Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/10193 Surname: Kienlen, Wharton, Hermann, Mansheim, Droppel, Whipke, Wupke ------------------------- Obituary of an Old Citizen Mrs. Mary Droppel, one of Fort Madison`s oldest citizens and well known to nearly every one, died at her home, 309 Elm Street, at 5:45 o`clock Wednesday evening. Mrs Droppel was a native of Germany, but came to America in 182. Her maiden name was Mansheim. After coming to this country she lived in St. Louis for about a year and then came to this city and has lived here since. She was the mother of twelve children, nine of whom survived her-five sons and four daughters. Two sons and one daughter are dead. Her husband has been dead several years. Mrs. Droppel had been ailing for some time. Rhematism had crippled her so that she had to use crutches to get about and death came as a welcome relief from earthly suffering. She was sixty-five years old. The funeral occured last Saturday morning at 9:00 o`clock, from St. Joseph`s Church. Mary Droppel died Jan. 13, 1897 (born 1832)