Extracted from The Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, Page 82-83, 1915. The rattlesnake was exceedingly common on the prairie while it was being broken up, and for some years thereafter. One of the habits of this reptile was to crawl under grain that had been raked off the platform to the ground by the old McCormick reaper. Many a man finding grain, picking up an armful of grain with a rattlesnake in it, or seeing one on the ground where the grain had lain, suddenly found himself short on nerve. According to one of the local newspapers of the county, ten rattlesnakes were killed on the farm of L. NEFF in Clay township, August 13, 1878. They were in the harvest field under one sheaf of wheat. Men on the prairie were more or less frequently bitten by the rattlesnake, but the author has not come across any deaths from this cause (in Shelby County). Whiskey was a popular remedy, and for years pioneers were wont to refer to whiskey in the house as an antidote for "snake bite." Among those who were bitten by rattlesnakes was D. S. IRWIN of Irwin, Iowa. Mrs. A. N. BUCKMAN, of Douglas Township, on November 20, 1873, wounded a rattlesnake in her garden with a hatchet and picked up in her fingers that part of the snake having the head attached and received the fangs in her hand. She was very sick for a long time. Mrs. Christian GOODYEAR, a sister of T. J. WYLAND and daughter of Jonathan WYLAND, now a resident of Omaha, Nebraska, recalls that her little daughters, who had been sent to the potato patch to pick potato bugs came into the house saying they had surely heard the rattle of a snake. Mrs. GOODYEAR was rather inclined to think that the girls wanted an excuse for quitting work, but giving them the benefit of the doubt, she herself went to the garden, and picking up one of the potato plants she saw a large rattlesnake at the base of the plant at about the spot the girls had reported having heard one. The snake struck at the hoe, which Mrs. Goodyear had, but she remarks -- with a real twinkle of satisfaction in her eye -- that the next stroke was hers, killing the unwelcome intruder with her hoe. The rattlesnake so late as 1909 was not extinct in Shelby County, since in that year, fifteen were killed in Jefferson and Douglas Townships by Glen FAIRCHILD, Harold SPURGEON, Cassie ARMENTROUT, and Roy POTTER, the boys receiving the statutory bounty of fifty cents apiece. None have since been reported at the auditor's office. These snakes were killed in the month of July, August, September, October, and one in the month of December. (end) Mona Sarratt Knight County Coordinator IAGenExchange - Pottawattamie County http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ia&county=pottawattamie Providing free genealogy information to the world. Help keep genealogy free! Join the GenExchange http://www.genexchange.org/volunteering.cfm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/770.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for checking your book. I don't recall seeing the name Lena Burger in our family listing. Some of the family changed their spelling to Berger, so difficult to follow the family. Thanks again!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BURGER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/770.2 Message Board Post: I find burials for Zachariah and Sarah Burger as follows: Red Line Cemetery, Polk Twp., Shelby County, IA: Name: Zachariah Burger Birth Date: 22 Oct 1856 Death Date: 06 Dec 1912 Sarah is buried next to him; no dates. I don't have any other information to share and hope this is helpful to you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BURGER, BERGER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/770.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The book is called Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, pub. 1915, and contains historical data about the county, as well as biographies for residents and early settlers. There is only one BURGER listed in the index with that spelling: Lena BURGER. There are the following BERGER names, apparently married into the FISH family: Edward FISH married 1867 to Ann Marie BERGER, daughter of Daniel and Catherine E. (MILLER) BERGER, born in Erie Co., NY. Her parents were both born in Germany and came to America in 1848. They died in Richland Co., WI. No other info is given about their children. No, I'm not related to this family and am just sharing info in my book. I hope this is helpful.