Dr Franz Fischer
1781 - 1843
Notes for Theodor Kayser:
KAYSER
,
Theodor Kayser was born
April 10, 1814, in Frechen, Germany (near Cologne). He died June
30, 1888, in Madison, Wisconsin. He married Johanna Francixa Fischer
on November 26, 1837. She was the daughter of Dr. Franz Fischer who
at one time was surgeon at the Austrian Court. She was born November
18, 1813, in Kronenberg, Germany, Rhenish Prussia. She died March
1899 in Madison, Wisconsin at age 86 years, 4 months. After her marriage
to Theodore Kayser, they lived in Frechen until they came to the United
States.
Theodor came to the U.S. in 1855. Johanna Kayser followed her husband a year later (in 1856) with Henry, Adolph, Julia and a 9-month old baby boy. This baby died on the ship and was buried at sea. The journey took about five to six weeks in a sailing vessel. They sailed from Holland on an English ship.
They settled in Sauk City, Wisconsin. They are listed in the 1860 U.S. Censun in Prairie du Sac, Sauk County with a post office address of Sauk City:
Theodor Kayser, age 47, Farmer,
born in Prussia
Jane 47
"
Eva 20
"
Louise 22
"
Anton 18
"
William 16
"
Charles 14
"
Henry 13
"
Julia 11
"
Adolf
7 "
They moved to Madison in 1862. Theodore ran the "Madison House" later called Hamacher's Hotel. The Kayser family lived at one time across the Yaharra in the Matt House building where Theodore Kayser had a store. The Yaharra once overflowed so that they could go by boat as far as Marston Avenue (in Madison). Later, they lived next to Lincoln School on East Gorham Street and Blount. The house was still there in 1900. Theodor could have bought the property for $700, but he thought it was too cold near the lake "Das ist mir zu Kalt!" It was sold to a W.C. Collins for $10,000.
The building called Hamacher's Hotel was torn down about 1853 to make room for the Town Club. It was on the corner of West Mifflin and North Henry streets. After the Civil War, Theodore Kayser ran it and called it "The Madison House". Johanna and her daughter Julia had to work so hard as cooks and maintenance that it was sold. As "Hamacher House" it was frequented by Wisconsin University faculty and students.
MEMORIES
by Emma L. Glenz
Emma Glenz was
a grandaughter of Theodore and Francisca Kayser. Her memories was
part of the Kayser material received by me. They are delightful. MHD
Altho' I know more about my father's (William Glenz's) family in Erbach in Odenwald, Germany, I know hardly anything of their ocean voyage to the United States. Things are reversed for the Kayser family. My grandfather, Theodore Kayser, left Feechen near Colonge in 1856 at the age of 42 with the two older boys, Charles and Anton. A number of people from the Rhine family had settled near Sauk City, Cross Plains. I remember the Kalscheuar family. My grandfather and the boys built a log house about six miles from Sauk City and then next year ? grandmother with Henry, Adolph, Julia and a 9-month old baby followed. Eva and Louisa stayed with relatives as they could not afford to take them. They sailed from Holland on an English ship. A relative saw them off (I think the one pictured with the two little girls). She wept and called grandmother, "Frau Schwiegers" (sister-in-law). There were several families with children, a Dutch couple with twins, etc. They had been told a cow was on board so the children could have fresh milk, but it was not true. Several children died, among them the 9-month old little son of my grandmother (Anton was 12, Julia 9).
The sailors would not bury the baby at sea because she had no whiskey. She offered them her jug of wine which they refused. When they left the ship, they waved the jug at her for they had stolen it.
The negro cook now came to grandmother and offered to bury her baby ... How lonely and sad she must have been ...
The ocean voyage in the sailing vessel took about six weeks. Mother told about a couple aboard. The wife kept saying "ich willmein Mann". "I want my husband." And he'd answer "ich bin ja bier" "Why I'm here". They thought the woman was eloping. Then there was a single girl whose name was Anna Marie. The sailors teased her by calling, "Anna Marie - land!" and she'd tear up the stairs - in rain, time and time again.
