Benton County Guide, February 9, 1967 Mrs. M. A. Steffens Funeral Rites Mrs. Margaret Alice Steffens, widow of the late Claus Henry Steffens of Cole Camp, passed away at the Golden Age Nursing Home in Stover at 12:30 Monday afternoon, February 6, at the age of 85 years, 5 months and 16 days. Mrs. Steffens suffered a stroke on December 4 and entered the Bothwell hospital in Sedalia for treatment. On January 13, she was transferred to the Golden Age Nursing Home in Stover in the Fox ambulance. Funeral services were held at 1:15 Wednesday afternoon, February 8 at the Fox Funeral Chapel, Cole Camp and at 2 o'clock at the Mt. Hulda Lutheran Church south of Cole Camp with the Rev. William Schultz, officiating. The church choir sang "Nearer My God To Thee" and the congregation sang "Abide With Me." Pallbearers were: Ray Dean Brauer, Albert Kreisel, Dwight Beeson, Harry Lee Kreisel, Duane Snow and Ray Roark. Interment was in the Mt. Hulda Lutheran Cemetery. Margaret Alice Steffens, nee Koeller, was born three miles east of Cole Camp on August 20, 1881, daughter of the late John and Dorothy Gardner Koeller. She was baptized in infancy and confirmed in the Monsees Lutheran Church on May 17, 1896. On May 5, 1912 she was united in marriage to Claus Henry Steffens. The couple resided on farms in the Cole Camp community and since 1942 on a farm 12 miles south of Cole Camp. Mr. Steffens preceded her in death on September 21, 1961. Five children were born to this union. Survivors include two sons, Fred Steffens, Cole Camp and Elmer Steffens of the home; two daughters, Miss Irene Steffens of the home and Dora, Mrs. Lee Payton of Cole Camp; 17 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, one sister, Dora, Mrs. Ernest Kohrs, Cole Camp and three brothers, Charles Koeller, Cole Camp, Louis Koeller, Sedalia and Theodore Koeller, Little Rock, Arkansas. One daughter, Anna Katherine, Mrs. Oscar Kreisel, preceded her in death on August 7, 1964. Two sisters and three brothers also preceded her in death. rwbrauer@iland.net