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/770.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for getting back to me so soon on The Kirkman House. I now have a name for the hotel to go on. Does this history of Shelby County have anything else on the Burger families or any photos? Anything you could find would be of interest. Are you related to the Burger family in some way? Let me know.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KEEP, WOODS, BURGER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/770.1 Message Board Post: I own a 1915 history of Shelby County Iowa, and on page 273-74 it references the town of Kirkman as: On Oct 22, 1880, Albert KEEP, trustee, platted a part of the west one half of the northwest quarter of section 22, township 80, range 38, to be known as the town of Kirkman. The town of Kirkman was incorporated on the 7th day of March 1895. The first house bult in the town of Kirkman was erected by M. H. WOODS, who is yet a resident of the town (1915). This was a hotel called The Kirkman House. There is no further information about it that I can see. I hope this is helpful.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/770 Message Board Post: Looking for any information or photos on a hotel in Kirkman, IA. Our family history says it was once operated by Zachariah Burger & his wife Sarah Ann (Hauser) Burger, my gggrandparents. Atleast one child was born at Kirkman in 1898, so lived there at that time. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I have sent the following to Dennis to add to the Shelby County, IA, web page at the USGenWeb. This is only part of the story; for the rest, please visit the Shelby County web page. I hope you find this helpful and interesting. Happy searching! Mona Sarratt Knight Note to researchers: The story regarding the feud and the later killing of Adam Cuppy has been extracted from pages 572-74 of the Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, published 1915. The remaining details have been researched by me using census records, civil war veterans records, and other materials. Every effort was made to spell the names correctly. I am not related to this family and have nothing further to add. I hope that this information aids you in your research of the CUPPY and JOHNSTON families. The families of Dr. Witherington Jerome (W. J.) Johnston and Adam Cuppy were two of the earliest to settle in Shelby County, Iowa. Both families had original ancestry in the State of Ohio, and both appeared to have spent time in Illinois and/or Indiana before moving west about 1852-53. In the June 1860 census for Shelby County, these families appear living next to one another at Cuppy's Grove: Census family 33: Adam Cuppy, age 47, and wife Christena, age 45, along with their children Matilda, 20; Emily, 15; Charley, 11; Gramette, 7; Eliza J. Geoman, 7, and Francis M. Cuppy, age 18. Census family 34: Washington Johnston (his name was actually Witherington), age 61, doctor, and wife Mary A. Johnston, age 41, along with their children John, age 22, Brafford, age 20, Sarah Jane, age 17, Mary Ann, age 14, Witherington, age 11, James E., age 7, and Lucinda, age 4. Living down the road was another son of Adam Cuppy shown as: Census family 32, William B. Cuppy, age 22, and wife Susan A. Cuppy, age 16. Isaac Cuppy, a brother of Adam Cuppy, was recorded in this census as well at Family 30: Isaac Cuppy, age 39, wife Mary Cuppy, age 33, along with their children William, age 17, Harriet, age 10, Celestia, age 7, Mansel, age 7, James B. age 4, Marcus M., age 1, and Elizabeth Cuppy, age 15. The relationship of these families was to come to a tragic end by July of 1860, apparently precipitated by a long-standing feud between the sons of Adam Cuppy and Dr. Johnston. Their story is related in the history of Shelby County as follows: The two earliest pioneer families of Cuppy's Grove, that of Dr. W. J. Johnston and that of Adam Cuppy, who lived only a few hundred yards apart, seemed to have had trouble almost from the start of their settlement there. This disagreement between the members of these respective families seems to have reached a culmination when John Johnston was shot and killed in July 1860. On July 21, 1860, an information was filed with county judge William