I know nothing of their landing, how they traveled across country to Wisconsin, how they reached Sauk City.
ON THE FARM - Remembrances
I wish very much I'd asked mother (Julia) more about their Journey into the new world. She made things so interesting. She once told me about her life on the farm and that it was one of the loveliest sequences in her life.
The cabin was built of logs and the boys, Charles, Anton, William, Henry and Adolph, slept in the loft. In winter, the snow would sift through the cracks. How cold it must have been in our severe Wisconsin winters! Once the boys discovered a small water fall and believed they were the first ones who had ever seen it.
Uncle Adolph, 7 or 8 years old, was sent to guard the cattle. One day a wolf stood watching him not very distant. He picked up a piece of heavy wood, threw it at him and actually chased him away. Mother and Uncle Adolph gathered a sack of hazelnuts without any worm holes. Uncle Charley had a bag full also but a mixture of good and effective ones. One day he took both bags and mixed them and returned a bag and said, "Heier habt ihr eu're Nusse" (Here are your nuts). The family attended Mass on Sundays in Sauk City and walked six miles one way! Sometimes they could see snake tracks thru the sand and after the rattlers had slithered into the Wisconsin River.
Grandmother once went down to the cellar for some supplies and suddenly screamed "Kayser, Kayser". The boys had killed a rattler and coiled it in the cellar. They were severely thrashed.
Finally news came that Eva and Louisa were leaving for America. The two older boys took the ox-team and wagon to Sauk City ? all decorated, to pick up the girls but someone brought them by horse team. Mother told how the boys brought the exhausted oxen team home with tongues out, coats lathered, into the farmyard.
Grandfather was a city man and had no farming experience. Prices were low. One day they took a wagon load of apples to town and were offered such a low price, that he dumped them all by the roadside.
My grandmother prayed to the Blessed Virgin when her two older girls were leaving the old country and donated her best possession to the Church - a beautiful long gold chain. (I once saw it on the statue of the Virgin in Sauk City). "The sailing was perfect," the girls said, "We didn't have a day of storm."
Farming wasn't profitable for the Kayser family. They moved in 1862 to Madison. Of the sojourn here, I know grandfather ran the "Madison House" later called Hammacher's Hotel and a store near the Yaharra. It was either on the farm or in Madison that Uncle Charley and Anton ran away at 16 (Anton) and 17 (Charley) to join the Federal Army. (Civil War) Grandfather had them released but they enlisted again. Anton became a drummer boy and later was in the 4th Wisconsin Calvary, 1863, Co. B. Dane 1863-1866. Mustered out in Texas. Charles enlisted in Co. E. 35th Wisconsin. He was a hospital steward; released 1866. He once washed (boiled) the general's shirt. It was one-half the size when the general showed it to him.
INDIANS
One day the children were alone in the log house. Grandparents had gone to town. A man on horseback came to tell them the Indians were coming. They were so frightened that they knelt and prayed all night long in a locked bedroom. In the morning, someone came to tell them the Indians had taken another route. This was about 25 years after the Black Hawk War and the last stand the chief made was along a ridge of hills a few miles southeast of Sauk City. These Indians may have been Winnebagos, Menomonies or Chippewas. They loved Wisconsin and hated to give it up.
IN MADISON
After Sunday Mass, the Kayser children and I (Emma) would call on Granmother Kayser but she took so little interest in us. I once told her about some people and she said in Cologne dialect, "ich Ken' die Leuk nit" (die Leute) (Nicht). "I don't know the people." Her house stood on the side of the present Holy Redeamer School on W. Johnson. Grandmother had a garden there. I remember the lovely violas she raised and yellow buttercups (a small pansy, the size of a violet - an annual). She went through a lot - to leave all her relatives and friends. Alone for six weeks on a sailing vessel with four children and a baby buried at sea. A city woman to live in a log house six years. To work hard in a small hotel "The Madison House."
