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Immigration: 5 Jul 1904 Ellis Island, Port of New York, from Bremen Germany on Kaiser Wilhelm II
Frank Schuster applied to become a citizen of the United States in 1912.
OBITUARY:
Ellis-Frank W. Schuster, 88, died Saturyday May 17, 1980, at St Anthony Hospital in Hays. A retired carpenter and farm, he had lived in Ellis since 1903.
Father Ferdinand Schuster, b. 11 Jan 1865, F�rstenthal 100
Mother Klara Schuster, b. 1 Dec 1868, F�rstenthal 21
Children
1. Lewis Leroy (Ludwig) Schuster, b. 4 Jun 1922, Trego County (Kansas, USA)
2. William Schuster, b. 12 Aug 1923, Trego County (Kansas, USA)
3. Frederick Schuster
4. Theresia Wilpolt
5. Richard Schuster
He was born Jun 21 1891, at Bukovina, Austria, the son of Ferdinand Schuster and Clara Baumgartner. He married Rosie Aschenbrenner in 1922 in Ellis; She died Nov 25 1973.
He was a member of St Mary Catholic Church and the Third and Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, both in Ellis.
Survivors include four sons, Louis, Great Bend; William, Hays, Fred, Aurora Colorado, and Richard, Wanpan New York; one daughter, Teresa Wilpolt, Oakland California; four brothers, Paul, Jake and E.L., all of Elis, and John, Great Falls Montana;three sisters, Mary and Stephanie Locker, both of Ellis and Clara Zimmerman, Quinter; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at St Mary Church, Ellis, church cemetery. Rosary at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Johnson Funeral Home, Ellis. Friends may callfrom 2-9 pm Sunday at the funeral home.
UNCLE FRANK by Mary Kaiser Conard 1988
Just 21, when his Father died, he seemed to be "the man of the family" (from stories Mom has told) until which time Uncle Paul was older .... he remained unmarried all his life, and seemed to look after Grandma's business interests, during my growing up years.
I'm told it was Uncle Frank who planned and built the addition to Grandma's house.
If you look at the photo of the house, the part to the left of the screened in porch seems to be an original, two rooms with a loft. Uncle Frank added the piece that "T's" the original. At first the porch was not enclosed with screen. From whatI can gather, he and Aunt Rosey lived at Grandma's after their marriage, because Theresia had this to say about how you make money.
It seems Uncle Jake trapped skunks for their pelts, and as a result, he wasn't so great smelling all the time, and Aunt Rosey complained about "stink". All this Uncle Jake took without a word. (You know when you stink.) I would imagine that if he was home, he was needed to help with the work, and any money that was "made on the farm" had to stay with the farm, and skunk trapping was a way to make some pocket money for Jake. At any rate, when the mailman brought the check for the pelts,Uncle Jake waved it under Aunt Rosey's nose and asked, "Now does this stink?" Mom always said, "Never criticize how much a job "smells" for which you earn your daily bread. The people that you have to worry about are the "stinkers" who become rich on the backs of others."
I guess I would describe Uncle Frank as being rather aloof. Gad! How he and Dad could argue. . over nothings, as far as I could see, but then we didn't stick around much where the "old folks" were. Aunt Rosey was sweet. She always looked nice and she was a "town lady", as we kids called it. She didn't have a chicken house in the back yard, her front yard had flowers, trees and a lawn. I don't know just when they moved to Ellis, and think that Uncle Frank worked as a carpenter and finisher.
He and Aunt Rosey are Baptism Godparents to Freddie, Rose and I, as Nick and Theresia are to Bill, Theresa and Richard, three of their five children. The other two are Louis and Frederick.
He must have been a thoughtful person. When we were small children, he built Rose and I each a doll bed. I still have mine that I converted into a magazine rack.
We girls didn't hang around uncles much, and we didn't see Uncle Frank and Aunt Rosey much after we passed our early teens. I can't say, as I really know much about him.
Up until 1988, they are the only Schuster couple that I know of for sure that celebrated a Golden Anniversary. I am speaking in-terms of Mom's family here, and in the year of 1988 there is only one couple left that still may get to the "Golden"Uncle Englebert and Aunt Iva. They may have already, but no mention was made of it to me.
By Mary Kaiser Conard 1988
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