnett, Sally Anne Miller, Onaga, and Mary Angela Ames,
  Havensville, KS; her brother, Nathan L. DeFries, East Wonatchee, WA; her sister, Anna
  Marie Cooper, West Carrolton, OH, twenty-three grandchildren, one step-grandson, and
  one great-grandson.
  Rosary was said Friday, February 7, at 7:00 p.m., followed by visitation.
  Memorials are suggested to the Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders Association.
  Tessendorf-Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, Onaga, was in charge of arrangements."
  
  
  Transcribed for 
  Anderson County
  Kansas
  USGENWEB
  By:  Lulu B. Nixon