Her Obituary from the German Weekly:
On Monday evening after a
short illness, Mrs. Johanna Kayser, widow of the late Theodore, died at
the home of her widowed daughter, Mrs. Eva Kessanich, 149 W. Johnson St.
at the age of 86 years. She was born in the Elberfild region of Germany,
came to American in 1856 and to Madison in 1862. Mrs. Kessenich,
Mrs. Wm. Glenz in Madison, Henry, Adolph Kayser, Charles and Anton in Milwaukee
are her remaining children. The funeral will be Thursday. (It
was in Holy Redeemer Church. Father Zittlrel officiated. The
home belonged to her and Aunt Eva kept house - Emma Glenz).
(taken from a Kaiser family
history prepared in Wisconsin, author unknown)
On Monday, at 11:00 Johanna (Fischer) Kayser died, aged 86. She was born in Kronenberg, Germany, Rhenish Prussia, a daughter of Dr. Franz Fischer. She was well educated and universally esteemed. She spent her last years at 146 W. Johnson, with a widowed daughter Eva Kennenich (Tante Evchen). She was born November 18, 1813, and died 1901 (1899?) in Madison, Wisconsin. Buried from Holy Redeemer Church, Father Alois Zitterl, pastor.
Obituary - Johanna Fischer, widow of the late Theodore Kayser, died at her residence, 146 West Johnson Street, at 11 o'clock Monday evening at the age of 86 years, 4 months, after a brief illness. Mrs. Kayser was born near Elberfeld, Rhenish Prussia, German. She was a daughter of Doctor Franz Fischer and came to America with her family in 1856, residing in Madison since 1862. She was the mother of ten children, two of whom died in infancy and one Mrs. Louisa Kleyter, in Madison in 1887. The surviving children are Mrs. Eva Kennenich of Madison, A.T. Kayser, William J. Kayser, Charles Kayser, of Milwaukee; Henry Kayser, Mrs. Wm. H. Glenz and A. H. Kayser, all of this city. The time of the funeral will be given later.
Marriage Notes for Theodor
Kayser and Johanna Fischer:
Golden Wedding of Theodore
and Johanna Fischer Kayser:
Came to the U.S. 1856. Farmed near Sauk City six years and moved to Madison 1862. Theodore Kayser, born in Frechen near Cologne April 10, 1814; died in Madison, Wisconsin 1888. He was brought up carefully and enjoyed a happy youth. His military service as artillerist in the Prussian Army covered a three-year period.
On November 26, 1837, he
married Johanna Fischer. They had 10 children, Louisa (Kleyter);
Eva (Kennenich); Julia (Glenz), Henry Anton, Charles and Adolph.
(Three died, one at age 9 months on the ship). In 1855 he left Germany
for the U.S. After one year, his wife and four children followed
him to Sauk City where they lived on a farm for six years. In 1862,
they moved to Madison, Wisconsin where he lived as an esteemed citizen
until his death.
On November 26, 1887, he
and his wife celebrated their golden wedding in his immediate family circle.
He was buried at 8:00 from Holy Redeemer Church under the auspices of St.
Michael's Society. The family home was next to Holy Redeemer School.
Grandmother Kayser had a garden there; I remember the lovely violas (an
annual she raised - a small pansy, size of a violet and yellow buttercups
- ELG)
The notice of the Golden
wedding in German - This notice is probably from the German weekly, the
"Botschafter". Ann Gebhardt's father was the editor. She was
a niece of Eugene Kney, who was associated with American Exchange Bank.
He was my father's best friend - ELG. (Taken from Kaiser family genealogy)
Notes for Charles Kayser:
Headquarters National Woman's
Relief Corps)
Auxiliary to the Grand Army
of Republic)
64 Spring Street, Oberline,
Ohio, April 9,1927
The President of the National Woman's Relief Corps, announces with sadness, the death of the Adjutant General of the Grand Army of the Republic.
