Meistrell, Mary Laura

1892 - 1986  (94 years)

• Name	Meistrell, Mary Laura  [1, 2]
  Birth	26 Apr 1892	Damar, Rooks, Kansas, USA   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	5 Dec 1986	Denton, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA   [3]
  Burial	9 Dec 1986	Denton Sunnyside Cemetery, Denton, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I18083	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Meistrell, John Nicolas,   b. 15 Sep 1861, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 1 Dec 1934, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Couture, Delphine,   b. Abt 1872, Iowa, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1890  [1]
  Family ID	F7689	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sullivan, Eugene Sylvester,   b. 17 Jul 1887, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA d. 12 Sep 1979, Denton, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	12 May 1914	Lancaster, Nebraska, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Sullivan, Bertha,   b. 1922   d. 1925 (Age 3 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F1292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Apr 1892 - Damar, Rooks, Kansas, USA Marriage - 12 May 1914 - Lancaster, Nebraska, USA Death - 5 Dec 1986 - Denton, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA Burial - 9 Dec 1986 - Denton Sunnyside Cemetery, Denton, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  From Shirley Douglas- Obituary from The Crete News, Crete, Nebr., Wed., Dec. 17, 1986 which states: "Funeral services for Laura Sullivan were held Dec. 9 at St Mary's Catholic Church in Denton with Father Liam Barr officiating. Burial was at Sunnyside Cemetery in Denton. Survivors include a son, Raymond of Denton; Daughters, Mrs. Glenn (Estella) Oxley of Pleasant Dale, Edna Borgman of Denton, Mrs. Herbert (Darlene) Culp of Wichita, Kansas and Mrs. Don (Teresa) Sullivan of Lincoln; 12 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. A dinner was served by members of St Mary's Altar Society following the services." "Laura Sullivan was the daughter of John and Delphina Meistrell, and was born in DeMar, Kansas in 1892. She was the oldest of 6 children. She had 4 brothers and 1 sister. The Meistrell family lived in Missouri for a few years, but later lived in the Davey and Emerald area in Lancaster County. She attended school in Emerald. She became the bride of Eugene S. Sullivan in May, 1914 and moved to the Sullivan family farm where she spent her entire married life. This farm, located southeast of Denton on Section 25, Lancaster County, was part of the original Sullivan Settlement, Nebr. In the late 1970's the Eugene Sullivan Farmstead was chosen to receive the Nebraska Pioneer Farm Award from the Knights of AK-SAR-BEN in recognition of the farm being in the same family for 100 years. Laura and Gene celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a special Mass and dinner at St Mary's Catholic Church in Denton in 1964. Laura was an active member of the Altar Society all her life." "Preceding her in death were her husband, Eugene; a daughter, Bertha; her parents; sister and brothers. Coming from a distance for the funeral were a granddaughter and husband, Karen and Bruce Frisbie of Chicago; grandson, Danny Sullivan of Omaha; granddaughter and husband, Mary Jo and Terry Warner and children from Western; a daughter and husband, Darlene and Herbert Culp of Wichita, Kansas; and a sister-in-law, Lillian Meistrell and her son Gary of Fremont."

  
  

• Sources

  [S2071] USA: Census 1910. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1727033 [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:. Meistrell, Mary Brandt: Letter [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:. Douglas, Shirley