BIRTH: Birth date and place family tradition and newspaper clippings Birth
state given as Dakota (assume territory) in 1900 U.S. Cencus Death in
newspaper obituary and funeral programBIRTH: 1920 U. S. Cencus
1920 Cencus, Town of Gaston, County of Washington, Oregon Lastname,
Firstname,Relationship, age, sex, birthplace
Koberstein, Albert M., , 37, M, South Dakota
Koberstein, Mildred, W, 32, F, South Dakota
Koberstein, Vetta, D, 11, F, Oregon
Koberstein, Eilene, D, 9, F, Oregon
Koberstein, Mildred, D, 8, Oregon
Koberstein, Alice, D, 6, Oregon
Koberstein, Albert, S, 5, Oregon
Koberstein, Leonard, S, 1 10/12, OregonDEATH: Funeral program (in my possession)
BIOGRAPHY: Per letter from G. Balfour dated 12 NOV 1980 Albert Koberstein
purchased lot 11, Blk 1, Gaston and recorded it December 23, 1905. He
subsequently bought other lots in Gaston (March 6, 1913).
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Portland Directory listings for Albert Koberstein:
1902 Albert Appr harness mkr. bds 207 Grant (same as brother Fred)
1903 Albert not listed
1904 Albert Collarmkr W H McMonies & Co. res 684 2d
1905 Albert Bartndr S.R.Koberstein
1906 Albert M Driver P Carriage & Baggage Co. rms 310 1/2 1st
1907/8 Albert Driver Eaton Hotel bds 93 6th N.
1909 Albert M Runner Eaton Hotel res 129 10th
Mrs. Mildred fur rooms 129 10th
1910 Albert M Driver Eaton Hotel h Barnes rd RFD 2
1911 Albert M Carrier RFD 2
1912 Albert lab h ss Barnes Rd 1/2 m w MT Calvary Cemetary
1913 Albert Driver Annex Hotel h ss Barnes rd 1/2 m w Mt Calvary Cemetary
1914 & 1920 no listing for Albert
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Accidently did sealing again at Oakland temple on 10JUN1993 with Luetta and I
serving as proxy.
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NEWS-TIMES, Forest Grove, Oregon December 5, 1957 article regarding 50th
wedding anniversary:
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"Gaston Couple Feted Friday on AnniversaryGaston - Friends and relatives gathered in the Pythian hall at Gaston Friday to honor Albert and Mildred Koberstein on their 50th anniversary. Their wedding was in Vancouver, Wash., in 1907, and their first home was in Portland where he drove the horse-drawn bus for the Eaton hotel.
Later Mr. Koberstein took his first mail route in Portland with a wagon traveling up Kings Heights to Cedar Mills. After five years they came to Gaston community where they have lived ever since. For 34 years he carried the mail on a rural route out of Gaston, and the older residents remember his many extra services and the rough roads he managed to get over every day.
The family now consists of four girls and two boys grown and with families of their own. They are Mrs Veta Hardebeck of Gaston, Mrs. Eileen Hill of Montana, Mrs. Mildred Whitmore of Hillsboro, Mrs. Alice Willis of California, Albert Koberstein Jr. of Depoe Bay and Leonard Koberstein of Gaston. Their are 21 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The program was put on by the grandchildren Darold and Marvin Willin played horn numbers, and Carol Whitmore gave a piano solo.
Mrs Koberstein wore a dark silk printed dress and had an orchid corsage brought ot her by her sister, Sarah. She had three of her sisters at her reception, Mrs Sarah Gildersleever of Toledo, Mrs. Marion Seydell of Portland and Mrs. Fern Wilder Montesano of Washington. She regretted that here older sister could not het her for the occasion.
Asked about her hobbies Mrs. Koberstein replied that grandchildren seemed to take up a great deal of time, and crocheted rugs and lace were nice to make when she had time. The day before the reception which was Thanksgiving, there were 35 to dinner at the house.
The couple received many gifts. The anniversary cake was appropriately decorated, and after MR. and Mrs. Koberstein made the first cut, it and the punch bowl wer presided over by two of the daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Koberstein are charter members of the Knights of Pythias and Phthian Sisters lodges of Gaston and of the Odd Fellows. All of these groups assisted with the reception.
Two of Mr. Koberstein's brothers, Sam of Cherry Grove and Elford of Portland were among the guests at the reception."
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Newspaper article with no reference information:
Retired Gaston mailman celebrates 90th birthday" Albert M. Koberstein, a retired Gaston mail carrier, celebrated his 90th birthday on Christmas day, with 31 members of his family present to share the occasion. Films of family events highlighted the party.
Koberstein began his career as a mail carrier in Portland, moving to Gaston in 1912 where he carried mail for 34 years. Delivery was made with a horse and buggy during the early years.
The nonogenarian was born in Wlgin, N.D., and the family moved to Tigard, then to Gaston where Koberstein's father was a blacksmith. He is the only remaining of six children.
He and his wife, Mildred, were married for 63 years before her death in 1970. Among those present for the birthday were Koberstein's daughters and families, Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Hardebeck of Gaston and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Whitmore of Hillsboro; and sons and families Mr. and Mrs. Albert Koberstein Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Koberstein, all of Gaston.
Another daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hill, formerly of Laurel, now of Plains, Mont., viited here the week before the party but had to leave before the event. A fourth daughter, Alice Willis Oxnard, Ca. was unable to attend. Koberstein also had a son, Orin Louis who died in 1951.
Other guests included Mr. and Mrs. Williams of Dilley. Mrs Whitmore prepared a four-tiered birthday cake for her father.
Koberstein has 23 grandchildren and 48 great-grandchildren."
