Schulteis/Siegl/Ott/Wolf Family Newsletter
The Omnibus Portal - Family Newsletter
Issue #18 - December 2012

Family Distribution: 373; 331 email and 42 postal
(if you have email and are not receiving the newsletter announcement, send me an email)

Donald Joseph Schulteis
5707 Still Forest Drive
Dallas, Texas 75252-4916
my email address

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Having a hard time writing this message.

This world has me frightened. Not the world itself, but the people in it. Each year they get worse, robbing and killing, abusive and it is not just one person against another, countries killing their citizens, large populous fighting back, other places people don't like what is happening, so fight and kill. People are saying "I come first" and believe it. Where will it end?

I can only pray that God will not allow this to continue. If he calls for help, I will answer, hope you will too.

An important occasion transpired the 15th of December 2012, Cornelia Irene Schulteis turned 101 years. It is my belief she is the oldest living member of the Schulteis Family. If you want to congratulate her, she can be reached at-

Mrs. Cornelia Irene Schulteis
Addolorata Villa
553 McHenry Road, #ML115
Wheeling, Illinois 60090-9241
847/808-3334

Genealogy

For both our sakes, keep me in mind when you change your email or postal address as this will assist me in getting the newsletter announcement to you. Thank you.

A reminder, if you should distribute a family newsletter, would appreciate if you might send me a copy for it will help to keep me up-to-date.

The Omnibus Portal web site's home can be found here. Thanks to Donovan James Schulteis of Great Falls, Montana for hosting it.

Suggest you review this newsletter in say a month. Past experience has shown many family updates are acquired following the release of the newsletter.

By the way, the postal family newsletter does not contain all the information you will find in the Internet version, specifically photos and linked to pages.

Check here for the individuals for who I need an updated email address. The error email address will be retained for two years, then removed. At that point, if no one can provide a valid email address, the individual will be lost to us.

"A memento, and you come to life
A remembrance, and they hold your hand
A picture, and you live on forever"

The pictures on the right are of Gertrude Mary Schulteis and William Andrew Kaehny. Gertrude, daughter of Herman Joseph Schulteis (1847-1929) and Gertrude Margaret Doll (1852-1937), was born on 27 July 1876 on the Schulteis homestead in Richfield, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA. On 08 September 1903 she married William Kaehny at St. Mary Catholic Church in Richfield, Washington County. Willliam was the son of Dominic Kaehny (1840-1913) and Emilie Walter (1845-1934), born 02 October 1874 on the Kaehny homestead in Jackson, Washington County. The union produced nine children: Erwin who married Clotilda Speeter, Marie who married Chrisand Hennes, Antonitte who married Clarence Keickhafer, unnamed baby who died in child birth, Harold, Lorrain who married Armond Lackas, and Clara Emma who became Sister Fidelis OSF-SSSF. Gertrude and William are buried in St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Richfield. Mary who died at age 70 in Area South, Row 2, Grave 30 and William who died at age 58 in Area South, Row 2, Grave 31.

Births:

Amelie Elisabeth Schulteis, daughter of Sven Oliver Schulteis and Justine Agnes Purshalla, was born on 25 March 2012 at Pius Hospital, Odenburg (Oldb), Low Saxinony, Germany.

Alexandria Rosa Eberly, daughter of Eric James Eberly and Traci Lynn Schulteis, was born on 25 April 2012 at Froedtert Health Community Memorrial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA.

Walter Jack Fairweather, son of Simon Frederick Fairweather and Lindsay Meredith Mergener, was born on 23 May 2012 at St. Thomas Hospital, London, England.

Jordan John Merten, son of Patrick John Merten and Abigail Julia Kremer, was born on 16 July 2012 at Aurora Medical Center, Hartford, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA.

Morgan Adele Monroe, son of David Michael Monroe and Chelse Lynn Back, was born on 13 September 2012 at Froedtert Health St. Joseph Hospital, West Bend, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA.

Cameron Michael Held, son of Jeanine Ann Krebs and Michael Joseph Held, was born on 17 August 2012 at St. Joseph Hospital, West Bend, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA.

Miles Thomas Mergener, son of Travis Scott Mergener and Kristin Lee Wiedmeyer, was born on 28 September 2012 at Beaver Dam Community Hospital, Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin, USA.

Emerson Marie Byers, daughter of Jacob Randall Byers and Kelly Jean Sundblad, was born on 01 October 2012 at Meriter Hospital, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA.

Maggie Lynne Schulteis, daughter of Michael Steven Schulteis and Adreinne Marie Strend, was born on 06 October 2012 at Aurora Medical Center, Grafton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.

Leighton Annette Gitter, daughter of Eric James Gitter and Patricia Louise Berg, was born on 15 October 2012 at Froedtert Health St Joseph Hospital, West Bend, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA.

