Mrs. Abigail Fausch, 96, a resident of the Heritage Nursing Center, died there Tuesday morning.
The former Abigail Pishion, she was born Feb. 13, 1880, at Quincy (Adams County), a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Pishlon.
The family moved to a farm near Easton (Adams County) where she attended school and became a school teacher.
On July 3, 1900, she married Herman E. Fausch and the couple resided in the Town of Richfield (Adams County).
After her husband's death here in 1917, Mrs. Fausch moved to Sheboygan with her family and worked at several local manufacturing companies and did institutional housemother work.
From 1942 to 1944 she was an actress with the Passion Play produced by Josef Meier, whose theatrical company has since established residency in the Black Hills of South Dakota where it has become nationally famous.
Later Mrs. Fausch served as a teacher at Niles, Mich., until 1950, when she returned to Sheboygan.
Mrs. Fausch was a key figure in the campaign to start a YWCA in Sheboygan.
She was a resident of the Pine Haven Christian Home, Sheboygan Falls, prior to moving to Heritage Nursing Center in December 1972.
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are one son, Clayton R. Fausch of Dunnellon, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. Sigurd F. (Marvel) Anderson of Hopkins, Minn.; six grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Alice D. Smith of Adams.
Seven sisters and brothers preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Ballhorn Funeral Chapels, the Rev. Russell R. Morgan, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery.
The former Abigail Pishion, she was born Feb. 13, 1880, at Quincy (Adams County), a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Pishlon.
The family moved to a farm near Easton (Adams County) where she attended school and became a school teacher.
On July 3, 1900, she married Herman E. Fausch and the couple resided in the Town of Richfield (Adams County).
After her husband's death here in 1917, Mrs. Fausch moved to Sheboygan with her family and worked at several local manufacturing companies and did institutional housemother work.
From 1942 to 1944 she was an actress with the Passion Play produced by Josef Meier, whose theatrical company has since established residency in the Black Hills of South Dakota where it has become nationally famous.
Later Mrs. Fausch served as a teacher at Niles, Mich., until 1950, when she returned to Sheboygan.
Mrs. Fausch was a key figure in the campaign to start a YWCA in Sheboygan.
She was a resident of the Pine Haven Christian Home, Sheboygan Falls, prior to moving to Heritage Nursing Center in December 1972.
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are one son, Clayton R. Fausch of Dunnellon, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. Sigurd F. (Marvel) Anderson of Hopkins, Minn.; six grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Alice D. Smith of Adams.
Seven sisters and brothers preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Ballhorn Funeral Chapels, the Rev. Russell R. Morgan, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Abigail Fausch, 96, a resident of the Heritage Nursing Center, died there Tuesday morning.
The former Abigail Pishion, she was born Feb. 13, 1880, at Quincy (Adams County), a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Pishlon.
The family moved to a farm near Easton (Adams County) where she attended school and became a school teacher.
On July 3, 1900, she married Herman E. Fausch and the couple resided in the Town of Richfield (Adams County).
After her husband's death here in 1917, Mrs. Fausch moved to Sheboygan with her family and worked at several local manufacturing companies and did institutional housemother work.
From 1942 to 1944 she was an actress with the Passion Play produced by Josef Meier, whose theatrical company has since established residency in the Black Hills of South Dakota where it has become nationally famous.
Later Mrs. Fausch served as a teacher at Niles, Mich., until 1950, when she returned to Sheboygan.
Mrs. Fausch was a key figure in the campaign to start a YWCA in Sheboygan.
She was a resident of the Pine Haven Christian Home, Sheboygan Falls, prior to moving to Heritage Nursing Center in December 1972.
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are one son, Clayton R. Fausch of Dunnellon, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. Sigurd F. (Marvel) Anderson of Hopkins, Minn.; six grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Alice D. Smith of Adams.
Seven sisters and brothers preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Ballhorn Funeral Chapels, the Rev. Russell R. Morgan, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery.
The former Abigail Pishion, she was born Feb. 13, 1880, at Quincy (Adams County), a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Pishlon.
The family moved to a farm near Easton (Adams County) where she attended school and became a school teacher.
On July 3, 1900, she married Herman E. Fausch and the couple resided in the Town of Richfield (Adams County).
After her husband's death here in 1917, Mrs. Fausch moved to Sheboygan with her family and worked at several local manufacturing companies and did institutional housemother work.
From 1942 to 1944 she was an actress with the Passion Play produced by Josef Meier, whose theatrical company has since established residency in the Black Hills of South Dakota where it has become nationally famous.
Later Mrs. Fausch served as a teacher at Niles, Mich., until 1950, when she returned to Sheboygan.
Mrs. Fausch was a key figure in the campaign to start a YWCA in Sheboygan.
She was a resident of the Pine Haven Christian Home, Sheboygan Falls, prior to moving to Heritage Nursing Center in December 1972.
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are one son, Clayton R. Fausch of Dunnellon, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. Sigurd F. (Marvel) Anderson of Hopkins, Minn.; six grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Alice D. Smith of Adams.
Seven sisters and brothers preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Ballhorn Funeral Chapels, the Rev. Russell R. Morgan, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery.
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