Katherine Louise Ritts and George Hugo Bischof

GEORGE HUGO BISCHOF was born January 17, 1890 in Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska,⁸⁰⁹⁷ and died April 26, 1978.¹¹⁰²⁶ He is buried in Saint Marys Cemetery, Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska.⁴⁵⁶

He married KATHERINE LOUISE RITTS on April 14, 1914 in Golconda, Humboldt, Nevada,¹¹³¹² daughter of MARY VIRGINIA SHRIVER and NELSON L. RITTS. She was born October 5, 1892,⁵⁶ and died in March, 1982.⁵⁶ She is buried in Saint Marys Cemetery, Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Felix Stambach Descendant Report (Ancestor of Katherine L. Ritts)
  • John Heilman Descendant Report (Ancestor of Katherine L. Ritts)
  • Jacob Meyer Descendant Report (Ancestor of Katherine L. Ritts)
  • Georg Michael Romich Descendant Report (Ancestor of Katherine L. Ritts)

Children of KATHERINE LOUISE RITTS and GEORGE HUGO BISCHOF:

1. WILLIAM NELSON BISCHOF, b. April 25, 1915, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho;¹⁰⁴²¹ d. May 15, 2000.⁴⁵³²
2. MARGARET LOUISE BISCHOF, b. February 25, 1919, Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska;⁹⁵¹⁰ d. August 14, 2021.⁴⁷¹⁷
3. MARY VIRGINIA BISCHOF, b. November 13, 1921, Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska;^{9510, 11313} m. DR. DONALD WAYNE CHALOUPKA on July 3, 1943 in St. Mary's Cathedral, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska¹¹³¹⁴; d. January 29, 2021, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado.¹¹³¹³
4. HELEN LUCILLE BISCHOF, b. October 6, 1923, Otoe County, Nebraska.⁹⁵¹⁰
5. GEORGE DONALD BISCHOF, b. March 8, 1928, Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska;^{9510, 7991} d. April 20, 2014, Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado.⁷⁹⁹¹
6. Son

Silver State, April 16, 1914¹¹³¹²

GOLCONDA COUPLE MARRIED BY FATHER MEEHAN

Miss Katherine L. Ritts was married to George H. Bischof yesterday afternoon, at Golconda, by Father Meehan. For some time past the bride had been operator for the Golconda Telephone & Power company, while the groom is an employe of the Kramer Hill company. Father Meehan went over to Golconda on Southern Pacific No. 6, returning on No. 3.

Omaha World-Herald, April 28, 1978¹¹⁰²⁶

Store Owner Bischof Dies

Nebraska City, Neb. — Services for George H. Bischof, 88, of Nebraska City will be at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church here.

Bischof, who died Wednesday, recently suffered a stroke, a family member said.

He was the owner and operator of Bischof's Hardware in Nebraska City, an independent hardware store which had been at the same location since his father founded the firm in 1867.

He graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1911 as a civil engineer.

He was a past president of the Nebraska Retail Hardware Association and past state president of the American Dads, an organization of fathers whose sons fought in World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Katherine; sons, William and George, Omaha, and James, San Jose, Calif.; daughters, Margaret, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Virginia Calupka, Greeley, Colo., and Lucille Gardner, Auburn, Wash.; a nephew, John Marks, Greeley, Colo., 25 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Gude Mortuary in Nebraska City. Burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery.