Grandma

Antoinette Carolina Gass
was born on
October 31, 1896 to
Michael & Mary (Rebhahn) Gass
in the city of Waumandee, Wisconsin
Married Matthias Tescher

Grandma took me out to the Ol'Settlers draw to pick Juneberries. I ate more than I picked. When we were done, she made the best pie I ever ate! (Grandson Richard)

"If you wanted to keep Mom happy: you cleaned her stairs and fixed her hair."
"Mom rode a bucking horse when I was a young girl, but I never got to watch. She made all of us kids get into the house."
(Daughter Marie)

"One day, Mom sent me over to Grandma's house to fix her hair. Usually, Linda & Marsha fixed her hair but this day they couldn't. I hated to fix hair and I wanted Grandma to not enjoy it. So I took my time and used every curler Grandma had. Later, grandma told Mom, she loved how I fixed her hair because 'someone finally used enough curlers'." (Granddaughter Sheila)

Antionette was born 8th child of 12.

She had 7 sisters -- (5 older--2 younger) &
had 4 brothers -- (2 older--2 younger).

Antionette was 19 years old when she married (January 18, 1916).
From the ages of 20-41 she gave birth to 15 children, including 3 sets of twins.
Antionette was 71 years old when she died on July 12, 1968 in Dickinson, ND.

Four children preceded her in death,
at 26 years old she lost Antionette (4 months old--Aug 24, 1923),
at 38 years old she lost Mathias (2 days old--July 28, 1935),
at 56 years old she lost Donald (19 years old--Dec 27, 1952),
and at 71 years old she lost Anthony (44 years old--Feb 8, 1968).

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