Roger Dale Gast

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Roger Gast

Roger Dale Gast, 66, Michigan City, died at 6 a.m. Monday (July 8, 1996) at St. Anthony Hospital after a brief illness.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church with the Rev. James McGrogan officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. The Veterans of Foreign Wars and Skwiat Post will hold a memorial service at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Carlisle Funeral Home.

Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and until 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Mr. Gast was born Aug. 10, 1929 in LaPorte, son of Ralph E. and Juanita Schultz Gast. On November 8, 1952, in Michigan City, he married Henrietta M. (Weiss) Gast, who survives.

Also surviving are two daughters, Karen (Ray) Bloomer, Michigan City, and Janet (Roy) Privoznik, Michigan City; one son, Douglas S. Gast; Michigan City; five grandchildren; one sister, Patty Lou (Jim) Niendorf, LaPorte; and many nieces and nephews.

Mr. Gast worked for 22 years as production control manager at Arno Tape. From 1976 to 1993 he worked as a correction officer.

He served in the U.S. Army, was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, and also belonged to Knights of Columbus 1452, La Porte; VFW 2536; Skwiat Post 451 and the America Association of Retired Persons. He had been a Michigan City resident since 1952.

Memorial donations may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.

(Michigan City News Dispatch, July 9, 1996, p. 2)

Per the SSDI:

ROGER D GAST 10 Aug 1929 08 Jul 1996 (V) 46360 (Michigan City, La Porte, IN) (none specified) 311-28-3676 Indiana

Roger married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Probably his SSDI, but needs to be verified:

RALPH GAST 15 Jul 1908 Jan 1978 60505 (Aurora, Kane, IL) 60538 (Montgomery, Kendall, IL) 308-01-3142 Indiana

Ralph married Juanita Schultz about 1929 in La Porte County, Indiana. Juanita (daughter of Harry F. Schultz and Anna Machalleck) was born on 31 Aug 1910 in Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana; died on 4 Feb 1965 in Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Juanita E. Biederstadt, 54, 1314 Tennessee St., died yesterday at St. Anthony Hospital after an illness of six months.

Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Root Funeral Home with with Dr. Frederick E. Schoenbohm, paster of St. Paul Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Mrs. Biederstadt was born here Aug. 31, 1910, the daughter of the late Harry C. and Anna Machalleck Schultz. On July 23, 1942, she was married to George Biederstadt, who survives. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church.

Also surviving are two sons, George H. Biederstadt Jr., and Roger Gast, both of this city; three step-sons, Capt. Richard Biederstadt, Michigan City Fire Department, Robert and Donald Biederstadt, all of this city; 10 grandchildren; one great-grand-child; one uncle and two aunts. A brother, Victor Schultz, died in 1962.

(Biederstadt, Juanita Friday, Feb 5, 1965 Mich City News Disp pg 6 col 1)

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At the time of the 1930 census, Ralph and Juanita were living with his parents. A transcription of the listing is below:

Indiana, LaPorte, LaPorte, District 4 212 Park #215-268 Gast, Wm H Head Owned $2500 age 53 married @ 24 Wisconsin Germany Germany Works at Tire Shop --------, Clara E wife age 48 married @ 18 Indiana Germany Ohio --------, Ralph E son age 21 married @ 20 Indiana Wisconsin Indiana Sheerman? Metal Trains? -------, Juanita F. Daughter in law age 19 married @ 18 Indiana Indiana Wisconsin -------, Rodger(?) D. grandson age 8/12 single Indiana Indiana Indiana

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1920 Census Indiana, La Porte, Michigan City, District #155 201 1/2-59-70 Schutz (sic), Harry 41 Indiana Indiana Germany
" , Anna 32 Wisc Germany Germany
" , Juanita 9 Indiana Indiana Wisconsin
" , Victor 7 Indiana Indiana Wisconsin


1930 Census Indiana, La Porte, Michigan City, District 27 411-169-178 Schultz, Harry F age 52 Married at 29 Indiana Indiana Germany Machinist Power House Schultz, Anna age 43 Married at 21 Wisconsin Germany Germany Laundress Private Houses Schultz, Victor age 17 Single Indiana Indiana Wisconsin

Obituary

Harry E. Schultz, age 52, 411 Dixon Street, died at St. Anthony's hospital at 6 o'clock Monday evening after a lingering illness. Death was pronounced due to diabetes.

Born Aug. 10, 1878, in LaPorte, Ind. the son of Charles and Louise (TROY) SCHULTZ. Harry E. Schultz came to Michigan City early in his youth. For the past 12 years he has been employed as a machinist at the Hays Corp.

On July 25, 1908, he was married to Anna MACHALLECK in Michigan City. Besides the widow, a son Victor Schultz, living at home, and a daughter Mrs. Ralph GAST of Laporte; three sisters, Miss Linda SCHULTZ of LaPorte, Mrs. James DEVOE of Weberville, Mich. and Mrs. Stewart BADGER of LaPorte; three brothers, Fred SCHULTZ of Battle Creek, Michigan, and Benjamin and Julius SCHULTZ of LaPorte, and one grandson, survive him.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock in the Hummer mortuary. The Rev. Donald C. Ford, pastor of the First Christian Church will officiated.

Friends may call at the Hummer mortuary Wednesday evening and Thursday.

Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Source: Schultz, Harry E. Mar 31, 1931 Mich City Evening Disp pg 2 col 4

Harry married Anna Machalleck on 25 Jul 1908 in Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana. Anna (daughter of Peter Belen Machalleck and Mildred Amelia Jesse) was born on 28 Jan 1887 in Cassville, Grant County, Wisconsin; died on 22 Mar 1961 in Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Anna Schultz, 74, 1616 1/2 Washington St., died at her home at 9:50 p.m. yesterday after an illness of three weeks.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Root Funeral Home with the Rev. Leonard A. Ziemer, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, officiating. burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow and Saturday.

A resident of the city for 50 years, Mrs. Schultz was born in Cassville, Wis., Jan. 28, 1887, the daughter of Peter and Amelia Jessup (sic) Machalleck. On June 20, 1908 (sic), she was married here to Harry F. Schultz, who preceded her in death. She was a cook and packer at Smith Bros. Cough Drop factory for 23 years.

Surviving are a son, Victor C., this city; a daughter, Mrs. Juanita Biederstadt, this city; six grandchildren; a brother, George Machalleck, this city, and a sister, Mrs. Barbara Everett, Niles, Mich.

(Schultz, Anna Mar 23, 1961 Mich City News Disp pg 7 col 1)

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XF41-7NP
Name: Harry F. Schultz
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1878
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Spouse's Name: Anna Machalleck
Spouse's Birth Date: 28 Jan 1887
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Event Date: 25 Jul 1908
Event Place: , La Porte, Indiana
Father's Name: Charles F. Schultz
Mother's Name: Louise Treu
Spouse's Father's Name: Peter Machalleck
Spouse's Mother's Name: Amelia Gesse
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01158-0
System Origin: Indiana-EASy
GS Film number: 1673885
Reference ID: rn528
Collection: Anna Machalleck, "Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992"

Notes:

Peter MACHALLECK, formerly a resident of Cassville, died at the Grant county asylum August 21, after a week's illness. Deceased's wife and daughters Mary, Ann and Barbara, and sons Joe and George live at Michigan City, Ind. One daughter, Mrs. Claude Dietrich lives in Cassville; she and her husband and Mrs. Alfred Dietrich and Miss Millie Bossert went to Lancaster Thursday to attend the funeral held that afternoon. Interment was in the asylum cemetery. (Cassville Index, 8-21-1907: Obituary and Index information courtesy of Mrs. LaVon Hall).

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Wisconsin, Grant County, Cassville Town
Enumerated 15 Jun 1900
SD 2 ED 26 Sheet 12A
245-247
Machalleck, Belin Head W M May 1854 46 M 20 Germany Germany Germany 1885 15 Wood Chopper
Machalleck, Mildred Wf W F Jun 1852 48 M 20 7/6 Germany Germany Germany 1885 15
Machalleck, Agusta Dtr W F Nov 1884 15 S Germany Germany Germany 1885 15
Machalleck, Anna Dtr W F Jan 1887 13 S Wisc Germany Germany At School
Machalleck, Joseph Son W M Oct 1889 10 S Wisc Germany Germany At School
Machalleck, Barbara Dtr W F Nov 1890 9 S Wisc Germany Germany At School
Machalleck, George Son W M Sept 1893 6 S Wisc Germany Germany At School

Peter married Mildred Amelia Jesse about 1880 in Germany. Mildred (daughter of Andrew Jesse and Mary Bajrovik) was born on 10 Jun 1852 in Strelitz, Kreis Kolmar, Posen, Prussia; died on 18 Jan 1930 in Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana; was buried on 21 Jan 1930 in Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, Laporte County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to Augusta Jesse Buchholz, Amelia married a Macholic (sic). Jo Peck indicates that they lived in Cassville, Wisconsin. Sandra Everett Sauceda, Amelia's great granddaughter, writes that "every MACHALLECK in this country is desended from them . The only member of my immediate family left that I could ask questions of married into the family and doesn't have any answers either. She did remember visiting the Bossert's in Wisconsin however." [Email from: sandrasauceda@yahoo.com to Melinda Strong, August, 2003]

At the time of the 1920 census, Amelia was living with her daughter and son-in-law, Augusta and Claude Dietrich.

Sandra also provided the following obituary that was published in the Michigan City (Indiana) News-Dispatch on January 17, 1930:

Mrs. Amelia Machalleck, 1121 Cedar Street, passed away at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, following a few hours illness. Death was due to apoplexy. She was born in Wisconsin (sic) on June 10, 1852, and had lived in Michigan City for many years. Her husband died several years ago. She is survived by two sons, Joseph Machalleck, Niles, Mich., and George of this city and four daughters, Mrs. Joseph Kamm, Buena Vista, Ia., Mrs. Claude Dietrich and Mrs. Harry Schultz, this city and Mrs. Barbara Everett, Niles, Mich., and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dietrich, 119 East Ninth street with the Rev. Lawrence Weber officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may view the body any time up to the hour of the service.

Additionally, the following cemetery records was found online:

M - Surnames at Greenwood Michigan Township 153 Tilden Avenue Phone (219) 873-1521 La Porte County, Indiana

MACHALLECK Amelia Jesse 76 01/18/1930 01/21/1930 O 2 16 1

(Research):
Census Listings:

1920 Census
INDIANA LA PORTE MICHIGAN CITY
ED#151 818-36-45
Dietrich, Claude Head of Househould 33 M Wisc PA Wisc Decor
ating Contractor
Dietrich, Augusta Wife 36 M 1884 (year of emigration) Nov 1904 (year of naturalization) Po-G (Posen) German Germany German Germany German
Dietrich, Bernice Daughter 9 S Indiana Wisconsin Germany
Machalleck, Amelia Mother in Law 67 Widowed 1884 (year of emigration) Nov 1904 (year of naturalization) Po-G (Posen) German Germany German Germany German