Pritzl, Michael

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Biography:
BIOGRAPHIE: Michael was an Artillery Lt. in Austrian Army, 1890's, was also Mayor of local town for two years. .

BIOGRAPHIE: Michael and Marie's home - from Barbara PRITZL LEONARD - 6/02/89 It was one of those tall houses with two screened porches on either end. It was gray, trimmed in white and was built back in the days when they still used square nails. It had four bedrooms upstairs and one down-stairs, a large kitchen with a table, and wood stove. The stove stayed there and was used until it was torn down in the late 50's. There was a large living/dining room with an old pendulum clock on the wall. Outside, in the early days, was a large apple cellar with a dirt roof. There was also a barn with a top story. It had two very deep silos which my father built as a young man. They were made of cement and were mostly underground.
From Barbara PRITZL LEONARD - 6/20/89 - Ed. notes It seems Michael bought the fruit ranch in Fruitland sight unseen and paid quite a hefty price for it. They packed up bag and baggage and traveled by train from Wisconsin to Fruitland only to find their fruit ranch had only twigs of trees and they were not able to bear fruit for a number of years. Michael Pritzl and my father had to work for wages until the trees got big enough. This was quite demeaning for Michael, who appears in his pictures to be quite a dignified person. I am not sure what he did in the old country, but my mother (I think) told me he was the Mayor of the town. . They used to hitch up a horse and wagon and travel five miles each Sunday to Mass at New Plymouth since there was no Catholic church in Fruitland (and still isn't). My father remembered his dad making them shine their shoes to perfection and pass inspection before departing for church. Christmas was always a big deal for them and even though they were not wealthy, the children always got a nice gift. One thing they used to always get on Christmas was an orange. At Easter they got hard boiled eggs which was quite a treat as the hens did not lay during the winter. Grandma would save the eggs up for Easter. They butchered pigs often. Michael would seize it by the ear, slit it's throat and let it run around squealing and bleeding, as it bled out better that way. Grandma would can the pork, or cook it and put it in a crock, put lard over it and store it in the cool cellar. She also smoked hams, bacon and sausages in the smoke house. The sausages, of course, were made by stuffing cooked, seasoned pork into the small intestine casing. They also made what they called liverwurst, which did not taste a bit like the kind that you get in the store. You cooked the liver, heart and head, took the meat and ground it through a sausage grinder, along with onions, garlic and bread, salt and pepper. It was then sliced and fried. We used to have it every Christmas after Midnight Mass. Rye bread with caraway seed was a staple along with sauerkraut. Often, caraway seeds were put in the sauerkraut. It was very mild tasting. You cooked the sauerkraut with a pork roast and then thickened the juice with flour. They also made Knodel (dumplings) from home made bread, mixed with salt and milk to form a firm ball. You polished off this ball of stuff with water on your hands and then dropped it in boiling salted water and cooked it until it was firm. You had to cut it with a knife or fork. They were placed in the pork roast sauerkraut dish. I think they had sauerkraut almost every day for dinner along with canned vegetables, fruits, potatoes and meat. My father said his mother made a lot of chocolate cakes too. Grandma also raised chickens. I can remember watching her take a pole with a hook on the end and snagging a chicken, grabbing it by the feet, marching over to the chopping block and lopping off its head with an axe. It would flop around headless for awhile and bleed out. Then she would plunge it into a milk bucket filled with boiling water so that the feathers would strip right off. The smell was memorable. She would then take this hapless chicken over to the wood stove, light a piece of paper and singe off the pin feathers after which she cleaned it. I never knew my grandfather, Michael Pritzl. He died when my father was 27 years old, and my father was made legal guardian of the family. His mother did not speak much English. When World War II came along, it inspired her to learn and speak more English. She did try to teach my brother and I some German or Bayrisch words, specifically the Lord's Prayer.

