The Waterloo Republican April 21, 1948 Mrs. Anna Kaestner Passed Away Sunday Mrs. Anna Kaestner, 76, died in St. Louis Sunday, April 18, 1948, and was buried this afternoon from the Wagner Funeral Home, with services in the Lutheran Church at Renault, and burial followed in the Renault Lutheran cemetery. Mrs. Kaestner, a daughter of the late Arent Schmidt and Eva Heller Schmidt, was born at Renault on May 2, 1872. She was married to the late Ferdinand Kaestner who died several years ago. Surviving her are one daughter, Mrs. Elsie Prange of St. Louis; three brothers, Jacob and John Schmidt of Fults and Henry Schmidt of Ruma, and three sisters, Mrs. Herman Kaestner of near Renault, Miss Katie Schmidt of St. Louis, and Mrs. Fred Koch of Columbia. Several grandchildren also survive.