Albert Koberstein Sr.
(newspaper article, no reference regarding death)
Albert Koberstein Sr., 95, retired rural mail carrier on Gaston Routes 1 and 2
and who had been a resident of Gaston since 1891, died Sunday evening, March
19 at the family residence in Cornelius.
Funeral for Mr. Koberstein will be held at the Fuiten Mortuary Chapel of
Forest Grove, Saturday, March 25 at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Perry Wright, pastor
of the Scoggins Valley Community Church, officiating. Burial will be at the
Forest View Cemetery.
Mr. Koberstein was born at Elkton, S.D. on Dec. 25, 1882, and spend several
years at Kalispell, moving then with his family to Tigard and Gaston in 1891.
They moved by wagon over Bald Peak to the small Gaston community on the shores
of Wapato Lake. His father opened a blacksmith shop in the community.
Mr. Koberstein was married on Nov. 27, 1907 at Vancouver to Mildred LaFleur
and they spent their early married years in Portland where he was a Portland
mail carrier using horse and buggy. They moved to Gaston in 1912 and Mr.
Koberstein was the mail carrier for Routes 1 and 2 for 24 years until his
retirement.
Mr Koberstein was a long time member of the Congregational Church at Gaston,
having been a charter member of one of those helping to build the building.
He had also been a long time member of the Knights of Pythias and IOOF lodges
at Gaston. His wife died here in March 26, 1970. Since making his home with
his son, and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Koberstein Jr., first at
Gaston and the last two years at Cornelius.
Surviving the children, Veta Hardebeck, Baston; Mrs. Frank (Eileen) Hill of
Plains, Montana, Mrs. Herman (Mildred) Whitmore, Hillsboro; Mrs Elmer (Alice)
Barnes, Oxnard, Calif, Albert Koberstein Jr., Cornelius and Lionard
Koberstein, Gaston; 21 grandchildren, 55 great-grandchildren and 2
great-great-grandchildren. Another sone, Orin, died here in 1951.
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Funeral Program
In Memory ofALBERT KOBERSTEIN
December 25, 1882 Elkton, S.D. March 19, 1978 Cornelius, Ore.
Services at
Fuiten Mortuary Chapel
Forest Grove, Oregon
Saturday March 25th 11:00 A.M.
Rev. Perry Wright Officiating
Rich Osburn Soloist
Vocal Selections
Beyond the Sunset
How Great Thou ArtCasket Bearers
Robert Roe Marion Matteson
Bill Hoff Ron Hoodenpyl
John Begert Paul JohnsonInterment
Forest View Cemetery
Forest Grove, Oregon
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Accidently did sealing a second time on 10JUN1993 at Oakland temple with Luetta and I serving as proxy. We told the Oakland temple about this and they eliminated the second set of work.
According to the obituary she was survived by Mrs. Lilliam Koberstein of Portland, this must be wife of one of Alberts Brothers, either who don't have a wife listed or another spouse of those who did.
Obituary for Mildred Koberstein, 1970.
Mrs. Mildred Koberstein, 82-year-old wife of Albert Koberstein and a resident of Gaston since 1912, died at the family home at 319 church Street in Gaston, Thursday morning March 26 follwing an illness of the past three months.
Mrs. Koberstein was a native of Amador, Minnesota where she was born October 30, 1887, the duaghter of Julius and Alice Clover LaFleur. She came with her family to Oregon as a young girl and the family first lived at Newport. She taught school at Siletz before here marriage to Albert Koberstein in Vancouver, Washington on November 27, 1907. they spend their early married years in Portland where Mr. Koberstein was a Portland mail carrier for Route 1 and Route 2 Gaston for 34 years until his retirement.
Mrs. Koberstein was a member of the Gaston congregational Church and was a charter member of the Pythian Sisters Lodge at Gaston having been a member for over fifty years. She was also a member of the Forest Grove Rebekah Lodge.
Mr. and Mrs. Koberstein celebrated their sixty-third wedding anniversary here last November. Surving is her huband, Albert Koberstein of Gaston; six childre; Mrs. Elmo (Veta) Hardebeck, of Gaston; Mrs. Frnak (Eileen) Hill; Thompson Falls, Montana; Mrs. Herman (Mildred) Whitmore, Hillsboro; Mrs. Victor (Alice) Willis, Oxnard, California; Albert M. Koberstein Jr. and Leonard Koberstein,
both of Gaston. Another son, Orin died here in 1951.Additional survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Marian Seydell, Portland; Mrs. Fern Wilder, Montesano, Washington; and Mrs. Virgie Olson, North Branch, Minnesota; a sister in law Mrs. Lilliam Koberstein of Portland; twinty-two grandchildren and thirty five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Koberstein were held Saturday March 28, at 2 p.m. at the Fuiten Mortuary Chapel, Forest Grove with the Rev. Richard Perry, minister of the First Christian Church officiating. Robert Schwartz soloist and Clara Bunker, organist. Concluding rites and interment were at the Forest View Cemetery.
Contents of Program for funeral program:
In Memory of
Mildred M. Koberstein
October 30, 1887 Amador, Minn.
March 26, 1970 Gaston, Ore.Services at
Fuiten Mortuary Chapel
Forest Grove, Oregon
Saturday March 28th 2:00 P.M.
Rev. Richard Perry Officiating
Mrs. Clara Bunker Organist
Mr. Robert Schwartz SoloistVocal Selections
Beyond the Sunset
How Great Thou ArtCasket Bearers
Thomas Roe Robert Roe
John Begert Elisha Sharp
Otto Salzman Oliver SchrepelConcluding Services
Forest View Cemetery
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
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