CHARLES KAYSER who died at his home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 1st, 1927. When summons came, it found him ready, and after an illness of but three weeks he joined hiscomrades in the Heavenly Camp. Knowing his days were numbered, he wrote his own obituary and carried out his life-long principle of helping others. He was born in Germany in 1846, came to America in 1856, and to the last was faithful and true to his chosen country. As a soldier, citizen and comrade, he performed with fidelity every duty evolving upon him and discharged with faithfulness every trust committed to his care. Mourned by all who knew him in the Grand Army of the Republic, the Woman's Relief Corps add their memorial of loving respect and extend sympathy to his family, to the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army and to his comrades and friends. The Nation has lost a true patriot.
Charles Kayser, 81, adjutant general of the national headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic and the only member of the G.A.R. who has been living in Shorewood, died at his home 504 Menlo Blvd. Friday.
Because it was his nature to be exact and because he wished to give as little trouble as possible to others, Mr. Kayser wrote his own obituary and left it with his papers. It was written March 30, 1926, and marked "To be given to the press when I die." It was written entirely in the third person.
Came to the U.S. at 10
While it is complete regarding
his life as a war veteran and a public servant, it does not mention other
details. Mr. Kayser was born in 1846 near Cologne-on-the-Rhine, Germany.
He came to this country when he was 10 years old. His parents settled
in Sauk County and when he was 15, he went to Madison to learn the tinning
trade.
In 1863, when he was 17, he enlisted in Co. E., 35th Regiment, Wisconsin volunteers. He took part in all the battles of his company and, after, the capture of Mobile in 1865, was stationed on the Mexican border for a year. He received his discharge April 11, 1866.
Returns to Madison
Following his discharge,
he returned to Madison and worked at his trade. In 1878 he was elected
treasurer of Dane county. He was re-elected in 1880. In 1886,
at the request of Adjt. Gen. Chapman, he accepted a clerkship to assist
in compiling a roster of the Wisconsin Volunteers who served in the war.
He held this office for a year. He then entered the hardware business
in Seattle, Washington.
Joined Box Firm
Mr. Kayser remained on the
coast until 1892. Upon his return to Wisconsin, he joined with some
Milwaukee men in the manufacture of boxes. The company was known
as the Enterprise Box and Lumber Co., now the Kieckhefer Container Co.
He remained with this firm for 12 years, when he was forced to withdraw
because of ill health.
Was Post Commander
Mr. Kayser was an active
worker in the ranks of the G.A.R. from its start. He joined the E.B.
Wolcott post in Milwaukee in 1893. In 1914, he was elected commander
of the post and from 1915 to 1917, he served as adjutant of the post.
He was elected trustee in 1916 and remained in that position until his
death.
He was married twice, Miss Ann Heisig of Madison because his wife in 1875. She died in 1878 leaving two children, Frances and Edward. His second wife was a sister of the first. She died four years ago.
He is survived by four children, a daughter, Mrs. Anna K.Bruening, and three sons, Edward, Carl and Eugene. Funeral services will be held under the auspices of the E. B. Wolcott, Post No. 1, Monday, at 2:00 p.m. in the Philip J. Weiss Undertaking Rooms. Burial will be in Forest Home Cemetery.
Charles Kayser - County Treasurer; is the son of Theodore and Johanna F. Kayser who came to Wisconsin in May, 1856, and settled in Prairie du Sac, Sauk County; the subject of this sketch was born in Prussia March 3, 1846, and came from there to Wisconsin with his father; remained in Prairie du Sac for four years; when he came to Madison and worked at his trade of tinner until January, 1864; he then enlisted in Co. E, 35th W.V.I.; was mustered out as Hospital Steward on April 10, 1866; participated in all the engagements his regiment was in after he entered the service; returning to Madison, he continued working at his trade until 1873, when he commenced business for himself, which he still carries on; deals in hardware, stoves, and is engaged in copper, tin and sheet-iron ware manufacturing. Was elected County Treasurer in November, 1878, and re-elected in November, 1880. Married at Madison, January 9, 1875, Miss Anna Heisig; she was born in the town of Windsor, Dane Co. April 22, 1856; she died July 28, 1878, leaving two children - Johanna Frances born January 15, 1876, and Adolph H. born July 15, 1877. Mr. Kayser is a member of the Madison Maennerchor and St. Michael Benevolent Societies, being Treasurer of the latter; he is also a member of the Soldier's Veteran Club of Madison, holding office of Treasurer of the Club.
