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- She and husband were Lutheran missionaries for many years in New Guinea. They were in Laichingen in 1952 and got a tour of the church by Pfarrer Laenge, the same pastor who confirmed Karlheinz Schoenfeld in ca 1951. She now lives in Columbus, OH. KH has spoken by phone with her
as well as corresponding. Nice old lady and sharp is KH's comments on 11/13/97 by email.
ALSO
Niagara Gazette
Louise Schwenkbeck Kuder
Missionary to Papua, New Guinea.
Louise Schwenkbeck Kuder, age 94, died Thursday, March 1, 2001 at Kobacker House in Columbus, Ohio. Born in Town of Porter, New York, she was the daughter of the late Jakob Schwenkbeck and Margaret Hosbach. She graduated from Niagara Falls High School in 1922 and worked at E.I. Dupont in Niagara Falls, New York. In 1928 she married the Rev. John H. F. Kuder who was a Lutheran pastor in Hanover, Ontario. They were missionaries in Papua, New Guinea from 1934 until their retirement in 1974. Louise is preceded in death by her husband; and sister Marie Schwenkbeck. She is survived by sons, John (Iris) of Lewiston, New York, Paul (Edna) of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, James (Susan) of Fanwood, New Jersey; daughter, Maryanne (John) Friend of Plain City, Ohio; ten grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren. Friends may call Monday, March 5, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Weir-Arend Funeral Home, 4221 North High Street (3 blocks south of Henderson Road). Service will be held Tuesday 11 a.m. at North Community Lutheran Church, 114 Morse Road, Pastor John Kindsvatter officiating. Interment St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Bergholtz, New York to be held at a later date. Friends who wish may contribute to North Community Lutheran Church or St. Paul Lutheran Church in Niagara Falls, New York.
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1906 - 2001 (94 years)