Michael married Weber, Marie 28 Jan 1897, Flecken (Fleky), Böhmen. Marie was born 5 Mar 1876, Fuchsberg, , Oberösterreich, Austria; died 22 Feb 1971, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA; was buried 26 Feb 1971, Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• 1940 Census: 1940, New Plymouth, Payette, Idaho, USA
• Biography: Aft 30 Mar 1970
• Obituary: Aft 30 Mar 1970

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1940 Census:
Charles Pritzl 41
Evelyn Pritzl 30
Robert Pritzl 7
Barbara Pritzl 5

Biography:
BIOGRAPHY: E-Mail from Michelle Pritzl Wood - 7 August, 2000 Prestdale was the name my grandfather Charles picked for the farm when he decided to register his cows with the American Guernsey Association back in 1928 or so. He submitted a couple of names that he thought up, but they had already been taken by someone else on the registry so they sent him a list and he picked Prestdale. The farm was passed onto my dad when Grandpa died in 1970. For the last 15 years Dad had run the farm with the help of a very wonderful "hired man" and his wife. Now Mom runs it with Mike's help. Mom also works outside the farm as an office manager at a gas plant in Nampa, Idaho. The small dairy business is getting tougher and tougher with all the new "corporate" type dairies around now with herds of 1,000 or more. Mom's little farm milks about 60 to 65!!! Milk prices are the lowest price per hundred weight that they've been in a long time. Funny thing - milk prices in the store are the highest they've been ever. Suppose that middle man is making some money??? Suzanne, Kitty and I have been trying to talk Mom into selling the cows and equipment and getting out of the business but she's just not ready to do that yet. I hope the land can always stay in the family. Grandpa and Dad worked that soil and milked those cows with a lot of love!

Obituary:
New Plymouth - Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today at New Plymouth Shaffer-Jensen Memorial Chapel for Charles J. Pritzl, 71, New Plymouth, who died Monday at a Caldwell hospital. Requiem Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at St Aloysious Catholic Church by the Rev. Fr. Dionel Buote. Internment will be at Park View. He was born April 26, 1898, at Fuchsberg Austria. He moved with his parents in 1905 to Manitowoc, Wis., where he lived until 1919 when he moved to Fruitland. He moved to New Plymouth in 1927 and married Evelyn Hodson there on July 10, 1930. They had resided on a farm southeast of New Plymouth since. He had been in the dairy business. He was a member of the Catholic Church, the American Guernsey Cattle Club,the Idaho Dairyman's Association, was a past director of the ChallengeCreamery Butter Association, and was a purebred Guernsey breeder for 45 years and a member of the Dairyman's Hall of fame. He was official judgefor the American Guernsey Cattle Club. Survivors, beside his wife include a son, Robert Pritzl, New Plymouth; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Leonard, Boise; his mother, Mrs. Marie Pritzl, Portland; four brothers, John and Art Pritzl, both of Missoula, Mont; Frank Pritzl, Granger, Wash., and Joe Pritzl, Fruitland; four sisters,Mrs. Mary Shurtz, New Plymouth, Mrs. Louise Shurtz, Portland, Mrs. Eleanor Pomereme, Yakima, Wash., and Mrs. Gertrude McNamee, Seattle; and eight grandchildren.
TOD: "OBIT Charles J. Pritzl - from Anita PRITZL PEUTZ

Charles married Hudson, Evelyn E. 10 Jul 1930, , , Idaho, USA. Evelyn was born 16 Jun 1909, Newberg, Yamhill, Oregon, USA; died 18 Apr 2013, Post Falls, Kootenai, Idaho, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Obituary: Aft 15 Aug 1992

