The Waterloo Republican, Sept. 14, 1964: George Spriesterbach Died in California Funeral services were held Sept. 8 at the St. Francis Catholic Church, Bakersfield, Calif., for George John Spriesterbach, 79, who died Sept. 4 in a Bakersfield hospital. Mons. Patrick Leddy officiated at the services and burial was in the Holy Cross section of Greenlawn Memorial Park. Mr. Spriesterbach, a native of Illinois, had resided in California and Kern County for the past nine years. He was a member of the St. Francis Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, Mary (nee Reinhold) three daughters, Hilda Flynn of Dupo, Carolyn Dick of East St. Louis, and Elinor Taylor of Ventura, Calif.; two sons, Leo Spriesterbach and George Sloan*, both of Bakersfield; a brother, Joseph Stahlschmidt of Caseyville; three sisters, Caroline Stahlschmidt, Elizabeth Meier and Louise Meier, all of Burksville; 20 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. George Spriesterbach is my Grandpa. *George changed his name to Sloan as he was a banker and said he got tired of spelling Spriesterbach to everyone.