Wyland, charging William B. Cuppy with the alleged murder of John Johnston and charging Adam Cuppy with being accessory to the said crime. The two defendants were placed under arrest by Milton Stanton, Sheriff, and brought before Judge Wyland, who fixed July 26, 1860, for examination. In the meantime, on July 24, 1860, W. J. Johnston, Mary Ann Johnston, and Brafford Johnston were arrested and brought before Judge Wyland charged with having committed an assault with intent to kill William B. Cuppy. Judge Wyland fixed the 27th day of July, 1860, for their preliminary hearing. On July 26, accordingly, the case of William B. Cuppy and Adam Cuppy came on for hearing with the result that Judge Wyland required them to give bonds in the sum of three thousand dollars for their appearance at the next term of the district court of Shelby County, to answer to any charges that the grand jury might prefer against them, which bonds were duly given. On the 27th of July, 1860, Judge Wyland dismissed the defendants W. J. Johnston, Mary Ann Johnston, and Brafford Johnston. W. B. Cuppy and Adam Cuppy were eventually released, or acquitted, as no further record of the case was found. These events were tragic for both families, and further incidents would only add to the ultimate outcome. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Isaac Cuppy's son, William, enlisted at Shelby County on July 10, 1861, into Company B, 4th Iowa Infantry Regiment. He died of disease on December 27, 1861, at Rolla, Missouri. He was 19 years old. Brafford Johnson enlisted at Council Bluffs, Iowa (Pottawattamie County), on February 26, 1863, into Company C, 5th Iowa Cavalry Regiment. He was 23 years old. He continued his service to his country until he was mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee, on August 11, 1865, undoubtedly tired and battle worn after two and a half years of fighting. Brafford returned to Shelby County where he lived for several years. Trouble seemed to haunt the Cuppy family, and in October of 1865, Adam Cuppy was apparently murdered by a mob from Shelby County who were upset about a horse-stealing incident that happened there. This story is recorded in the Shelby County history, pages 572-74.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOETTGER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/302.322.1 Message Board Post: Maggie, Please contact me. [email protected] (your e-mail address bounced) Marthann Kohl

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOETTGER; HANSEN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/769 Message Board Post: obit Harlan, IA News-Advertiser Friday, January 4, 2002 Frieda A. Hansen, 93 Sept. 8, 1908 - Nov. 30, 2001 HARLAN - Frieda Anna Hansen was born to Louisa (Schuster) and Frederick L.* Boettger, Sept. 8, 1908, just outside of Harlan. She attended country school at Lincoln Township until eighth grade and then attended Harlan High School. She was baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran Church. Sept. 8, 1926, she married Roy Peter Hansen at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan. To this union three children were born. In the spring of 1933, the family moved to a farm near Tennant. They later purchased a farm from Chris M. Christensen, west of Harlan, and moved there in 1948. Although she and her husband retired from farming in 1970, they stayed on and watched in fascination as the community of Harlan and the Harlan High School grew around their homestead. Nov. 30, 2001, Frieda died at Elm Crest Retirement Community at age 93 years, two months and 22 days. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Hansen; daughter, Mary Ann; granddaughter, Debra Lynn Garrity; brothers and sisters, Walter, William, Louise, Maria, Frederick, Herman and Edna; daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Hansen; and son-in-law, Frank Rusk. She is survived by her daughter, Lorene (Lorrie) Zimmerman of Omaha, NE, and her son, Richard Hansen of Ankeny; six grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren; nieces and nephews and other relatives. Funeral Services were held Dec. 5, 2001, at the United Methodist Church in Harlan, with Rev. Paul Wilcox officiating. Burial was in the Shelby Cemetery with LeAnn Burdick, Lorrie Thompson, Sherri Webb, Connie Esker, Rick Hansen and Cindy Hansen casket