Katherine Frances Patz in front of 267 Colorado Street, Buffalo, NY. (No date). (Click to enlarge, 21K)

Katherine's daughter, Mary Ann, is not sure how far her mother went in school. Mary Ann believes that Katherine worked in a textile mill for a while with her sister Mary. In the 1915 to 1928 Buffalo city directories, Katherine is listed as having various job titles such as: silk winder, laundress, cutter, machine operator, clerk, helper, knitter.

Katherine apparently was married twice. The baptismal record at Saint Boniface Church includes an annotation that Katherine married an Andrew Gorman on February 24, 1925; we have no further information as to that marriage. Katherine then met and married George Eberle, whose first wife Ottilia (née Schill) Eberle had died in 1925. Katherine and George resided at 228 Esser Avenue. There, Katherine's mother Mary (née Schwertfeger/Schwert) Patz lived with them and Katherine and George's two children: Mary Ann and George ("Buddy").

George and Katherine Frances (née Patz) Eberle on their wedding day. (Click to enlarge, 12K)

The time element is not known, but after George died it seems that Mary Ann won a house on Oregon Street through a church raffle. The four of them moved into it. While residing there, Katherine worked at the "Emergency Hospital" on Grider Street until after Mary Ann was married.

Katherine had foot and ulcers on her ankle problems. It was extremely painful for her to walk and go to work.

George had first been married to Ottilia Schill, who died in 1925. George and Ottilia had two sons, Jerome and James, who were around 11 or 12 years old at the time. James eventually moved away from the city. Jerome stayed, and he and his wife Tilly (Ottilia née Calkins) were very helpful and caring toward Katherine and her children throughout their lives.

George had his own business of repairing car radiators somewhere around Hertel Avenue in Buffalo. On November 18, 1944, while arriving at work, George half fell out of his car because of a stroke or heart attack and died.

Katherine later resided with her daughter Mary Ann in Louisiana. Katherine died on January 2, 1975, in Alexandria, Louisiana. She and George are interred in the Eberle Plot, Lot 58, Sec. 7½, United German & French Cemetery (Pine Hill), Cheektowaga, NY.