From a State Historical Record "Memoirs of Milwaukee County," page 600 (I obtained a copy in Hist. Museum, 1867 ELG):
Charles Kayser is now living retired in the city of Milwaukee in the evening of an active life spent in useful employment, not the least of which was in the capacity of a defender of the Union during the dark days of the Civil War. Mr. Kayser was born near Cologne, Prussia, March 3, 1846, the son of Theodore and Johanna F. (Fischer) Kayser, the former of whom was born at the same place as the son, and the latter was a native of Kronenberg, Germany. (The father migrated with his family to America in 1855, and in May of the following year settled in Prairie du Sac, Sauk County, Wis., where he followed farming until 1862.) (The log house was 10 miles from Sauk City, a German settlement - ELG).
In that year he (Charles) removed to the city of Madison where he became an apprentice at the tinner's trade, remaining thus engaged until January, 1864. He then enlisted as a private in Company E of the Thirty-fifth Wisconsin Infantry, and left the state on April 18, 1864, for Port Hudson, LA. where he arrived with the regiment on May 7 and engaged in guard and picket duty until June 26, when the command was ordered to Morganza and assigned to the First brigade Third division, nineteenth corps, commanded by Brig. Gen. A.L. Lee. The regiment was ordered to St. Charles, Arkansas and was engaged there in scouting expeditions and guard duty until August 7, when it returned to Morganza. On October 1 the brigade set out on an expedition to Simsport, and during the expedition the regiment participated in several skirmishes. It returned to Morganza, proceeded thence to Devall's Bluff, Ark. landing there October 18, and on November 9, was sent to Brownsville, where it remained until December 1, when it was again ordered to Devall's Bluff. On December 14 the regiment was assigned to the Fourth brigade, Reserve Corps, Military Divison of West Mississippi, and was employed until February 7, 1865, when it embarked for the attack on Mobile. Landing at Mobile Point on the 26th, it was assigned to the First brigade, Third Division, Thirteenth corps, with which it engaged in the siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley and the capture of Mobile. It was then sent to McIntosh Bluff and there engaged in building fortifications until the close of the war east of the Mississippi River. In June it was assigned to the command known as the separate brigade, Army of the Rio Grande, stationed at Brownsville, Texas, and during the rest of its term of service was engaged in guard duty and upon government steamers. Mr. Kayser served with this regiment throughout the entire period described and was mustered out as hospital steward on April 10, 1866. He then returned to Madison and continued working at his trade until 1873, when he commenced business for himself as a dealer in hardware in company with his brother Adolph H. Kayser. This partnership continued until 1883, when the business was closed out. The subject of this review was elected treasurer of Dane County in the fall of 1878 and re-elected to the same position in 1880, serving in all four years and until January 1883. Then, after he had disposed of his mercantile interests, he accepted a position in the office of the adjutant - general at Madison, and remained there about eighteen months, after which he removed to Seattle, Wash. where he remained four years, engaged in the hardware business. At the end of that period he returned to Wis. and took up his residence at Milwaukee, where, in 1892 he started the Enterprise Box and Lumber Company, being associated with his brother Adolph H. He continued in this business until 1904 when he retired, and is now living in comparative quietude at 219 Fourteenth Street in the city of Milwaukee. He is a Republican in his political affiliations. He keeps alive the memories of war-time days by association with is comrades of the early "60's", and he is an enthusiastic member of Wolcott Post, Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Kayser