Family of Joseph Lambert Gaspar & Anna Elizabeth Wieseler

Joseph and Anna were married in a religious ceremony on January 21st, 1913 in Polo, SD by Father Burkel.

Marriage/Union Notes
- Miss Anna Matter of Orient hand sewed Anna's beautiful wedding gown.

They had five sons and five daughters, named Raymond, Isidore, Leo, Michael, Harry, Renata, Mary, Magdalen, Florence and Leona.

Family Notes
- Lambert "Bert" Gaspar was born July 16, 1884 and married Anna Wieseler on January 21, 1913 in Polo, SD. Anna was born April 1, 1889. Father Burkel officiated at the marriage. Miss Anna Matter of Orient hand sewed Anna's beautiful wedding gown. During the hard times later, she made first communion dresses out of her wedding dress.
  
  The lived on the Anton Hardes farm for several years and then built a home one mile east. All ten children, except Leo, were born at home with the help of a very good neighbor, Mrs. Alex (Jenny) Pollock. Leo was born during a blizzard and his father had to deliver him.
  
  Living eight miles from the church and school, where all the children were baptized and made their first communion was quite a hardship at times. But everyone expected to give thier children an education.
  
  Some of the happy memories are: the Polo Bazaars, the July 4th celebration at Orient, taffy pulls, the awe of midnight Mass when all the family would go, swimming at the Clements, relatives coming from Iowa bringing apples and clothing, the barn dances, "Dad loved music and played the violin."
  
  The memories you want to forget, the dust storms, the gasshoppers, picking cow chips for fuel, seeing my Dad cry while driving the cows to government pits to be shot. The horses injured in run-aways and having to be shot, and years of no crops.
  
  In 1938 Bert bought a farm near Dell Rapids, and farmed until retired. His son Mike farmed it until his retirement, and Mike's son, Terry lives on this farm.
  
  Bert and Anna are buried in Huntimer Cemetary close to their farm home.

Children
- Renata Margaret Gaspar
  Renata was born on December 13th, 1913. She died at the age of 46 on December 19th, 1959.
  
  Raymond Joseph Gaspar
  Raymond was born on April 25th, 1915. He died from cancer at the age of 87 on December 12th, 2002 in Dell Rapids, SD. He was buried in Huntimer Cemetary.
  
  Isidore Francis Gaspar
  Isidore was born on June 8th, 1916. He died as a war casualty, World War II, at the age of 28 on February 24th, 1945 in Linnick, Germany. He was buried in American Military Cemetery at Margraten, Holland.
  
  Leo Vincent Gaspar
  Leo was born on November 10th, 1917. He died at the age of 89 on November 29th, 2006 in Sioux Falls, SD. The funeral took place on December 2nd, 2006 in Holy Spirit Catholic Church and was arranged by Heritage Funeral Home. He was buried on December 2nd, 2006 in St. Mary's Cemetery, Dell Rapids, SD.¹¹
  
  Michael Phillip Gaspar
  Michael was born on November 22nd, 1924. He died at the age of 76 on November 2nd, 2001.
  
  Mary Anna Gaspar
  
  Magdalen Louise Gaspar
  
  Florence Agnes Gaspar
  
  Harry Gaspar
  
  Leona Gaspar

Joseph Lambert Gaspar & Anna Elizabeth Wieseler

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