bearers. Pauley Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. * should be W. submitted by Marthann Kohl [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GROSS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zk.2ADI/768 Message Board Post: Seeking any info on this family-\ --found in 1880 census index for Jewell, KS (Montana?Twp?) GROSS, Lafyette, age 44, born PA (Father PA, Mother PA) Occupation Farmer GROSS, Roxa A., Wife, age 41, Born IL (Father VA, Mother KY) GROSS, Anna, Dau, age 11, Born IL GROSS, Minnie, Dau, age 9, born IL GROSS, Frank, Son, age 7, born IA GROSS, Marcus, son, age 4, born KS GROSS, Rosa, Dau, age 2 born KS Lafayette Gross was in the Civil War, a Calvary Unit, probably mustered in Pennsylvania. (Possibly in Lycoming County?). Lafayette had these known siblings: --brother Ed (Edward? Edmond? Edwin?) , a drummer in a Civil War unit, probably PA -- sister Priscilla (Percilla, Persilla)...who married Isaac BIXLER in PA -- ?sister ? Ella. (or, she may have been the mother of these children?) I've been seeking info on this family for 3 years, and only last week on a visit to Salt Lake I found this one census entry. If anyone can help with more info on this elusive family, please email <[email protected]> Many thanks in advance! Luann

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HANSEN; BOETTGER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/767 Message Board Post: obit from Harlan, IA Newspaper Roy Hansen, 91 July 8, 1903 - June 12, 1995 Harlan - Roy Peter Hansen, son of Emil and Bertha (Sperby) Hansen was born July 8, 1903 on a farm west of Harlan. At the age of three years, he moved with his family to a farm northeast of Shelby and when he was nine years old to a farm in Cass Township. He attended school at Tennant. Sept. 8, 1926 he married Frieda Boettger at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan. After their marriage, they made their home with his parents for few months before moving to a farm owned by her parents. They became the parents of three children. In the spring of 1933 the family moved to a farm near Tennant. In 1948 they moved to the farm they purchased from Chris M. Christenseb west of Harlan. They retired from farming in 1970, but continued to reside on the farm as Harlan and the Community High School grew around them. He died June 12, 1995 at Myrtue Memorial Hospital at age 91 years, 11 months and four days. He was a past member of the Tennant Methodist Church and was presently a member of the First United Methodist Church in Harlan. They were privileged to have celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary last Sept. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ann, a granddaughter, Debra Lynn Garrity, a brother-in-law*, Frank Rusk and a brother, Dr. Arthur Hansen. Surviving is his wife, Frieda Hansen of Harlan, a son, Richard (Elizabeth) Hansen of Ankeny; a daughter, Lorene "Lorrie" (Willard) Zimmerman of Omaha; six grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren; a sister, Mable Poole of Harlan and a brother, Russell Hansen of Shelby; nieces and nephews and other relatives. Funeral services were held June 15, 1995 at First United Methodist Church in Harlan with Rev. Paul Wilcox officiating. Burial was in the Shelby Cemetery with Larry Meylor, Deane Blakely, Edward G. John and Anker C. Rasmussen honorary casket bearers. Casket bearers were Bob Book, Charles E. Hayes, Mike Cain, Vic Morgan, Sheldon Howerter and David Peters. Pauley Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. *son-in-law submitted by Marthann Kohl [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Letner, Phillips, How, Addison, Gibbons, Harris, La Piner/LaPine, Nelsen, Bell Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/766 Message Board Post: Avoca Journal Hearld, Avoca, IA Thursday Feb 2, 1933 Henry Arthur Letner, son of William & Urania Adams Letner, was born at Blakesburg, Wapello county, Iowa, January 3, 1853, and passed away at his home here in Avoca, Sunday evening, January 29, 1933, at the age of 80 years and 26 days. On September 11, 1873, at Vermillion, South Dakota, he was united in marriage to Eunice Phillips and about 5 years later moved to the vicinity of Oakland and Avoca, celebrating their golden wedding anniversary here in 1923. Mr. Letner had followed the occupation of farming until 1899 when he became associated with Lou Wilson in the