Marriages:

Matthew Allen Bayer, son of Allen Ralph Bayer and Nancy Ann Nowicki, and Kimberly Kaye Burkart, daughter of David and Harley Burkart, were married on 17 March 2012 at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, USA.

Michael Steven Schulteis, son of Stephen Richard Schulteis and Elizabeth Ann Voll, and Adrienne Marie Streng, daughter of Ronald and Patricia Streng, were married on 30 March 2012 at the Washington County Court House, West Bend, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA.

Angela Lynn Wagner, daughter of Donald Joseph Wagner and Marilyn Cornelia Schulteis, and Terrence Joseph Babin IV, son of Terrence Joseph Babin III and Janet Babin, were married on 19 April 2012 on board the Carnival Triumph in Galveston Harbor, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA.

Joseph James Wirkus, son of Wayne Alan Wirkus and Karen Geraldine Krebs , and Megan Katherine Mulholland, daughter of Robert Lloyd Mulholland and Jennifer Ann Kunz, were married on 07 July 2012 in Glacier Hills County Park, Hubertus, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA.

Travis Scott Mergener, son of Terence Ralph Mergener and Julie Van Lear, and Kristin Lee Wiedmeyer, daughter of Larry Wiedmeyer and Deniese Kinney, were married on 21 July 2012 in Woodlawn Park, Hartford, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA.

Jamie Lee Weninger, daughter of Roman Tim Weninger and Kristine Ann Schulteis, and Jerome Arnold Neary III , son of Jerome Arnold Neary II and Lucille Ann Larsen, were married on 25 August 2012 at Church of Gesu, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.

Stephen Robert Seyfert, son of Harold Henry Seyfert and Majorie Margaret Lofy, and Alexandra Louise Torinus, daughter of Tom and Mary Torinus, were married on 25 August 2012 in Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin, USA.

Rebecca Ann Schroeder, daughter of Perry Arthur Schroeder and Rosanne Karen Schulteis, and Eric Joseph Ritger, son of Thomas G. Ritger and Terese Fuecht, were married on 06 October 2012 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, St. Lawrence, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA.

William Wayne Wirkus, son of Wayne Alan Wirkus and Karen Geraldine Krebs, and Yolanda Gauna, daughter of Geraldo Gauna and Mary Rose Torres, were married on 26 November 2012 at San Agustin Catholic Church, San Jaun, Puerto Rico.

Deaths:

Anita Geraets passed away on 22 April 2012 at Dels Nursing Home, Dell Rapids, South Dakota, USA. She was the daughter of the late William Peter Odenbrett and the late Helena Endline, wife of the late Frank J. Geraets, and mother of Kathleen (John) Connors and Jerome (Sandra). Anita was 97 years.

Alan McKelvey Bentley passed away on 03 May 2012 in Northside Hospital in Cumming, Georgia. He was the son of Alan L. Bentley and Margaret Mckelvey, husband of Rosarid R. Rodriquez for 45 years, father of Frederick J. Rodriguez and Margaret A. (Michael John) Odenbrett. Alan was 80 years.

Frank Henry Moser passed away on 20 July 2012 at Kathy Hospice in West Bend, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA. He was the son of Theodore Frank Moser and Stella Alberta Wiedmeyer. Frank was 76 years.

Sheila Kathleen Schulteis passed away on 28 November 2012 in Fresno, California, USA. She was the daughter of Roger and Kathleen Hilyard, wife of the late David Thomas Schulteis and mother of Tiffany Taylor-Galassie.

Gerald Stanley Schulteis passed away on 09 December 2012 at Angles Grace Hospice in Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA. He was the son of Francis Herman Schulteis and Lucille Barbara Jochem, husband of Shirley Rose Bublitz who were divorved in 1974 and Verda Ewert-Allen who he married in 1982 and father of his daughters Victoria (Scott) Oshefsky of Green Bay, and Jennifer Schulteis (Don Sprague) of Wausau. Gerald was 68 years.

Beatrice Katherine Schulteis passed away on 28 December 2012 in Wisconsin, USA. She was the daughter of Paul Arthur Mergener and Gertrude Schmitz, spouse of Robert Herman Schulteis who predeceased her in 1991 and mother of James Thomas (Cynthia Louise) and Ronald Norman (Shirley Ann). Interment will be at the (new) St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Slinger, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA. Beatrice was 87 years.

Family Heritage Books for the greater Schulteis family:

First Eight Generations, (390 Pages, 323 pictures) Cost: $50.00 prepaid, shipped within the USA. Details the families for the first eight Schulteis generations 1660-1900.

Cassel, Wilhelm and Theresa (Schulteis), (56 pages) Cost: $20.00 prepaid, shipped within the USA. Details the ancestors of Theresa, includes her pedigree chart and a descendant journal for Theresa and Wilhelm.

