Hello,
Loli,
I post this Fred Butts obituary information. I came across while searching for surname of Potrafke/Potrafka. There is a Rudolph Potrafka listed as a pall-bearer for this Fred Butts.
I believe my grandfather Edmund H.C. Sahs/Sass was related to Potrafke/Potrafka family of Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A. The arrival list for Edmund gives Uncle H.F. Pieper..Linden Street, Edwardsvile, Illinois..as his U.S. contact...
Anna Potrafke/Potrafka- Pieper Obituary....
Edwardsville, Intelligencer, Edwardsville, IL, Obituary, 4 Jun 1951. while the final rights were being held in Edwardsville for her husband, Mrs Anna Pieper of 105 Linden Street died Wednsday at 3:30 p.m. in St. Joseph Hospital in Highland where she had been a patient for the past eight days. The husband Henry F. Pieper died at the couples residence Saturday at 6 a.m.
She was born Nov. 23, 1878, in Pinow, Germany and came to this country at age 17 settling in DECATUR. She had attained the age of 72 years, six months, and 7 days. She was married to Henry F. Pieper in 1903 in Decatur. The couple moved to Worden where they lived several years. For the past 48 years they resided in this city.
She is survived by one daughter, Miss Ruth Pieper of this city; [Edwardsville, Illinois] and one son; Water J. Pieper of Detroit, Mich.; one brother Fritz POTRAFKA........two sisters and one grandchild. One son Paul F. Pieper, preceded her in death. Other survivors are three step-daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Metzger of this city, Mrs Adoph (Martha) Mueller of Clayton, Mo., and Mrs. Margaret Moeller of Kansas City, Mo.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
<calling times> and burial at Valley View Cemetery.
Pallbearers for both Henry and Anna included Richard and Edward [sic] Sahs. (My grandfather and my uncle.) Other pallbearers were John Weber, Richard Hartung, Jack Michaels, and Chris F. Dustman.