This is a biography formed from a few newspaper articles from the Deer Park Tribune. Deer Park, Washington is located in this map.

This is near Spokane and Nine Mile Falls where many of the Martin Koberstein family lived

This newspaper entry for January 21, 1955 indicates that August Herman Koberstine had a cold but his wife, Almeda was in the hospital undergoing an operation.

This January 28, 1955 newspaper article indicates that Henry Koberstine among others celebrated Grandma Koberstine's 73rd birthday, which was Sunday January 16th. This means that Grandma Koberstine was born January 16, 1882. So this would be Grandma Almeda Anna Koberstine nee Lynch

The April 15, 1955 newspaper column indicates the A. H. Koberstine family moved to Spokane at 3418 W. Heroy. They had lived "on Four Mound for many years". Apparently Mr. and Mrs. Emil Brandt and Dorothy were dinner guests at this new location.

I was unable to locate the city or village of Four Mound. The entry for the newspaper makes it seem like a community but maybe not.

Now we jump all the way to February 14, 1974 and back in Deer Park we note that Karen S. Koberstein was admitted into the hospital.

I don't have any records of a Karen S. Koberstein.

And lastly in the May 2, 1974 article we see Hazel Koberstine being discharged from the hospital.

This appears to be Hazel Wottlin who married John E. Henry Koberstine. Here is a grave stone for him with the nick name of Hank.

The book entitled "Welcome to Nine Mile Falls" by Margaret Sontag and Benita Mason indicates the involvement of the August Koberstein Family in this community.

page 90/91 - While they lived up on Four Mound Prairie, the lives of many of the earliest settlers there intertwined with those down along the river.  The Frazer, Koberstine and Collins families were very early homesteaders and their children went to Pine Park and later Nine Mile Falls Schools.  John Frazer, August Koberstine and Ed Collins were stalwarts of the township from its beginning.  Walt Collins followed in his fathers footsteps in the township.  Mr. Koberstine was also active in the Community Club after its formation

page 95 - Julia Rasey taught two different years at the school while her husband was on the school board and she later served on the school board herself.  Other early school board members were Robert Jurgens, Fannie Turfey, August Koberstein and John Frazer, Goldie Phillips in 1903 and 1904 and Hazel Sherwood in 1920 and 1921 were the only other early teachers that taught more than one year.  ...

page 97/98 - Abbot School District #134 was created on July 29, 1898.  The schoolhouse was located on Charles Road oat the bottom of Turfey Grade on property purchased from Lewis and Grace Ebbert for $1.00 in gold coin on March 29 of that year.  The District covered what had been the northern portion of the Four Mound School District lying sourth and north of Charles and South Bank Roads, and a piece of the Central School Dsitrict located due east of Knight's Lake.  In 1903 a northern section of the Warsaw District was added. ...  Enrollment hovered around fifteen the years it was in existance.  The three oldest Chick children, Bill, Carl and Clyde, attended the Abbott School along with Hank, Dora, Martin and Mary Koberstine, ...

Here is a photo from the Abbott School on page 98

And another from 1932-33 on page 113.

Here is a map of the Nine Mile Township on page 143

page 148 - Those holding township office for a number of years in the early days represented a whide area of the township.  Edward F. W. Geiselman lived adjoining the Knights Lake property; Henry Rose on Four Mound; John Frazer, Walt Collins, and A. H. Koberstine up Turfey Grade; John Chick, C. E. Engstron, and Charles Jundberg along Charles Road; Joe and Bob McBride between the river and South Bank Road; John Nordmark from the power plant; Charles Granger along the river; John Gorman on the flat above the little Spokane River by the county line; James Tripp on the Little Spokane; and Ed Tormey and Louis B. Nygren in the immediate Nine Mile Falls area.

Also see the Spokane City directories for a details of Koberstines living in Spokane include August and his family.Please title this page. (spokanewacitydirectory.htm)