Schuster, Paul

Other Events:

• Immigration: 2 Jul 1904, Ellis Island, New York; on the ship Kaiser William the second from Bremen
• Military Service: Bef 1919; WWI
• Obituary: Aft 8 Nov 1989; Ellis Review

Notes:

Biography:
UNCLE PAUL, I would guess that next to our Dad's, that Uncle Paul was the man that bro ught more sparkle to the little Schuster granddaughters' eyes than anyo ne else. A bachelor who didn't belong to anyone else, so he was "ours".
There were lots of Model A Fords in Grandma's yard, and he had the most gl amorous ... a coupe. I would guess that he took care of alot of Grandma 's business, for when she came, it was usually he who brought her. Thou gh the photos did not copy well, both are taken in uniform. he was my on ly uncle serviceman. He was inducted about 1918, about time the World W ar I -was closing. He was stationed of Camp Funsten in Kansas. 'So f ar as I know, be also was the only member of the family who went awayto a private school, and if I heard right, it was the forerunner of St. Jo seph's Military Academy at Hays.
We must have driven him nuts---all those kids on the farm at one time, a nd never knowing where they were going to be next. The only time he co me close to giving us "heck" was the Easter we found the newly tinned h og shed roof, and we were sliding down, head first, belly down. And th en he only said. "You shouldn't do that, you'll ruin your nice pretty dre sses." He told me years later, after I had children of my own, that his wo rst nightmare was that one of us would be seriously hurt. . God took ca re of that, and him, none of us ever were.
He was one of three uncles that visited in Montana after we were marrie d. He stayed four days and there was lots of catching up to do, of cours e. He was interested in politics and the night of one of the presidenti al conventions, our TV went out, and e said . . . "No matter... will be el ected, and it turned out that his prediction was correct. He did crosswor ds with a pen. Now, I love to do crosswords, but with the help of a big f at eraser, using pencil. An avid reader of everything, and also took an i nterest in the community. He served on the Agricultural Stabilization a nd Conservation Service Committee. I didn't know he was coming, and ask ed how be found us, he said he went to the ASCS office and asked. there t hey have maps of the whole county. His car then was a sporty Ford Falcon.
A recent newspaper account states that he has been a member of the Ellis A merican Legion for 70 years.
He lived at Aunt Fanny's after he retired from the farm. After Auntie's d eath, he moved and resides at the Good Samaritan Home in Ellis. It was al ways easy to remember how old he was. It was the same as the year . .. so this year, 1988 he is 88 years old.

Written by Mary (Conard) Kaiser - 1988

Obituary:
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Also see record from Germans from Russia at familysearch.org
"United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9JH-2TQK?cc=2367299&wc=3BKN-SP8%3A1547769401 : 14 August 2015), 100415110 > image 3288 of 8999; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln.