This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#142558) Anna Marie Sabbann (Mrs. John Sabbann) <http://iagenweb.org/boards/clayton/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=142558> AUTHOR: Ann Marie Rock DATE: 1/24/2007 at 13:59:33 Surnames: SABBANN,BUCK,VULLGRAF,OELFKE,TORIAN Mrs. John Sabbann * Monona, Ia. - Special: Funeral services for Mrs. John Sabbann, 79, who died in her home here Sunday, after an illness of four years, were held at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Thursday. The Rev. R.C. Schlueter, pastor, officiated. Burial was in the Lutheran cemetery. Mrs. Sabbann, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Buck, was born on a farm near Garnavillo on May 19, 1865. Her early life was spent on a farm near Farmersburg. She married John Sabbann on May 16, 1884. The couple made their home on a farm near Farmersburg. In 1924 they retired to Monona. Mr. Sabbann died on Feb. 23, 1935. Surviving are a daughter, Melinda Sabbann, Monona; two sons, E.A. Sabbann, Monona, and G. A. Sabbann, Elkader; six grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Vullgraf, Farmersburg, Mrs. Charles Oelfke, Kansas City, Mo.; and Mrs. Jeff Torian, Flint, Mich; and two brothers, Emil and Elbert Buck. >From a scrapbook my grandparents had (My grandmother's, Rosalyn (Sabbann) Smith's, grandmother) * although only referred to here as "Mrs. Sabbann", her maiden name was Anna Marie Buck (which is partly how my parents chose my name)