livery stable business at Avoca. For the last 15 years or so he has been inactive. In March of 1931 Mrs. Letner passed away, and although Mr. Letner was deeply interested in his children, the passing of his life's companion left a great void which could not be filled. During the past few weeks he seemingly grew weaker, yet suffering from no particular illness. Friday he was confined to his bed and Saturday lapsed into a state of coma from which he did not awaken, but slipped quietly away Sunday evening at 9:30. He is survived by his children: Mrs. Fanny How of Avoca; Mrs. Nellie Addison of Oakland; Mrs. Edna Gibbons of Avoca; Ray Letner of Sioux Falls; Mrs Pearl Harris of Missouri Valley; Floyd Letner of Oklahoma City; Mrs Florence La Piner of Omaha; Mrs. Eunice Nelsen of Avoca; and Mrs Urania Bell of Avoca; a son Guy died in 1899. There are twenty-two grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren who together with other relatives and friends mourn his passing. Funeral services took place from his late home in Avoca, Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, with Rev. C. A. Nelson, of the English Lutheran church officiating. The songs, "Nearer My God To Thee," and "Just As I Am," which were sung at Mrs. Letner's funeral almost two years ago, were sung again by Mrs. C. A. Nelson and Miss Agnes Hansen. Internment at Graceland, cemetery, Avoca. Respectfully submitted for other researchers. Am looking for a connection of Henry to an Otis Fremont Letner that lived in Council Bluffs, to see if possibly they were brothers. Thanks Craig/[email protected]/[email protected]

I've been posting all of the 1915 biographies from the Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, onto the USGenWeb page for Shelby County. You can find them there at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iashelby/1915bio/1915.htm I had not yet added this one, so here it is. I hope it is helpful: Page 1193-95. JOHN CARL HEESE. It is the progressive, wide-awake men of affairs who make the real history of a community, and their influence as potential factors of the body politic is difficult to estimate. The examples of such men furnish of patient urpose and steadfast integrity, strongly illustrate what is in the power of each to accomplish. No higher class of citizens are to be found in this county than those who have come here from Germany, for without exception, they have been men of high character and good business ability. They are found in every line of activity and wherever they locate they soon make an impression upon the community as men of sterling worth. One of the leading German residents of this county is John C. HEESE, a prosperous lumber and coal dealer of Earling. He is the son of John and Anna (DREXELIUS) HEESE, and was born April 15, 1858, in Westphalia, Germany. His father was a farmer in his native land and gave him a farm of sixty-five acres upon his marriage. He continued to farm until 1876 when he disposed of his farm and came to this country with his family and settled upon a farm of one hundred sixty acres in Westphalia township, Shelby County, Iowa. He added to his land holdings from time to time until, at the time of his death, he owned two hundred twenty acres in this county. He retired from active work in 1882 and moved to Earling, where he resided until his death, February 14, 1899, at the age of seventy-eight. His wife was born June 1825 and died in Earling, September 26, 1894. John and Anna HEESE were the parents of four children: Henry, who married Amelia KUHL; Peter, who married Bertha SASSE; Bertha, the wife of Emil ZIMMERMAN; John C., whose career is here briefly set forth. John Carl HEESE attended school in his native land and after leaving school was apprenticed to a carpenter in order to learn the trade. He continued to follow that trade until he came with his parents to America, but when his father located upon a farm in Shelby County, he assisted on the home farm. He remained with his father until 1880, when he resumed the carpenter's trade, following it until 1886, when he opened a lumber and coal yard at Earling, a business which he has since followed with marked success. He now has one of the largest and most complete lumber yards in the county and has built up a trade which extends for many miles in every direction. He is a man of keen business ability, and because he has