Notes




Josephine  married Valentine Materi.  They had four children: MELONIE, MARY, AGATHA and ANTON.  Josephine born 3/13/1894 and died on 6/11/1923 from child birth complications; Valentine died in 1947.

Josephine and her mother, Ludwina's DOD are mixed-up on the grave markers (crosses) as noted by Geri Heilman.

Katherine Schumacher married Valentine Materi on Dec 3, 1923. Valentine had 4 children from a previous marriage and Katherine and Valentine had 7 more children together. Valentine was born on Nov 10, 1883 and died on May 2, 1947.

Cemetery records, show him buried next to Josephine in Hague. Valentine lived in Yakima, Washington at the time of his death.

MELONIE - married John C Silbernagel on 11/11/1937. She passed away on 8/4/2001.  See the Scrapbook webpage of Josephine Heilman Materi, obituary of Melonie.
MARY - b: March 11, 1917, d: May 11, 2005 in Bowdle, South Dakota.  See the Scrapbook webpage of Josephine Heilman Materi, obituary of Mary Heilman;
AGATHA - was born on November 8, 1918 and died on November 21, 2005 at age 87. She married Anton Schatz from McIntosh County, ND. They lived in Yakima, Washington. They had four children, one son and three daughters, : Donald, Anna Marie, Gloria Faye, ?. See the Scrapbook webpage of Josephine Heilman Materi, obituary of Donald John Schatz. See the Descendant Tree on the spouses of Anna Marie and Gloria Faye. No records have been found on one of the three daughters. A subscription to Ancestry.com should provide some information;
ANTON - b: February 15, 1923 d: December 6, 2020. Lived in Aberdeen, SD.