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Obituary:
Mary Anne Shurtz, 93, of New Plymouth, a homemaker, died Friday, Aug 15, 1992, in a Payette care center. Vigil services will be held at 7:30 p.m. this evening at the Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, New Plymouth. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m.Tuesday, Aug 18, at St Aloysius Catholic Church, New Plymouth, with Father Gerry Dye as celebrant. Burial will follow in Parkview Cemetery, New Plymouth. Mary was born July 3, 1899 at Fuchsburg, Austria, one of 14 children of Michael and Marie Pritzl. She came to this country at age 7, receiving her education in Wisconsin and Fruitland, Idaho. On May 10, 1925, she completed a course at Snows College of Dressmaking, in Weiser and worked for a short time at The Mode, Ltd., Boise. She married Everett Shurtz on Dec 29, 1928 at Blessed Sacrament Church, Ontario, Oregon. They farmed for many years in New Plymouth. Everett preceded her in death in 1958. She was a member of St Aloysius Catholic Church and belonged to the Women's League. Mary enjoyed flowers, cooking, sewing and her grandchildren. Survivors include three daughters, Margaret Shurtz and Joanne Hally, both of Boise, and Helen Fritz of New Plymouth; three sons, Thomas of New Plymouth, Donald of Pearl City, Hawaii and Jim of Richland, Wash.; three sisters, Gertrude McNamee of Seattle, Eleanor Pomerene of Union Gap, Wash. and Louise Shurtz of Gaston, Ore.; 17 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren, in addition to her husband she was also preceded in death by her parents, a daughter and son-in-law, Lois and Rod Houser; and 10 brothers. Memorials may be made to the Vocation Fund or Building Fund of St. Aloysius Church, c/o Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel P.O. Box 730, Payette, Id. 83661
TOD: "OBIT" - Mary Ann Pritzl Shurtz - from Eleanore Pomerene - 12/92

Mary married Shurtz, Everett 29 Dec 1928, Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, USA. Everett was born Abt 1895, New Plymouth, Payette, Idaho, USA; died Abt 1958, New Plymouth, Payette, Idaho, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Obituary: Aft 19 Apr 1989

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Obituary:
Frank Michael Pritzl, 85, of Yakima, died April 19, 1989 at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. He was born November 27, 1903 in Fuchsberg, Austria to Michael and Marie (Weber) Pritzl. He came from Austria to Wisconsin and in 1912 moved to Idaho. He moved to the Yakima Valley in 1940. He married his wife, Frances McClain in Yakima on January 28, 1940. He owned and operated a registered guernsey dairy farm at Granger until his retirement in 1966. In 1985, he and his wife moved to Yakima. He was an avid fisherman and was a past member of the Lincoln Grange. Survivors include his wife, Frances of Yakima; two daughters, Pamela Pritzl of Seattle and Kathleen Halfmoon of Portland, Ore.; a son, Anthony Pritzl of Outlook, Wash.; two grand-daughters Alison Halfmoon of Portland and Jessica Pritzl of Outlook; a brother, Joseph Pritzl of Fruitland, Idaho; and four sisters, Mary Shurts of New Plymouth, Idaho, Louise Shurts of Gaston, Ore., Gertrude McNamee of Seattle and Eleanor of Union Gap. At his request there will be no services. Memorials may be made to the Hemophilia Foundation of Washington, Greenwood Station, P. O. Box 30865, Seattle, Wash., 98103.
TOD: "OBIT" of Frank Michael PRITZL - from Anita Pritzl Peutz - 6/02/89

Frank — McClain, Francies Devera. Francies was born Aft 1910; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Obituary: Aft 30 Dec 1984

