ANN MARY "Annie" ABFALTER
(née KAMPA)

Born: September 23, 1871 Duelm, Benton, Minnesota
Died: August 15, 1953 St. Cloud, Minnesota
Buried: St. Lawrence Parish Cemetery, Duelm, Benton, Minnesota

Parents:

Marriage:

Occupation:

Joseph F. Kampa
Theresa Balder

Blasious Abfalter
Benton, Minnesota
November 25, 1889

Housewife and mother
Practical nurse [Source: 1930 Federal Census]

Children:	Louis Joseph	June 22, 1890	† June 14, 1958
	Olivia	Nov. 8, 1892	† Mar. 6, 1961
	Clarence L.	Nov. 29, 1895	† Feb. 1, 1925
	Loretta	May 16, 1899	† Sept. 25, 1988
	Mary E.	Mar. 25, 1901	† Feb. 24, 1910
	Frank	Feb. 11, 1904	† June 9, 1983
	Eleanore	Dec. 15, 1905	† Jan. 12, 1988
	Rudolph	July 9, 1908	† May 26, 1973
	Anna M.	1909	† Aug. 21, 1910
	George Blase	May 30, 1910	† Dec. 29, 1972
	Clara Odelia	Oct. 14, 1912	† Apr. 10, 1992
	Anna Lucille	Oct. 4, 1916

Notes:

At the time of the 1880 federal census, Annie Mary was 9 years old and living with her parents and five siblings, August (age 10), Francis (age 7),

Charles (age 5), Joseph (age 3), and Mary (age 1) in St. George, Benton County, Minnesota. Her father was working as a farmer at the time [Source: NA Film No. T9-0615, p. 169A].

At the time of the April 2, 1930 census, Annie was 58 years old, a widow working as a practical nurse. She was living on the family farm with her son George, who worked there as a laborer, daughters Clara and Lucille and an 11-year-old grandson, Raymond Konewski. The family did not own a radio. Annie stated that she was married at age 18 and that her father was born in Poland and her mother was born in Silesia, Germany.

(Spencer Stimler's memories of Aunt Annie): "She was kind and generous. A farmer's wife, she knew toil and hardship. Yet she was very giving. In the summers she would load up her buggy with vegetables she grew in her garden. It was a one-horse buggy and she would drive the 8 miles to Foley to visit her son, Louis, and her sister, Mary. Often she would come to our house and bring my mother some of the vegetables she had grown. She would go into the house and leave the horse standing in the street with the buggy behind him. We would clamor for the right to hold the horse. He didn't need holding but Aunt Annie would see the need for small boys to be important and would grant our wishes. We were the envy of the neighborhood. All our friends would stand and wish that they could be the important ones whose job it was to hold the horse so that it didn't run away. The horse? He probably wondered what all the fuss was about. He was content to stand and rest awhile before taking the long trip home."

(Marge Randall's memories of Aunt Annie): "[H]er husband ... died when the kids were quite young and she raised them by herself.... She was a wonderful person and I never ever heard her say anything bad about anyone. She and Grandma Stimler were very close -- but then all the sisters were."

(Sharon Abfalter Schroeder's memories of her great-grandparents, 1964): "Blasious and Anna were married November 25, 1889. They lived on 16th Avenue North in St. Cloud for three years. Blasious Abfalter worked for the railroad during this time. Then they purchased 80 acres of farm land near Duelm where they lived until Blasious' death in 1925. He cleared the land for his farm, and did carpentry work, etc. with his sons, Clarence and Louie Abfalter. They worked about central Minnesota and built some barns in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

"After Blasious' death Anna Abfalter worked for a number of years as a housekeeper for a priest in New Munich. The last years of her life were spent in St. Raphael's Home in St. Cloud, Minnesota. She enjoyed knitting and doing fancy work to keep her busy in her spare time.

"Blasious Abfalter passed away on October 13, 1925, at the age of 64 and is buried at Duelm, Minnesota. Anna (Kampa) Abfalter passed away on August 15, 1953, at the age of 81 years and is also buried at Duelm Cemetery."