Odenbrett, Mathias and Maria Elizabeth (Schulteis), (256 pages) Cost: $38.00 prepaid, shipped within the USA. Details the ancestor families of Maria and Mathias, includes their pedigree charts, and a descendant journal of Maria and Mathias.

Peas, Adam and Katharina Appolonia (Schulteis), (52 pages) Cost: $20.00 prepaid, shipped within the USA. Details the ancestors of Katharina and Adam, includes their pedigree charts and a descendant journal for Katharina and Adam.

Schulteis, Albert and Clara (Hennes), (310 pages, 238 pictures) Cost: $40.00 prepaid shipped within the USA. Details the ancestor families of Albert (7 generations) and Clara (3 generations), pedigree charts for each, along with a descendant journal for them and one for each of their children.

Schulteis, William and Agnes (Wolf) - old, (266 pages, 266 pictures) Details the ancestor families of William (7 generations) and Agnes (5 generations), pedigree charts, and a descendant journal for William and Agnes. [no longer available, this book is being revised]

The picture on the right is of Maria Siegl (1874-1909), daughter of Anton Siegl (1843-1906) and Margaretha Mühlbauer (1847-1890), and wife of Johann Evangelist Kachelmeier (1862-1944). They had three sons, Johann (1897-1961), Karl (c:1899- c:1945), Franz (1903-1945).

A Kachaelmeier second cousin living in Munich, Germany contacted me via email. He is the great-grandson of Maria Siegl. I had identified Maria marrying the wrong Kachelmaier brother, she actually married Johann Evangelist Kachelmeier, not Franz. His grandfather Franz Kachaelmeier, who died in WW II in April of 1945, married Margarethe Ring and they gave birth to two children, Franz Kachelmeier in 1930 and his mother Anna Margareta Kachelmeier in 1937. His family name is Dürr. He did not communicate a second time so we could obtain additional details.

Births/Marriages:

None identified.

Deaths:

Jonathan David Tauer of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, USA died at home on 22 January 2012. He was the son of David Tauer and Billi Charlene Galarno, husband of Deb Jackson. Johathan was 34 years.

Leone M. Erfert of Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas, USA died on 3 September 2012. She was the daughter of the late Alfred Kachelmeier and the late Rose Hodel, wife of the late Harry A. Erfert and mother of Michael (Debra), Tom (Chris) both families of Yuma, Arizona, Richard (Joyce) of Flafstaff, Arizona, and Judith Dengel of Mountain Home. Leone was 98 years.

Andrew W. Siegl of Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, USA died on 09 June 2012. He was the son of Ronald E. and Patricia Siegl, and the fiancee of Jane Wiensch; his two sons, Travis and Andrew R. Siegl; Jane's children, Jeff Loucks, Amber Loucks, and John Wiensch. Andrew was 43 years.

Virginia M. (Desomer) Kachelmeyer of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA died on 23 July 2012. She was the wife of Richard Kachelmeyer who preceded her in 2001, mother of Richard and Susan (Key), James and Darlene (Lapke), William and Pamala (Birch), and Jo Ann (Lance) Lambert. Virginia was 81 years.

The picture on the left is of Vincent John and Theresa Bertha (Philipp) Ott. Vincent was the son of Ulrich Ott (1812-1893) and Amalia Elisabeth Hacker (1831-1890), born on 21 January 1860 in Godas, Bavaria. On 31 January 1887 he married Theresa Philipp at Stadt Church in Kemnath, Bavaria. Theresa was the daughter of Konrad Johann Philipp, the burgermeister of Kemnath, and Margaret Heindel. This union produced nine children: Mary Barbara who married Steven Joseph Trunde, Michael Vincent who died at age two, John Vincent who married Marie Eva Hueppertz, Theresa Anna who married John Kinlein, Aloysius James who married Gertrude Wylie, Joseph John who married Irene Helen Weileder, Rose Marie who married Bruno Rudolph Walden, later Franz Albert Emil Koeppe, and Vincent John. Vincent and Theresa are buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Milwaukee Vincent at age 79 in Block 20, Lot 759, Grave 1, Level 1 and Theresa at age 80 in Block 20, Lot 759, Grave 2, level 1.

Births/Marriages:

None identified.

Deaths:

Margaret Mary Kastner left us on 03 May 2012 at Franciscan Woods Home in Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA. She was the daughter of Steven Joseph Trunde and Mary Barbara Ott, the wife of Leonard Albert Kastner and the mother of Paul Leonard (Nancy Ann Zylka), John Frank (Judy Mary Kasbuch), Thomas Louis (Debroah Lynn DeClark) and Ruth Mary Sommers. Margaret was 95 years.

