Augusta Marie Hibner Stibbe (1862-1944)
(Mrs. Ernest Stibbe)
MRS. AUGUSTA STIBBE DIES AT DAUGHTER'S HOME HERE
Mrs. Augusta Stibbe, 82, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Norcutt, east of town last Friday. She had been suffering ill health for many months. For the past six years she had made her home with her daughter and husband, living near Rensselaer for many years before coming here.The remains were brought to the Weaver funeral home and on Monday were taken to the Wright funeral home at Rensselaer, where services were held at 2 p.m. that day. Interment was made in Weston cemetery there, in charge of Weaver & Son.
This October 26, 1944, Lowell Tribune obituary was found on page 2, column 2:
- Augusta Marie (Hibner) Stibbe, eldest daughter of August and Minnie Hibner, was born in Byern, Germany, on March 14, 1862. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith when an infant. In 1868 she, with her parents, came to America and settled in Chicago. Her education was obtained in that city.
In 1877 she went to Porter county, Ind. And in 1878 she met and married Ernest Stibbe. Their first home was established in Keener township, Jasper county, where they resided until 1886, when they moved to Union township, near Parr. They lived there until her husband's death in 1929, after which she made her home with her son Oscar, on the home place for 8 years. The infirmities of old age coming upon her, she went to the home of her daughter, Augusta Norcutt, where with the exception of a few months, she remained until Oct. 13, 1944, when she quietly went to her home on high, at the age of 82 years, 6 months, and 29 days.
She is survived by three children, Emma Griffith of Kouts; Oscar, of Parr, and Augusta Norcutt of Lowell; one granddaughter, Marie Knoblich and three great grandchildren, Max, Donald and Norman Knoblich of Gary. One daughter, Bertha Adeline, passed away in infancy.
To know her was to love her, always doing for others, and trying to lighten the burdens of those near and around her.
Funeral services were held at Wright's chapel, Rensselaer, Rev. Edmond Worley officiating. Burial was held at Westom cemetery in that city, in charge of Weaver and Son.
Card of Thanks
Words cannot express the deep gratitude we feel to all our friends and neighbors for their many acts of kindness and expressions of sympathy following the death of our dear mother and grandmother. Their beautiful floral offerings and considerations will ever be in our memories.- Mr. and Mrs. John Norcutt
Mrs. Marie Knoblich
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