Oachs and Ward Family Website

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Descendants of Edward Oachs

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1. EDWARD³ OACHS (PETER CHARLES² OCHS, PETER¹) was born 31 Oct 1887 in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, and died 11 Oct 1923 in Blue Earth County, Minnesota. He married BESSIE PHELPS. She was born 1888, and died 11 Nov 1958.

Children of EDWARD OACHS and BESSIE PHELPS are:

i. BERNARD CLAYTON⁴ OACHS, b. 18 Nov 1912; d. 17 Oct 1921.

ii. ROLAND OACHS

iii. GEORGE WALTER OACHS, b. 21 Feb 1919; d. 14 Aug 1995, Gold Hill, Oregon.

iv. ARLINE BERNICE OACHS; m. LEWIS R. PAHL, 07 Oct 1939, Algona, Iowa; b. 28 Feb 1918, Glen Ullin, South Dakota; d. 18 Nov 2000, Amboy, Minnesota. (Obituary: Lewis R. Pahl, 82 AMBOY - Services for Lewis R. Pahl, age 82 of rural Amboy, were Tuesday, Nov. 21 at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Vernon Center. Burial was in the Vernon Center Cemetery. Mr. Pahl died Saturday, Nov. 18 at his home in rural Amboy. Lewis was born February 28, 1918 at Glen Ullin, North Dakota, the son of Richard and Rose (Pick) Pahl. He attended school at Willow Creek. On Oct. 7, 1939 he married Arlene Oachs at Algona, Iowa. He farmed in the Amboy-Vernon Center area all of his life. He was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Vernon Center. Survivors include: his wife Arlene of Amboy; four sons: Eugene, Tim, and Scott, all of Amboy, and Lonnie of Vernon Center; three daughters: Tammy Gathman and her husband Jim of Rochester, Cindy Skjervold and her husband Jeff of Vernon Center, and Kay Pahl of California; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers: Richard Pahl and wife Joan of Mankato, Oscar Becker and his wife Reca of Truman; one sister, Irene Cornish and her husband Wes of Vernon Center; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, one grandchild, and four sisters.)

v. FRANCES FREDERICK OACHS, b. 10 Sep 1928; d. 20 Sep 2002.

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Ed and Bessie Oachs

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