Linda Earline BARTEN

Aurich, Linda Earline (Barten) Aurich Linda Earline Aurich passed away Dec. 26 in Houston. She was born Oct. 7, 1916 in Shaws Bend to Herman August and Emma Brune Barten. She was baptized Jan. 7, 1917 in Shaws Bend by Rev. H. Krause of Fayetteville and confirmed on March 20, 1932 in the Shaws Bend Lutheran Church by Rev. Otto Lindenberg of Frelsburg. On Nov. 21, 1937, she married Lester Paul Aurich in her parent’s home by Rev. H.C. Poehlman of Frelsburg, TX. Of this marriage, two daughters were born, Lelda Peschel, of Shaws Bend, and Lois Kautz, who was tragically killed in a car accident. In growing up, Linda worked on the family farm and in her later years she was a housewife, worked as a cook three years for the hospital and in the school cafeteria for three years. Linda Aurich was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Mary Martha Circle, Shaws Bend Home Demonstration Club and AARP. She is survived by her daughter, Lelda Peschel and husband, Harold, of Shaws Bend; son-in-law, Daniel Kautz and wife, Barbara, of Columbus; four granddaughters, Halissa Toddy and husband, Gary, of Fayetteville, Gallia Kapel and husband, Bubba, of Columbus, Marliece Poncik and husband, Ardene, of Columbus, and Kim King and husband, Ron, of Dallas; two step-grandsons, Jerrod Gross and wife, Lena, of Houston and Austin, and Jason Kautz and wife, Carrie, of Austin; eight great-grandchildren; and one step-great granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her parents, Herman and Emma Brune Barten; husband, Lester Paul Aurich; daughter, Lois Kautz; sister, Elsie Meyer; and great-grandson, Ryan Kapel. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Friday, Dec. 30, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Columbus with Rev. Arlyn Hausmann officiating and under the direction of Henneke Funeral Home in Columbus. Burial was in Brune Cemetery in Shaws Bend. Pallbearers were Gary Toddy, Bubba Kapel, Ardene Poncik, Ron King, Jerrod Gross and Jay Kautz. - Colorado County Citizen, January 6, 2006, Courtesy of The Citizen

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