Ayer, Pauline; obituary

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Napa County Historical Society

Name/Title

Ayer, Pauline; obituary

Entry/Object ID

2010.1.93

Scope and Content

Published in the Napa Valley Register 4/17/05 Pauline Ayer, Napa Died 4/12/05 in Napa Born 1/20/1910 in Czechoslovakia to Johann & Katherine Groihs. Family moved to Vienna when she was 2 Had 6 siblings Taught in the Kinderfreunde, a school for children of socialist workers Engaged to Wilheim Ernst, a Jewish, socialist freedom-fighter and fervent anti-Nazi Fled to London, England with sister Maria in 1937 and became a parlor maid. Surived the Nazi blitzes over London Fiance Wilheim was imprisoned in Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps Married Wilheim in 1944 after he escaped to the US. He joined the US Army After the war, they settled in SF and raised a family in Menlo Park WIlheim died in 1965, and she went back to teaching children, starting her own nursery school Married Mason Ayer in 1970 Enjoyed 20 yrs of traveling and retirement till Mason died in 1990 Moved to Napa in 1991 to be near son Survived by daughter Kaherine Joy, son Doug (Carolyn) Ernst, brother Rudolph Groihs, nephew Kurt Groihs, brother-in-law Robert Ayer, 6 grandchildren (among them Sarah Ernst) and 2 great-grandchildren Predeceased by sister Maria Miller in 1999 Private services

Collection

Obituaries

Acquisition

Accession

2010.1

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Obituary

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Announcement

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Declaratory Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

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Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1910 - 2005

Archive Notes

Date(s): 4/17/05

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Ayer, Pauline Groihs Ernst

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Ayer, Mason

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Ayer, Robert

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Groihs, Johann

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Groihs, Katherine

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Groihs, Kurt

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Groihs, Rudolph

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Ernst, Carolyn

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Ernst, Doug

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Ernst, Sarah

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Ernst, Wilheim

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Joy, Katherine

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Miller, Maria

Create Date

March 31, 2010

Update Date

May 31, 2023