has been twice married; first on January 9, 1875, to Miss Annie Heisig, of Blooming Grove, Dane County, daughter of Henry and Francis (Gomolka) Heisig, and to this union there were born two children: Adolph H. who is employed as a bookkeeper in St. Louis, MO., and Frances J. who is the wife of William C. Niss of Milwaukee. The mother of these children died July 28, 1878, and on September 1, 1881, Mr. Kayser was married to Miss Emma Heisig, sister of his deceased helpmate; and three children have resulted form this union: Anna who is the wife of Hans Bruening; Carl T. who is taking a course in chemistry in the University of Wisconsin; and Eugene A., who is a student in the West Side High School at Milwaukee. Henry Heisig, Sr. and wife, the parents of the wives of Mr. Kayser were natives of Prussia, who come to the United States in 1854, and settled in the town of Windsor, Dane County, where they followed farming for a number of years. Later they removed to Madison, where they spent the remainder of their lives in retirement, the father dying in January, 1885, and the mother on October 28, 1906.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kayser request the pleasure of your presence at the Marriage of their daughter Frances J. to Mr. Will C. Niss at their Residence, 180 - 16th Street at the hour of 7 p.m. December 5, 1900.
(I remember her very well. She was tall, willowy, with blue eyes and light brown hair. Had a lovely disposition. Her husband inherited the Niss Furniture Store, Milwaukee. He was ill very much and died young. Their two daughters came to see me when I lived at 107 W. Gorham and I now (1971) correspond with Helen - Mrs. Ray Hall, Orlando, California whom I helped with a genealogy. Mrs. Dawa, Gretchen, lives in Wauwatosa. Has no children, but Helen has two daughters - one is a fine artist. Both Helen and Gretchen attended "Wisconsin", and lived at the Tri Delta House. We were 2 ½ blocks apart then and never met! - E.L.G.)
Kayser, Mary Lea:
Friday, January 9, 1970, aged 80 years, 1234 N. Cass Street, widow of Carl T. Kayser, Sr., mother of Carl T. Kayser, Jr., Bayside; Aruthur Lea Kayser, Parsippany, New Jersey, and Mrs. Robert (Mary) Barrows, Bayside; sister of Marion Thornhill and Jane Nichols, Winter Haven, Fla; Steward and Bradley Lea, South Bend, Ind., also survived by 8 grandchildren. Services at Phillip J. Weiss, Inc. Rooms, 1901 N. Farwell Avenue, at E. Kane Pl., Monday at 11:00 a.m. Entombment Forest Home Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Memorials to St. John's Episcopal Home or St. Paul's Episcopal Church appreciated. (taken from Kaiser family genealogy)
Notes for Adolph Kayser:
Adolph H. Kayser - Under Sheriff, was born near Cologne, Germany, January 28, 1851, son of Theodore Kayser, who came to America in 1856; Adolph was engaged in clerking form 1867 to 1869; from 1869 to 1877, worked at the tinsmith trade; four years of this time he was in partnership with his brother Charles; in 1877, he engaged in business with his father. He was then Under Sheriff since January, 1879. (Went into Lumber with father-in-law Christian Stein) (Was Mayor of Madison 1914 to 1916 - E.L.G.)
Notes for Paul Kayser:
Paul A. Kayser
Died January 1956 in Madison.
Mr. Kayser, a lifelong resident
of Madison, was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin's College of
Agriculture and was a varsity letterman on the track team.
He built his Ford agency in 30 years from a four-man operation into a business that now employs more than 100 persons and is the largest Ford dealership in the state and one of the 100 largest in terms of volume in the country.
Active for years in civic and business affairs, Mr. Kayser worked with the Community Union, predecessor of the United Givers, for 20 years, and was one of the organizers of theUnited Givers.
He served four times as a director of the Madison and Wisconsin Foundation and was a member of the committee which merged that organization and the Madison Business Association into the Madison Chamber of Commerce and Foundation in 1952.
