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Note: mp alone, and was once overwhelmed by the sight of an enormous star. He thought it was the Star of Bethlehem, but later learned it was Halley's Comet. John became a Catholic to marry Pansy, and his father-in-law secured him a coveted railroad job in Deming, New Mexico in 1915. Before moving to Albuquerque in 1923, John performed for two seasons with the El Paso Symphony. An Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway engineer for more than forty years, John was also a musician who played the violin his entire life. He began learning music at home, and took professional studies in Glenwood Springs, Colorado which he continued at the Denver Conservatory of Music. When the Albuquerque Civic Symphony began rehearsing for its opening concert in 1932, he was concertmaster and played in the first violin section for twenty-five years. He appeared in concerts conducted by Grace Thompson, William Kunkel, Carl Cramer, Kurt Frederick and Hans Lange. John served as board member and vice-president. He was a member of the Elks Lodge, Knights of Columbus, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. John left the Catholic church after the birth of their first two children over the birth-control issue which meant abstinence. Pansy and John quit abstinence eventually and he returned to the church. She went through menopause at a very young age which saved their marriage. Sources: Pansy I. Woodward Tischhauser and Albuquerque Journal article, May 1952.
A native of Medill, Missouri, Pansy moved with her family to Magdalena, New Mexico in 1899 where her father had a job with the railroad. They moved to Silver City, New Mexico, where Pansy started school, and then to El Paso, Texas and later to Pueblo, Colorado. She spoke of having seen Halley's Comet in 1910. The family moved to Marble, Colorado where she met her husband John. They were the only two in the first high school graduating class of 1913. She went on to teach in the high school until they were married. John left the stone quarry in 1915 to become a fireman and engineer with the railroad in Deming, New Mexico when Pansy's father secured him a coveted railroad job. The family relocated many times with the railroad, and finally settled in Albuquerque in 1923. Pansy, one of Albuquerque's most dedicated bridge players, was a member of the Duke City Bridge Club and became a life master in 1965. She taught the game and played daily for many years. A devout Catholic, she was instrumental in founding a weekly game to raise funds for Casa Angelica Home for Severely Retarded Children. Pansy loved to travel. Throughout the years, she took extended cruises to the Caribbean, Europe, Mexico, Alaska, Australia, and Hawaii. She accepted invitations from her friend, Felice Hilton Brown, Conrad Hilton's sister, to travel with her and stay in Hilton Hotels where they were treated like royalty. They used the AT&SF railroad at no charge. She was also an active member of the Albuquerque Civic Symphony Auxiliary. Source: Pansy I. Woodward Tischhauser. She was on her way to a bridge game when she died of a heart attack while eating lunch at an Albuquerque restaurant.
Note: Born in Hope, Kansas, John moved as a young child to Marble, Colorado where he grew up and later worked with his father as stone cutter in the quarry to make the white marble columns used in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. John liked to ca
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