1927
Hilde
2007
Hilde Farley
March 17, 1927 — December 9, 2007
Hilde Elizabeth Farley died Sunday, December 9, 2007, at her home in Lawrence.
She was attended in her passing by her hospice nurses and her sons. She was born March 17, 1927, in Berlin- Steglitz, Germany, the only child of Horace and Marianne Woelfer Shuptrine. She was baptized and christened in the Lutheran Lukaskirche, Berlin-Steglitz. Her father was an American citizen whose ancestry in America began in Georgia in 1749. Her mother was German, later becoming a naturalized American citizen. Hilde was proud of her American ancestors, who included a Revolutionary War patriot, and her German ancestors, who included Martin Woelfer, one of the first recipients of the Iron Cross, for service against Napoleon at Leipzig in 1813, and Waterloo in 1815. Hilde lived with her grandparents in Nazi Germany from 1932 until she returned to America in 1946. She refused to relinquish her American citizenship to the Nazis and lived under the protection of the Swiss government after the SS ordered the arrest of foreign nationals in 1943. She had many narrow escapes and saw much hardship and suffering. She wrote a book about her experiences in 1995. As a result of her experience, she chose social work as a profession. She received degrees from UCLA and KU. She retired from social work in 1989 and spent many years reconstructing the family genealogy. She authored several authoritative works on her lineage. Hilde was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the First Families of Texas Association, and the Georgia Salzburgers Society.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred E. Farley, Jr., in 1996. She is survived by a son, Erik Farley, and grandson, Alexander Farley, both of Columbus, Ohio. Another son, Brian Farley, resides in Lawrence. She leaves many relatives in Texas and Germany, and many friends in Kansas. An open house will be held at a date to be announced. Inurnment and services will be at Old Zion Cemetery, Houston County, Texas, at a later date.
She was attended in her passing by her hospice nurses and her sons. She was born March 17, 1927, in Berlin- Steglitz, Germany, the only child of Horace and Marianne Woelfer Shuptrine. She was baptized and christened in the Lutheran Lukaskirche, Berlin-Steglitz. Her father was an American citizen whose ancestry in America began in Georgia in 1749. Her mother was German, later becoming a naturalized American citizen. Hilde was proud of her American ancestors, who included a Revolutionary War patriot, and her German ancestors, who included Martin Woelfer, one of the first recipients of the Iron Cross, for service against Napoleon at Leipzig in 1813, and Waterloo in 1815. Hilde lived with her grandparents in Nazi Germany from 1932 until she returned to America in 1946. She refused to relinquish her American citizenship to the Nazis and lived under the protection of the Swiss government after the SS ordered the arrest of foreign nationals in 1943. She had many narrow escapes and saw much hardship and suffering. She wrote a book about her experiences in 1995. As a result of her experience, she chose social work as a profession. She received degrees from UCLA and KU. She retired from social work in 1989 and spent many years reconstructing the family genealogy. She authored several authoritative works on her lineage. Hilde was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the First Families of Texas Association, and the Georgia Salzburgers Society.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred E. Farley, Jr., in 1996. She is survived by a son, Erik Farley, and grandson, Alexander Farley, both of Columbus, Ohio. Another son, Brian Farley, resides in Lawrence. She leaves many relatives in Texas and Germany, and many friends in Kansas. An open house will be held at a date to be announced. Inurnment and services will be at Old Zion Cemetery, Houston County, Texas, at a later date.
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