followed strict rules of honesty in all his dealings with his customers. In addition to his business interests in Earling, he owns five hundred forty four acres in this county and one hundred sixty acres in Colorado. Mr. HEESE was married November 26, 1885, to Mary E. GOLOBITH, the daughter of John and Rosina (NIPP) GOLOBITH. Her father was born in Austria, her mother in Switzerland, and they were married in Dubuque, Iowa. Mrs. HEESE is one of seven children, the other six being Rosa, Mary Elizabeth, Katherine, Theresa, John and Annie. Mr. GOLOBITH was a farmer all his life, dying in 1894, his widow now living with her daughter, Mrs. HEESE. To Mr. and Mrs. HEESE have been born eleven children: Mary Rosa, Anna Margaret, Cecelia Rosalia, Matilda Theresa, Magdalena K., Joseph, Albert, Emil, Cornelia Bertha, Alphonso John, and Marcus Valerious. Mary Rosa is the wife of Joseph A. LANGFELD and has two children, Beneta and Coletta. Anna Margaret married Matthew SCHOMERS. Cecelia Rosalie is the wife of A. N. FINKEN and has two sons, Sylvester and Austin. Matilda Theresa married John S. FINKEN. All the remainder of the children are single and living with their parents. The Democratic party has claimed the support of Mr. HEESE although he is not a blind partisan in any sense of the word. He is a farm believer in good government and votes for the men whom he thinks will give the citizens the best service in public office. He and his family are zealous members of the Catholic Church and are deeply interested in its welfare. Mr. HEESE is a member of the Knights of Columbus, a secret society for men of Catholic faith. He has tried to live a consistent and praiseworthy life and that he has succeeded is indicated by the high esteem in which he is held by his fellow citizens throughout the county. (end) Regards, Mona Sarratt Knight County Coordinator IAGenExchange - Pottawattamie County http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ia&county=pottawattamie Providing free genealogy information to the world. Help keep genealogy free! Join the GenExchange http://www.genexchange.org/volunteering.cfm

There is a biography for John Heese who married a GOLOBITH daughter in Shelby County; the bio is found in the Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, pub. 1915. If you want the biography, just let me know. Mona Sarratt Knight County Coordinator IAGenExchange - Pottawattamie County http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ia&county=pottawattamie Providing free genealogy information to the world. Help keep genealogy free! Join the GenExchange http://www.genexchange.org/volunteering.cfm

Everyone, I am very interested in gathering family information on the subject family lines who resided in Earling and Manilla Iowa. Some of the information I have is: John Golobith and Rosina Nepp were married in Dubuque. Rose (nee Golobith) Dresen (1884-1968) is the daughter of Matt and Mary (nee Pinder) Golobith and also list John Francis Golobith (1879-1957) as a child of Mathew and Mary. John Golobith (1833-1894) and of Rosina (nee Nepp) Golobith (1833-1915). Mathias T. Gollobit (1886-1941) and his wife Emma (nee Schnuettgen) Gollobit (1899-1979). If anyone has information about these family lines, please contact me! Thanks! Ó¿Õ¬ John Schulte [email protected] http://www.usfamily.net/web/jrschulte/ ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $8.99/mo! ------

I am looking for birth and death dates of Kie Petersen married to Ina G. Kemp, b. 1905 in Iowa. Kie 'may' have been born 1 Oct 1900, son of T. P. and Martha Petersen. I think Kie may have died before 1932, but have no clue where he is buried. Ina was the daughter of Laurence H. Kemp and Susan Belle Swinehart. Susan may have married a 'Long' after the death of Laurence in 1904. Both Laurence and Susan are buried in the Harlan, Iowa, cemetery. I would really appreciate any info on this family. Jan Camery Pientok (Researching: Camery, Brodersen, Hoogensen, Newby, and Philson in Shelby County)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/111.1.1 Message Board Post: Are you still looking for information on the Derichsweiler family? Two weeks ago I found out that one of my husbands ancestors was Anna Maria Derichsweiler who was married to Peter Schiefer in 1780 in Dormagen. Her son married in Butzheim/Nettesheim. Anstel is only 4 miles away from Butzheim. Can I help you finding dates, when I am searching again in the archives? Regards from Germany Petra

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ANDERSON; PETERSON; FUHS Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/765 Message Board Post: Helen Anderson, 85 Dec. 24, 1915 - Nov. 10, 2001 OMAHA - Helen M. Anderson was born Dec. 24, 1915; to Andrew and Anna (Fuchs) Peterson at Portsmouth. She attended school in Portsmouth. She married Lake N. Anderson. She taught at St. Mary's Catholic School in Panama for a number of years. The family moved to Omaha where she taught for Omaha Public Schools at Mars Junior High for many years. She was a member of St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha. Lake died Nov. 27, a981. She died Nov. 10, 2001, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, at age 85 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lake, and her son, Eugene U. Anderson. She is survived by her sons, Gary (Jeanne) Anderson of Omaha and Robert Anderson of Lincoln, NE; her daughter, Patricia Hannon of Lincoln, NE; seven grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; her brother, Ben (Joan) Peterson of Ormond Beach, FL; sisters-in-law, Bonnie Peterson of Harlan and Mona Peterson of Harlan, and other relatives. Funeral services were held Nov. 14, 2001, at St. Cecilia Cathedral. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery in Omaha. Casket bearers were Gary Anderson, John Anderson, Rob Anderson, Kris Anderson, Phil Vos and Lizbeth Puckett. Heafy-Heafy-Hoffman-Dworak-Cutler Westcenter Chapel in charge of arrangements. submitted by Marthann Kohl [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FUHS; KRAMER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/764 Message Board Post: Harlan, IA Tribune Aug. 13, 1996 William Fuhs, 69 July 16, 1926 - July 10, 1996 PORTSMOUTH - William Jacob Fuhs, son of John and Kunigunda (Foxhoven) Fuhs, was born July 16, 1926 on a farm near Portsmouth on the Harrison/Shelby County line. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended country school near Portsmouth. After school, he helped on the family farm. May 4, 1953, he married Dolores Kramer at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Defiance. They became the parents of twelve children. After their marriage, they farmed on the Fuhs home place northwest of Portsmouth until retiring from farming in 1982. He then worked for a short time at Leinen, Inc. and G & R Feed & Grain at Portsmouth and Boyer Valley Rendering in Denison. He retired in July of 1988, and has continued to reside on the family farm since that time. He had served as a little league baseball coach at one time and also softball as well as umpiring little league games. He was a life long member of St. Mary's Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth and the Knights of Columbus, Earling Council # 1741. He died July 10, 1996 at Myrtue Memorial Hospital just six days before his 70th birthday. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Sandra, June 26, 1960. Survivors include his wife, Dolores Fuhs of Panama; his children, John (Linda) Fuhs of Co. Bluffs; Janet (Joseph) Kohles of Ralston, NE; Randall Fuhs; Daniel (Janis) Fuhs all of Portsmouth; Carol (Eugene) Bissen and Richard Fuhs abd his friend, Karla Moeller, all of Earling; Eugene Fuhs of Portsmouth; Donald (Dianne) Fuhs of Underwood; Cheryl Fuhs of Palm Beach, FL; Joan (Joseph) Gubbels of Panama; and Jill Fuhs and her fiance, Brian Holloway of Tennant; 13 grandchildren; his sisters and brothers, Bernadine (Mark) Kenkel of Manilla; Mildred (Don) Goeser of Co. Bluffs; Mary (Mark) Kramer of Earling; Rita (Ed) Schaben of Panama; Robert (Marge) Fuhs of Sacramento, CA; Patricia (Gerry) Smith of Saratoga, CA and Joe Fuhs of Omaha; nieces, nephews and other relatives. A Mass of Christian Burial was concelebrated July 13, 1996 at St. Mary's Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth with Rev. Paul Bianchi celebrant and Msgr. Michael W. Schwarte concelebrant. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery in Portsmouth with John Fuhs, Randall Fuhs, Daniel Fuhs, Eugene Fuhs, Richard Fuhs, and Donald Fuhs honary casket bearers. Casket bearers were J.D. Fuhs, Roger Kenkel, Jeff Kohles, Dave Kramer, Jake Fuhs, Ken Friesen, Randy E. Miller and Myron Schaben. Pauley Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.