Gottlieb Bauder – 1960

Gottlieb Bauder, 89, a resident of the Burlington area for 71 years, died Nov. 18 in Rocky Ford, where he had been staying with his daughter. The Rev. Don Flesner officiated at funeral services Monday afternoon, Nov. 21, for Mr. Bauder at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Burlington. Pall bearers were Elmer Stahlecker, Warren Bauder, Walter Bauer, Danny Bauer, Ervin Stahlecker and Verle Billenwillms, Interment was in Fairview Cemetery.
Gottlieb Bauder, son of Andreas and Christina Bauder, was born April 5, 1871, in South Russia and died Nov. 18 at the age of 89 years, 7 months and 13 days. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church, of which he had been a member all his life. He came to America with his parents in 1889 and settled northwest of Burlington on a homestead.
Dec. 25, 1897, he was united in marriage with Kathrine Louise Fanselau at Immanuel Lutheran Church north of Bethune. They made their home on a homestead northwest of Burlington until they moved to Burlington in 1947. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Dec. 25, 1947. To the union were born seven children of whom two daughters, Bertha and Emma preceded him in death. His wife also preceded him in death in 1957. Since that time he lived in Burlington and Rocky Ford where he was cared for by his two daughters. He was a devoted father and always concerned about the welfare of his family. He leaves to mourn his death five children, Walter Bauder and Mrs. Martin Bauer of Burlington, Robert Bauder of Newberg, Ore., and Mrs. Martin Stahlecker and Herman Bauder of Rocky Ford; two sisters, Mrs. Dora Schaal of Burlington and Mrs. Christina Ramsey of Portland, Ore., 16 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.