Register Report Christian Heinrich Bogenschneider

Register Report for Christian Heinrich Bogenschneider
Generation 5 (con't)
i. Sue Anne Buye. She was born on 22 Sep 1939 in Kendall, Monroe, Wisconsin.
70. ii. Arthur Neal Buye. He was born on 21 Jan 1941 in Kendall, Monroe, Wisconsin.
He married Charlene Ann Ficken. They were married on 29 Nov 1973 in Bethany
Lutheran Church, Mauston, Juneau County, Wisconsin.
71. iii. Steven Claire Buye. He was born on 23 Aug 1952 in Mauston, Juneau,
Wisconsin.
34. Marion Eldred Smithback-5 (Anna Marie Bogenschneider-4, Franz Friederich Wilhelm
Bogenschneider-3, Heinrich Karl Ludwig Bogenschneider-2, Christian Heinrich Bogenschneider-1).
She was born on 12 Jul 1922 in Christiana, Dane, Wisconsin. Residence 1930 in Cambridge,
Dane, Wisconsin [86]. She died on 18 Oct 2006 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin.
Notes for Marion Eldred Smithback:
General Notes:
Miyagawa, Marion E. (Smithback)
MADISON - We bid "Aloha Oe" to our wonderful mother, loving grandma, sister, auntie and great
friend. Marion E. Miyagawa (Smithback), passed from this life on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006. She
was the fourth of nine children born to Neil and Anna (Bogenschneider) Smithback on July 12,
1922, in Utica, (Christiana Township. The early depression years, in the quaint village of
Cambridge were lean for a family with nine children. Marion came to admire the simplest things in
life. Her appreciation of nature and good company sustained her throughout life. Upon graduation
from Cambridge High School, in a class of 22, in 1941, at only age 18, Marion left home with a
silver dollar to her name. She walked all the way to Madison to stay with sisters in a small
downtown Madison apartment. She began working for Rennebohms at their original location near
the old University Hospital. She took a second job at Rayovac during the war. She later
transferred to the State and Lake Street location, where she served as fountain manager for many
years. It was here that she met her future husband, Richard Miyagawa, an NCAA champion from
the Hawaiian Islands who had been sponsored by UW Boxing Coach, John Walsh to come and
join the UW Boxing team after spending a year in a Japanese relocation camp. A young
pharmacist at "Rennies," Robert Hammel, also on the boxing team urged Marion to agree to a
date with Miyagawa. These were the beginnings of a lifelong friendship that found the Hammels
and Miyagawa's living only a house apart for the last 35 years. The granddaughter of a Norwegian
"Viking" woman, Marion was quite a pioneer in her own right. When Miyagawa joined the Army in
1945, Marion and her sister made the train ride to Macon, Ga., to visit Miyagawa, where Dick and
Marion married in the Army Chapel before he shipped out for Europe. This marriage would be
repeated years later after learning of an "interracial marriage ban" in some southern states,
including Georgia. The couple would face opposition on both sides of the family for their decision
to marry. Marion held her head high amidst discrimination and stood by her man as they moved to
Hawaii and back to Madison again in search of a place they felt welcomed. Unselfishly, she
dedicated the rest of her life to her family and friends. She was the "good woman behind her man"
and the mother who made sure the tools, transportation and her time were always available,
without hesitation for her children. She was the friend who took time to listen and would jump at
the chance to help out in a time of need. Her hands were always busy, a creative and talented
woman, she was an expert chair caner, she knit, crocheted, quilted and threw a pretty good pot.
Marion loved birds and gardening. She'd curse at the squirrels in her feeders, but sneak food to
them anyway. She loved all children, a good western, whales, raccoons and dogs. The thing she
loved most was a houseful of people. Many hold great memories of good times in Marion's
kitchen. We will miss her energy, her unconditional love, her feistiness, but most of all, the way
her smile would light up her face when she'd greet you. She had a way of making you feel like
you were most special, always putting others before herself. Marion enjoyed 56 years of marriage
with Dick, before losing him to Alzheimer's, in 2001. Also preceding her in death, were her
parents; a stillborn son; sisters, Genevieve, Dorothy and Lucille; and brothers, Nestor, Gene and
Jon. She is survived by sister, Bernice Mickelson of Edgerton; brother, Albert (Ann) of Deforest;
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