Family Heritage Book

Am happy to say that I have finally started creating the Ott Family Heritage Book, draft #1. At the present time, it will include 1,098 individuals, 200+ pictures, and estimating 225 pages. Am enjoying myself greatly as I never knew this side of my family. If anyone wishes to share information on or pictures of themselves, their family, their ancestors, this would be a boom and I am sure all family members will enjoy them.

To put this into perspective, the book will be composed of ten chapters. Chapter one will detail George and Margaret and Ulrich and Amalia Elisabeth. Chapters two thru ten will each detail one of their children: Barbara (Ott) Nuber 24 individuals, Margaret (Ott) Kick-Tremmel 64 individuals, Elisabeth (Ott) Kuchenreuther 107 individuals, George Michael 172 individuals, Mary (Ott) Schinner-Jensa 5 individuals, Vincent John 258 individuals, Anna (Ott) Goessner 14 individuals, Theresa (Ott) Henseler 455 individuals. Only four branches are reasonably current, Elisabeth, George, Vincent and Theresa. The other branches have only identified very early family members.

The photo on the right is of John Meunier and his wife Anna Grotenrath. John was the second of 12 children of John Michael Muenier (1808-1883) and Anna Gertrude Kropp (1808-1892), born 22 January 1834 in Ranruth, Bavaria. In say 1862 he married Anna Franziska Grotenrath, born 26 April 1838 in Raurath, Rhineland, Prussia. They were blessed with six girls: Ida Gertrude who married George Oscar Drought, Emile, Margaret who married John Trandt, Catherine, Elizabeth, and Anna Frances who married Charles J. Heiser.

John was a gun smith and a well known Sporting Goods store owner in Milwaukee. He was the Scheutzen Koenig, Rifle King, in Bavaria at age 13 in 1847, as was his father (in 1830 at age 22) and grandfather (in 1812 at age 38) who were also crowned Scheutzen Koenig there. After emigrating to the United States in 1857 and settling in Milwaukee, he became the Rifle King here in competitions in New York, Chicago, Cincinatti and other locations. His greatest achievement was hitting 76 of 100 four inch bullseyes using a muzzle loading rifle.

John and Anna are buried in Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Milwaukee in Block 9, Row 9, John at age 85 and Anna at age 48. John was Barbara Diane's great-granduncle.

Joseph Terrance Fassbender, son of Robert Terrrance Fassbender and Crystal Rae Piel, was born on 25 June 2012 at Froedtert Health Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA.

Luke Maximillian Dreisbach, son of John Richard Dreisbach and Nicole Ann Fassbender, was born on 14 August 2012 at Froedtert Health St. Joseph Hospital, West Bend, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA.

Marriages:

Bradley John Fassbender, son of Terrence Alban Fassbender and Cynthia Lyn Mergener, and Thresa Barbara Van Asten, daughter of George and Rebecca Van Asten, were married on 06 October 2012 at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA.

Deaths:

Barbara Diane Meunier of Needham, Massachusetts, USA passed away on 03 January 2012. She was the daughter of the late Julius Adam Meunier and the late Lucille Harriet Stoever. Barbara was buried with her family in Valhalla Memorial Gardens in Milwaukee. Barbara was 75 years. Picture - high school graduation 1955.

Arlene Marie Jermanotta passed away on 04 January 2012. She was the daughter of the late Herman Raymond Wolf and the late Viola Anna Barth, the wife of Phillip Joseph Jermanotta who preceded her in 1996, and the mother of Mary Jane (James Henry) Perkins, Carol Anne Jay and Rita Mae (Kenneth Kurt) Paukner. Arlene was buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She was 83 years.

Bonnie Lucille Marx passed away on 16 March 2012 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA. Bonnie was the daughter Alvin Joseph Ceman and Lucille Frances Faythe, wife of Ronald Joseph Marx and mother of Richard (Laura), Joseph (Sandy), Cyndi, Robert, Michael (Toni), James, John (Wendy) and Christopher (Julie) Marx. She was buried in St. Kilian Catholic Cemetery, Hartford, Washington County. Bonnie was 77 years.

Leo William Goetz passed away on 11 August 2012 in Washington County, Wisconsin, USA. Leo was the son of William Leo Goetz and Mary Magdalena Wolf, mother of his children Gale Marie Szuminski and father of Tino, Stacy Marie (John) Sanders, Leo (Nicole), and Brittany. Leo was 56 years.

Am very much in need of photos for many family members. If you have not shared a portrait photo of yourself, your spouse and a family photo, the family heritage needs them! Don't forget your high school graduation photos.

Check here for guidelines addressing heritage background information and picture selection.

Hope the year 2013 will be everything you wish for it to be. Take care, and enjoy your family.

Peace to you

End of this the 2012 family newsletter.