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--YodinT 18:59, 12 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Obituary

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Springfield Daily Republican January 13, 1934 (article appears to be in the public domain, according to UPenn's "Determining copyright status of serial issues" guide):

Mrs Marie Pabke, Ex-Resident, Dies

Cultured Austrian Woman Who Went to Quebec in 1907 Was Known to Older Residents

Word was received yesterday of the death of Mrs Marie Pabke, 97, of Quebec. She had lived in this city 33 years, leaving with her son, William H. Pabke, in 1907 to go to Quebec. Her son is now traffic manager for Price Brothers, at Quebec. The body will be brought to this city for burial in the family lot in Springfield cemetery.

Mrs Pabke will be remembered to the older residents for the exhilarating meetings so often held at her home on Mulberry street until her departure for Quebec in 1907. An Austrian woman of distinguished family, Mrs Pabke was a master in the art of brilliant conversation and was acquainted with European history to a degree seldom attained. A fluent speaker of French, German and English, she was ever the center of the gatherings which met at her home.

Born in Austria, March 17, 1837, daughter of Von Schmidl the geologist for whom stalactite caverns in Carpathia were named, Mrs Pabke was an eyewitness of the battle of Sadowa in 1866, at which Austria and Germany brought to a terrific climax their struggle. One brother was killed in the action; another she found wounded in the field after the battle.

An aunt, Mrs Von Schobeln, was the wife of the postmaster-general of Transylvania during the revolution in 1848. Mrs Pabke was then staying with her and the two reached safety in Vienna by riding for hours hidden in a load of hay. It was of these adventures that Mrs Pabke would often speak.

It was when Mrs Pabke and her aunt were sailing to this country in 1874 that she met her husband-to-be. Their romance culminated suddenly and she came to this city as Mrs Pabke. For years her husband was proprietor of a drug store where Lerche's is now located.

Colourful, always interesting, always vitally interested in what was going on, Mrs Pabke was a member of the Women's club and did much to interest that association in dramatics. She organized Shakespeare reading groups and tutored friends in languages. She was also an active member of Christ Church cathedral.

In 1907 Mrs Pabke moved with her son to Quebec where she had since lived. In 1926, when she was 90, she visited Springfield for some weeks, staying with her intimate friend, Mrs Albert C. Starr of 1089 Worthington street. Although widely traveled, Mrs Pabke had always considered Springfield her favorite city.

--YodinT 18:40, 26 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Family

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Marie Ludovica Pabke née Schmidl

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Adolf Schmidl (father)

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Adolf Schmidl, Marie's father

Marie (Von) Schobeln née Von Weckbecker (maternal aunt)

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Alexander Pabke (husband)

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William Hugo Pabke (son)

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Other Pabkes

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Not to be confused with Marie Johanne Theresa née Blum, and her husband Alexander Eduard Pabke, who lived in Germany, and had several children, including: Karl Max Eduard Papke (born 26 May 1888), Gertrud Therese Charlotte Papke (born 7 January 1890), Paul Otto Papke (born and died 1891 in Berlin), Frida Luise Auguste Papke (born 23 November 1892), Elisabeth Martha Margarete Papke (born 18 August 1895)

--YodinT 12:06, 26 April 2024 (UTC)Reply