Fred Kobler was born 8/30/1896 in Penokee, Kansas. Fred married Edna Pearl Hatcher on 12/30/1917 in Joplin, MO. He died 10/20/1918 in Lawrence, KS from the Flu during World War I military training. He is buried in Hill City Cemetery, Hill City, KS. Edna Hatcher was born April 1898 in Solomon Rapids Township, KS and died 27 Aug 1938 in Pueblo, Colorado.
Edna remarried Charles T. Mars after Fred’s death. Fred and Edna had one child, Paul Lee Kobler Mars, who took on the Mars name. Paul was born 30 Dec 1918 in Hill City, Kansas and died 19 Sept 1945 in Beaufort, South Carolina after having served in World War II.
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Fred Kobler WWI Draft Registration
Fred Kobler Headstone – Hill City Cemetery, Hill City, KS
Edna Hatcher Kobler Mars Headstone – Orchard Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, CO
