Stracke, Bernhard, Br. (1907-1992)
born 22 November 1907, Niederschelderhütte (Tr.)
died 31 March 1992, Broome (age 84)
Worked at Tardun Farm (1934-1941) and Beagle Bay (1931-34, 1941-ca. 1946). Rescinded his profession to the Pallottines and married an Aboriginal woman to settle in Broome.
Spangenberg, August Fr. (1898-1965)
born 16 July 1898 Recklinghausen (Münster)
died 6 May 1965 Münster (age 67)
Spent ten years as Pallottine priest at Lombadina (1927-1937) overseeing a massive building programme.
August Spangenberg was the son of saddler Theodor Spangenberg in Recklinghausen. After completing Volksschule he entered the Pallottine residential gymnasium at Schönstatt in 1912, received his habit in 1920, made his first profession in 1922 and was ordained in 1926.
Sixt, August Br. (1868-1954)
born 3 March 1868 Marktfriedenfeld, Würzburg
died 4 February 1954, Beagle Bay, age 85
One of the first Pallottine Brothers at Beagle Bay, was expelled but maintained close contact with the mission and conducted a market garden nearby, buried at Beagle Bay.
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Schüngel, Josef Br. (1905-1992)
born 31 December 1905 Liesen
died 19 December 1992 Limburg, age 87
Pallottine farmer who helped to set up Tardun, Rockhole, and the Palottine college in Kew. Served at Tardun, Beagle Bay, Rockhole, Wandering , Kew, Strathfield and Millgrove, and retired in the motherhouse in Limburg.
Scherzinger, Albert Fr. (1887-1968)
born 1887 Vöhrenbach (near Freiburg, Black Forest)
died 20 December (age 81)
Albert Scherzinger joined the Pallottines in Limburg in 1909, two years after Alfons Scherzinger, also from Vöhrenbach and five years his senior, had joined as a Brother. Br. Alfons was a gifted sculptor and had a workshop in Olpe where he produced sacral ornamentations. Albert was ordained in Limburg in 1915 and taught at various Pallottine colleges before he came to Australia.
Rensmann, Heinrich Fr. (1875-1904)
born 27 November 1875 Oberhausen
died 31 January 1904 Beagle Bay, age 28
One of two Pallottine priests in the founding period of Beagle Bay mission, drowned in a creek in 1904, buried at Beagle Bay.
Heinrich Rensmann was born in Oberhausen on the Rhine (near Cologne), entered the Pallottine novitiate in 1896 and received his habit in the same year. He took his first profession in 1898 and was ordained in June 1901. At age 27 he led the second consignment of staff to Beagle Bay departing in October 1902.
Raible, Otto Ep.(1887-1966)
died 18th June 1966 Limburg age 79
Otto Raible was the son of janitor Ferdinand and Maria Anna née Schneckenberger. He entered the Pallottine mission school in 1904, and commenced his novitiate in Limburg in 1905, where he studied philosophy, theology, and church law and made his first profession 1907.
Püsken, Benedikt, Fr. (1878-1955)
born 5 March 1878 Werpeloh (Osnabrück)
died 12 November 1955 Beagle Bay (age 78)
Spent 30 years in Pallottine mission, including at Lombadina (1925-29) and Beagle Bay (superintendent 1929-37).
Benedikt Püsken was one of nine children on a farm near Osnabrück when his father died in an accident. Instead of completing school he had to help on the farm and his idea to become a missionary was put on ice. At age 19 he received private lessons from the director of a private high school to enable him to join the upper classes of high school. He was called up for military service (Garde Infantrie) but was deferred because of his studies.
Omasmeier, Anton (1905-1982)
born 5 April 1905 Göttlingenhöfen (Bavaria)
died 24 May 1982 Germany age 76
One of the first three Pallottine seminarians arriving in 1935 to complete their education in Australia. Worked in at least 17 Australian locations including Tardun, Broome, and Beagle Bay and became target of a shooting in St. Kilda in 1951.
Anton was one of nine children and from 1918 worked on his father's farm and joinery business. In 1921 he became town clerk and he was also the parish organist, and taught himself Latin in the hope of entering a seminary. In 1926 he was accepted into the Pallottine 'School for Late Vocations' at Hofstetten and completed his humanist secondary education at Schönstatt in March 1932. His brother Rupert (born 1909) followed him two years later.
Nekes, Hermann Fr. Prof. Dr. (1875-1948)
born 25 December 1875, Essen
died 28 October 1948, Kew (Melbourne), age 73
Expert on Bantu languages after seven years in Cameroon, professor at the orientalist seminary in Berlin for six years, taught comparative religion and linguistics at the Pallottine college in Limburg. Spent his last 13 years in Australia, including four years in Broome and was at the forefront of the emerging discipline of missiology with a prolific publication record.
