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Celeste Schwestka

Birth	:	23 May 1900 West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	27 Oct 1921 West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	West Union Cemetery, West Union, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.9611000, -91.8151600
Plot	:	Add 2 Blk 2 Row 3
Description	:	Miss Celeste Schwestka died October 27th at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schwestka, in this city, of acute Diabetes, after a short illness. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church and interment took place at the West Union cemetery, Kev. Edgar J. Wykle officiating at the funeral. The departed had taught school all day Wednesday at the Muldowney school, in district No. 7, and had walked more than a mile to her boarding place, then was brought home ill where it was found she was in a state of diabetic coma from which she died on Thursday, October 27th. Before her sudden illness and taking, Miss Celeste had not complained of feeling ill, and... Read More	Miss Celeste Schwestka died October 27th at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schwestka, in this city, of acute Diabetes, after a short illness. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church and interment took place at the West Union cemetery, Kev. Edgar J. Wykle officiating at the funeral. The departed had taught school all day Wednesday at the Muldowney school, in district No. 7, and had walked more than a mile to her boarding place, then was brought home ill where it was found she was in a state of diabetic coma from which she died on Thursday, October 27th. Before her sudden illness and taking, Miss Celeste had not complained of feeling ill, and her sudden death came as a severe shock to her family and many friends. Miss Celeste Schwestka was born on May 23, 1900. in West Union, Iowa, attended the public, schools, graduating from high school in the spring of 1918. She took a post graduate course in normal training the following year and taught school the next fall and winter of 1919-20 in Dover Center. During the summer of 1920 she studied at the Pestolozzi-Froebel Kindergarten College in Chicago, and after completing the course spent the next year at home until this fall when she was teaching in the Muldowney school, where she was taken ill with the sickness that resulted in her untimely death. The sudden death of our young neighbor and friend in the bud of her womanhood is a great shock and grief to her relatives and all who knew her, but the memory of her youth and sweetness will be treasured and live forever in their hearts. The pall bearers at the funeral were Arthur Johnson, Clayton Glascock, Thomas Theobald, Jr. and Paul Musser. Miss Amy Richards and Mrs. Frank Kohler sang two hymns. Members of the Schwestka family who were present a t the funeral were: Claude, of Minneapolis; Mrs. W. G. Boale and family, of Belvidere, III.; Mildred, of Belvidere, 111.; Joseph, of Fountain, Minn.; Mrs. B. F . Boggs, of Denver, Colo.; Lyle, of St. Louis; Mrs. A. A. Johnson, and Ida, both of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. J . J. Kennedy, of Oelwein. Four brothers were unable to be here: : Frank, of St Paul; Irwin, of Clayton, N. M.; Horace, of Scott Center. Nebraska, and Lon, of Rosedale. Calif. Besides these, there are left to mourn, the parents of the deceased, Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Schwestka, Donald, and Mrs. J. F. Lane, all residing in West Union.

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Celeste Schwestka's memorial is located at: West Union Cemetery, West Union, Fayette County, USA.
When did Celeste Schwestka death?
Celeste Schwestka death on 27 Oct 1921 in West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.9611000
Longitude: -91.8151600

Family Members:

Parent

Frank Schwestka

(1854 - 1928)

Ella Elizabeth Winett Schwestka

(1858 - 1937)

Siblings

Glenn Anna Schwestka Boale

(1877 - 1956)

Oral Elizabeth Schwestka Lane

(1878 - 1957)

Mabel D Schwestka Kennedy

(1884 - 1965)

Joseph J Schwestka

(1888 - 1965)

Ida M Schwestka Ponsar

(1889 - 1968)

Lyle Leverne Schwestka

(1896 - unknow)

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