This is the oldest funeral card I have in my collection. My mother-in-law gave me several photo albums of funeral cards. I spent the better part of a week removing them from the album they were in, scanning them and then placing them in an archival safe album.
I originally thought this was a funeral card for Konrad, but was told that it was actually a card in remembrance of the first mass he gave at St. Kilian's Church, Wisconsin on July 8, 1897. He died in 1933. * The card is pretty extraordinary. Very delicate and has held up fairly well considering its age. I'm certain that Konrad was important to my mother-in-law's side of the family. I don't know yet if he was related or if he was just a friend or important community figure. I look forward to the journey! When I kick the sicky-icky cooties that have invaded my house, I'll have to spend some time going through the newspaper articles she gave me as well and see if I can find any members of the Flasch family. I know I have a treasure in these cards and newspaper clippings. It's a great puzzle to put together!
Until that time, however, pass the tissues and hand me my cup of tea!....sniff
*Thank you John Uhlman for letting me know about the card and his death year! You can view his FindAGrave memorial set up by John with a great photo of him here.