Person:Catherine Drechsler (1)

Katherine Magdalena (Drexler) Kron died 6 Feb 1919, at the home on South Main Street, Jonesboro, aged 73 years, 3 months, 27 days, and was buried in Ebenezer Cemetery. She was born 9 Nov 1845, in Schorndorf, Germany, the oldest daughter of J. G. and R. M. Drexler. She was baptized and confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. She came to America when young with her parents. She married in 1881 at Murphysboro, Jackson County, George Kron. They lived in Murphysboro until 1896, when they moved to Jonesboro. She left three sisters, Louise D. Seeger, Mrs. J. F. Krauss, and Lydia Drexler; one brother, William G. Drexler; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Rosa Drexler; eight nephews and two nieces.