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Arthur Pritzl, 75, of Missoula, formerly of Fruitland, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 1984 in a Missoula hospital, of natural causes. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7, 1985, at Parkview Cemetery, New Plymouth. Rev. John McGoldrick of St. Aloysius Catholic Church, New Plymouth, will officiate, under direction of Shaffer-Jensen Chapel, New Plymouth. Mr. Pritzl, an aviation mechanic, was born Dec. 4, 1909, at Cato, Wisconsin, a son of Michael and Marie Weber Pritzl. He moved with his family at a young age to Fruitland, where he was reared and educated. In 1927 he attended Lincoln School of Aviation at Wichita, Kans. He worked for several aviation companies in Boise. In 1933 he began working for Johnson Aviation in Boise. He married Lorna Seaman on Oct. 10, 1938, at Emmett. They moved to Missoula in 1938 where he continued working for Johnson Aviation. He had been a Vice President. He retired in 1979. His wife died in 1981. Survivors include three brothers, John of Missoula, Frank of Granger, Wash. and Joe of Fruitland: and four sisters, Mary Shurts of New Plymouth, Louise Shurts of Portland, Oregon, Eleanor Pomerene of Union Gap, Wash., and Gertrude McNamee of Seattle.
TOD: "OBIT" of Arthur Ralph PRITZL - from Barbara PRITZL LEONARD - 8/22/89 MISSOULA

Arthur married Seaman, Lorna Katherine 10 Oct 1938, Emmett, Gem, Idaho, USA. Lorna was born 26 Sep 1916; died 20 May 1981, New Plymouth, Payette, Idaho, USA; was buried 26 May 1981, Payette, Payette, Idaho, USA. [Group Sheet]

Louise married Creasey, Gerald 22 Sep 1934, Cato, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA. Gerald was born Abt 1910, Cato, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA; died Abt 1940, Cato, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Louise married Shurts, Walter Abt 1941, Weiser, Washingthon, Idaho, USA. Walter was born 29 Jul 1913, Freedom, Woods, Oklahoma, USA; died 24 Mar 1976, Troutdale, Multnomah, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Obituary: Aft 20 Aug 1987

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Obituary:
John Pritzl of Missoula, died Thursday, Aug. 20 in St Patrick Hospital, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. He was born Oct 21, 1913, in Fruitland, Idaho to Michael and Marie Pritzl. He was raised and educated in Idaho, moving to Missoula in 1940. He was employed by Johnson's Flying Service as an aircraft mechanic and later became chief mechanic for the firm. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, but due to his job, remained in Missoula to train aircraft mechanics. During his time with Johnson Flying Service, Mr. Pritzl developed and fabricated many innovations and accessories to improve the saftey, operation and utility of helicopters. He was active in the business until his death. He was a member of Hellgate Lodge No. 383 Benevelovent and Protective Order of Elks. He is survived by a son, Mickey Pritzl, Missoula; two brothers, Joe Pritzl, Fruitland, Idaho and Frank Pritzl, Yakima, Wash.; and four sisters, Mary Shurts, New Plymouth, Idaho, Louise Shurts, Gaston Ore., Gertrude McNamee, Seattle, and Eleanor Pomerene, Yakima. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Livingston- Malletta and Geraghty Funeral Home. At Mr. Pritzl's request, no funeral services are planned.
TOD: "OBIT" John Pritzl, copy from Anita PRITZL Peutz

John married Shaul, Betty Marie Abt May 1944, Missoula, Missoula, Montana, USA. Betty was born 2 Mar 1921, Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana, USA; died 30 Dec 1993, Corvallis, Ravalli, Montana, USA. [Group Sheet]

Joseph — Miller, Donna. Donna was born Aft 1914; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Gertrude — McNamee, Joseph William. Joseph was born 26 Feb 1919, Seattle, King, Washington, USA; died 27 Mar 1989, Seattle, King, Washington, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Obituary: Aft 4 Mar 2000

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Family History Researcher:
TOD: Telephone call from Robert A PRITZL to Robert J Pritzl, Memorial Day, 5/29/89 Robert was in the Army from 1953-1955 and was stationed in Germany for 9 months. One day while waiting for a pass he met a soldier by the name of Reiderer who turned out to be a cousin. They spent time together touring Germany. Robert eventually took over his father Carl's 160 acre dairy cow business. He remembers the two story wood house and associated buildings where his father was raised. The old house had a lot of little rooms as he recalls. The house was later replaced by a more modern one story building.

