Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameKathryn R. SAUER
Birth Date23 Aug 1910
Birth PlaceSaint Peter, Graham County, Kansas
Death Date22 Sep 2005 Age: 95
Death PlaceEllis, Ellis County, Kansas
Burial PlaceGraham County, Kansas, Saint Anthony Cemetery
Spouses
Birth Date13 Oct 1903
Birth PlaceKansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Death Date7 Dec 1966 Age: 63
Death PlaceWakeeney, Trego County, Kansas
Burial PlaceGraham County, Kansas, Saint Anthony Cemetery
Family ID8444
ChildrenGerald Michael (1937-2007)
Notes for Kathryn R. SAUER
Ellis -- Kathryn Billinger Pierce, 95, died Sept. 22 at Good Samaritan Center in Ellis.

She was born Aug. 23, 1910, at St. Peter, the daughter of Peter and Mary Schuvie Sauer.

She married Michael J. Billinger on Oct. 7, 1930, at St. Peter. He died Dec. 7, 1966. She married Orville Pierce on Aug. 25, 1973, at St. Peter. He died July 30, 1996.

She was a resident of Ellis, coming from St. Peter, Hill City, WaKeeney and Hays. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Pierce was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church and Altar Society, WaKeeney. Survivors include three sons, Gerald M. Billinger of Phoenix, Ariz., Richard Billinger of Kansas City and Stanley Billinger of Great Bend, Erlena Wheeler of Rose Hill; three brothers, Constantine Sauer and Laverne Sauer, both of Wichita, and Eugene Sauer of St. Peter; three sisters, Lillian Lang of Atwood, Dolorine Riedel of Salina, and Ann Williams of Wichita; 16 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by one son, Ronald Billinger; two daughters, Sophia and Carmelita Marie Billinger; seven brothers, Ernest, Paul, Alex, Peter, August, Bernard and Joseph Sauer; two sisters, Anna Marie Wasinger and Eleanor Eaton; and one granddaughter, Barbie Lynn Wheeler.

Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony Catholic Church in St. Peter with the Rev. Basil Torrez officiating. Vigil and Parish Rosary service will be at 6:30 p.m. today at the church. Burial will be at the St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery in St. Peter.

Memorials are suggested to the Good Samaritan Center in care of Morell Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements provided by Morell Funeral Home, P.O. Box 124, Larned, KS 67550, 620-285-2177.

Great Bend Tribune, 9/25/2005

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Mother; Michael J. Billinger and Kathryn Sauer married Oct. 7, 1930

On Find A Grave.

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Notes for MIchael Joseph (Spouse 1)
Michael J. Billinger, 60, of the St. Peter community died Wednesday at Trego-Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney.

Survivors include his wife, Kathryn; a daughter, Mrs. Wayne (Erlena) Wheeler, Pratt; four sons, Gerald, Denver, Ronald, Joliet, Ill., Richard, Stanley, both of St. Peter; mother, Mrs. Margaret Billinger, Salina; four sisters, Mrs. Magdalen Gerstner, Cheyenne Wells, Colo., Mrs. Kathryn Pfeifer, Ness City, Mrs. Esther Dreiling, Salina, Mrs. Mary Brown, Denver; three brothers, Wendelin, Cheyeene Wells, Clem, Staples, Minn., Albert, Anadarko, Okla.; seven grandchildren.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Church, St. Peter. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Fr. Alex Leiker, C.P.P.S. will officiate. Rosary services will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at the St. Peter Community Hall. Spencer Chapel, Hill City, has charge.

Hays Daily News, 12/9/1966

Inscription
Father; Michael J. Billinger and Kathryn Sauer married Oct. 7, 1930

On Find A Grave.

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