Mollie was born October 14, 1886, the fourth child and second daughter to Henry and Adelheida Kerber. Like the other siblings, she was christened October 24, 1886 #91 member of St. Paul Lutheran Church MO-Synod; St. Joseph, MO. Herman Reents and Johanna Kerber are listed as sponsors.
Mollie
loved the out-of-doors and preferred to work with her brothers than in the house
with her sisters. She loved growing flowers and working in the garden all of her
life. Gene Kerber remembered that she had a large iris garden to the South of
her house.
I understand that she had a sweetheart, Robert Curt Liebscher, but her father felt that she was too young to be courted. To mend his heart, Robert left home and went into the military.
Mollie also had a love of music and loved to play the piano. She began seeing a young man named (Adelbert -German spelling) Albert (English) Geis born December 8, 1870. I don't know where. By chance, he had a piano and offered to pay for lessons if only she would marry him.
Newspaper clipping of the announcement
So they were married October 16, 1906. Two boys were born to them; Edward Martin Geis, born November 11, 1908 and Alfred Albert Geis, born May 9, 1911.
Mollie's husband was killed in October 20, 1914, in a boiler accident. I have two accounts: one that the welding shop he owned and operated in St. Joseph, MO. He would have been 43 at his death. He and Mollie had been married only a few days over eight years.
November 17, 1922 eleven and a half, Albert Alfred died. It is unknown as to the cause of his death at present.
Left to right: Edward Martin Geis with half-sister, Anna
Marie and Mother Malvena.
Edward Martin Geis married December 11, 1929 Clara Ann Degen
who was born
September 4, 1909.
This union produced one child, a daughter, Margaret Marie Geis, born May 9, 1931; married Homer Rothleitner (born July 29, 1928) September 26, 1953 . They had one child:
Edward passed away November 30, 1979. I am hoping for more information.
Seven years after Mr. Geis was killed, Mollie reunited with Robert and married April 4, 1921. This union produced Anna Marie whom I am trying to contact to learn more about Molly's life. He was a farmer and she a farmer's wife.
This
picture was taken in front of the Plaza Hotel in Torrance, CA., the one operated
by sister, Clara and sister-in-law, Lecile. I understand this
picture of Mollie was taken around her death, March 27, 1946
Anna Marie Liebscher was born March 9, 1924. She was christened that year, probably later that month at Zion Evangelical Church in St. Joseph, MO.
Earl Marvin Goerke, born 11 Aug 1915, married Anna
Marie Jul 15, 1945 
and died December 21, 1986.
This picture was taken in March of 1986.
To my knowledge, Anna Marie is still living in Texas. The couple had two children:
1. Penny Janine Goerke, born Apr 13, 1946, married her first husband Robert V. Myers (born November 28, 1944) August 1, 1964. Their children:
1. Matthew Curtis Myers, born December 29, 1964 and died April 16, 1968.
2. Andrea Lynn Myers, born March 3, 1967.
3. Robert Jason Myers, born October 27, 1970.
Penny married her second husband, Robert Paul Battjes (born December 2, 1947) December 23, 1977. Their child:
1. Jason Travis Michael Battjes
2. Heide Lee Battjes
2. Ronald Paul Goerke, 10 Nov 1949. He married Geraldine Elizabeth Griswold (born April 12, 1950) March 22, 1968. Their first child
1. Janette Kay Goerke, born July 7, 1968.
This family was killed in a tragic auto accident August 12, 1968