He had just been re-elected a director of the First National Bank and was a former director of the Madison Rotary Club, past president of the Madison Automotive Dealers Association, a member of the Mendota Yacht Club and of the Madison Club.
His father A.H.Kayser, was mayor of Madison in 1914 - 15. Paul Kayser was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1921.
Paul A. Kayser, taken by death at 56, was one of the most effective of this latter group in Madison. His name seldom was in the headlines, but he was deep in the plans and work of many of the worthwhile movements in Madison for the past 30 years.
His calm conservatism kept the desirable enthusiasm of others within reasonable bounds. His good common sense steered a score of civic ventures to success.
It was his venture in business which offers a splendid story of American success. Its ingredients were an honest name, intelligence and good judgment, and the opporutnity that awaits those with the right qualities. Starting from scratch, with limited resources and a huge debt, he built a little business into the state's largest Ford agency.
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This is the record which
will go into the books, and which will be respected by all who study the
development of Madison in this era. But there is a smaller circle
who knew another side of Paul Kayser. It is they who knew the zest
which he cast a plug, or leg a duck in flight or put his Labrador to the
retrieve; or who saw him in a reflective moment at a sunset on Mendota.
They will remember him always - and miss him the most. - Emma Glenz.
Notes for Stella Kayser:
MISS STELLA KAYSER
Music Teacher, Died October
1971
Miss Stella Kayser, 745 E. Gorham St., died Saturday (Oct. 16, 1971) in a hospital after an illness.
A lifetime Madison resident Miss Kayser attended the University of Wisconsin and taught music at the Wisconsin School of Music for many years. She was a member of St. Patrick's Church.
Surviving are three sisters, Helen, 745 E. Gorham; Mrs. Val Blatz, Ononomowoc; and Mrs. Frank Kennesich, Menlo Park, California; a niece, Mrs. W. Jerome Fratuschi, 3206 Lake Mendota Drive; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Samuel B. Harper, 3 Bayside Dr. and a brother-in-law, William Enneking, Menlo Park, California.
Funeral arrangements are pending at the Frautschi Funeral Home, 3610 Speedway Rd. The family suggested memorials to the Madison Civic Music Association.
November 12, 1981 - from
"Variations" Madison Music Association Bulletin:
"Inevitably, yet sadly,
civic Music loses friends and colleagues over the years and with each passing,
a portion of an era ends. Such is the case with the recent death
of Stella Kayser. Stella was a leading piano teacher in Madison for
many years; one could not even hazard a guess as to how many students benefitted
from their association with her. She was a dedicated teacher, blessed
with love, warmth, a sense of humor, and understanding. For Civic
Music, she was a tireless worker, serving on the Board of Directors as
a member and as President, lending her assistance when needed, and always
giving her complete support. The Madison Civic Music Association
extends its sympathy to her sister, Helen, and other members of the family.
Stella's many contributions to the world of music will remain as a living
memorial to her."
To Emma Glenz - note from
Helen Kayser, December 3, 1971: "You always meant so much to her and I'm
sure you realized her great affection for you - she is at peace, but the
finality is not easy for us to accept."
Notes for Julia Kayser:
Golden Wedding of William and Julia Kayser Glenz - 1923
Emma Glenz - "Dad and mother celebrated their Golden Wedding very quietly in a small circle because their beloved son-in-law Dr. Herman Gilbert was dying" (He died of cancer August 1923?)
Present on Sylvester Abend,
December 31, 1923 were:
Adolph and Margaret Glenz
Emma Glenz
Adolph and Hedwig Kayser
Stella and Helen Kayser
Val and Vera Kayser Blatz
Mother wore the simple little
myrtle wreath (artificial) she wore at her wedding and a fresh white flower
corsage. Dad wore a white carnation boutonniere. Wine and cake
were served.
(Taken from a Kaiser family history prepared in Wisconsin, author unknown)