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Father John Schoeberle
1857 - 1892
Riedl,
Kenneth M, A Church Built on the Rock,
2003, p 306
He was born in Watertown in 1857,
attended St. Henry’s School and at the same time received a preparatory
education in Latin at the hands of his pastor, Father Minderer. In 1873 his family moved to Milwaukee at
which time he enter St. Francis Seminary at age 15. He was ordained in 1881 and celebrated his
first Mass at St. Henry’s. Some time
prior to his death in 1892 at the age of only 35, he was compelled to refrain
from all ministerial duties because of “the peculiar character of the disease
from which he suffered, an affection of the throat.”
A Big Day at St. Henri's
Watertown Gazette, 06 24 1881
On next Sunday, John Schoeble,
a young man born and raised in this city and whose parents reside here at present,
will be ordained a priest at St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, and on the
following Tuesday he will say his first Mass at St. Henri's church in this
city.
At 9 o'clock on that morning, St.
Henri's, St. Wenceslaus's and St. John's societies, of St. Henri's church, will
meet at the school house of the parish and proceed in a body, headed by a band
of music to the home of the priest's parents(*), from whence he will be
escorted to the church.
During the services, Rev. P. P. Cooney,
of St. Bernard's church, is expected to preach in English, Father Katzer of Green Bay in German, and Father Sucha, of Milwaukee, in Bohemian.
(*) Watertown City Directory, 1880: Family home at the time was at east side of