Obituary:
Robert A Pritzl - New Plymouth and Idaho Statesman Newspapers - from Michelle Wood - Aug 2000 Robert A. (Bob) Pritzl, 66, passed away Saturday, March 4, 2000, at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. Vigil services with rosary will be at 7 p.m. this evening, Tuesday, March 7, at the Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel at New Plymouth. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 8, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church (formerly St. Aloysius Catholic Church) New Plymouth, with Father Nondier presiding. Interment will follow at Parkview Cemetery, New Plymouth. Bob was born April 9, 1933, at Holy Rosary Hospital in Ontario, Ore., the son of Charles J. and Evelyn Pritzl. He graduated from New Plymouth High School with the class of 1951. After graduation he worked for Western Electric helping to install the first telephone dialing network. He served two years in the U.S. Army stationed in Germany and France with the Signal Corps. He married Patricia Knotts on Feb. 16, 1957, at Our Lady of the Rosary in Boise. Bob and Pat were blessed with three beautiful daughters, Michelle, Suzanne and Kathryn. Bob was a well-known dairy farmer in the New Plymouth area, having taken over the family dairy operation from his father in 1964. Bob raised registered Guernseys, was a member of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, the Payette County Guernsey Club. He also served as president of the local club several times. His great passion was fishing. His favorite fish were the large and small mouth bass, but he never met a fish he didn't like. He owned one of the first bass boats in Payette County and spent many weekends fishing tournaments. He was a lifetime member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church, and served on the church council. Bob is survived by his wife of 43 years, Patricia of New Plymouth; three daughters and sons-in-law, Michelle and Bruce Wood, and Suzanne and Tom Meyer, all of Boise, and Kathryn and Joe Staudenraus of Eagle; grandchildren, Charlie and Mindy Meyer, and Cameron and Bailey Wood; his mother, Evelyn Stone; one sister, Barbara Leonard; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by an infant sister; his father, Charles J. Pritzl; and one nephew. Family and friends may call today from 3 to 6 p.m. at Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, New Plymouth. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, Idaho Affiliate, 1111 S. Orchard, Boise 83705.

Barbara — Leonard, Joseph Raymond. [Group Sheet]

Living — Hally, Unknown. [Group Sheet]

Living — Fritz, Unknown. [Group Sheet]

Lois — Houser, Rod. Rod died Bef 1992. [Group Sheet]

Living — Halfmoon, John Robert. [Group Sheet]

Living — Byrne, Living. [Group Sheet]

Living — Whiteman, Living. [Group Sheet]

Living — Curry, Living. [Group Sheet]

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• Obituary: Aft 17 Sep 2000

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Obituary:
Born June 1, 1953 in Seattle: died September 17, 2000 in Seattle. Survived by her mother Gertrude McNamee; brothers, Joseph W McNamee, Jr. and his wife Patricia, Patricia of Mercer Island, Washington, and James F McNamee and his wife Cathy of Sultan, WA; nephews, Ryan McNamee and his wife Karen, Kevin and Eric McNamee, Robert Reese and his wife Amy, and their daughter Kianna and Sam Dilmaghani. She was preceded in death by her father Joseph W McNamee, Sr. She was a graduate of St Anne's School, Holy Name Academy and the University of Washington. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday, September 21, 2000, at 11:30 a.m. at St Anne Church with internment at Calvary Cemetery. Hoffner Fisher & Harvey Remembrances may be made to the Swedish Tumor Institute, P. O. Box 14999, Seattle, WA; 98114-0999 A copy of a funeral card for Janice was also included by Pam.
TOD: OBIT - Janice Marie McNamee - Seattle - from Pam Pritzl - 4/01

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• Death Record - Civil: Abt Feb 1991

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Death Record - Civil:
Name:Mark A. Leonard
SSN:518-78-0494
Last Residence:
83814 Coeur D Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, USA
BORN:17 May 1957
Died:Feb 1991
State (Year) SSN issued:Idaho (1973)