Elfreida Wiebener

Type Value
Name Elfreida Wiebener
Born 1881-01-12 Durant, Cedar County, Iowa
Gender F
Died 1959-06-19 Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa
Buried Durant Cemetery, Durant, Muscatine County, Iowa
Type Value
Father John Wiebner
Mother Anna
Type Value
Family Gustav August Horstmann b. (1868-07-14, Lowden, Cedar County, Iowa) d. (1944-10-09, Wheatland, Clinton County, Iowa)
Married 1933-09-27
Children
Type Value
Family Ernst Edward Diedrich b. (1876) d. (1929)
Children 1 Robert Diedrich b. (1904) d. (1963)
2 Diedrich

Notes

Mrs. Elfrieda Dietrich Horstmann, 78, passed away at 6:45 a.m. Friday, June 19 [1959]. at a hospital at Mt. Pleasant after a lingering illness.

She was born in Durant Jan. 12, 1881, the daughter of Anna and John Wiebner [Wiebener]. She attended the Durant schools, and was married to Ernst Diedrich on March 6, 1901, and moved to Lost Nation in 1909. The family moved to Wheatland in 1917, where they farmed for a number of years. Mr. Diedrich died June 25, 1929, and on Sept. 27, 1933, she was married to Gus Horstmann, who preceded her in death on Oct. 9, 1944.

Mrs. Horstmann was a member of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ and of the Ladies Aid; also a member of the Wheatland Legion Auxiliary, the Eastern Star, and Past Matrons Club.

She is survived by a son, Robert Diedrich of Davenport; a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Ona) Patterson; two stepsons, Walter Horstmann of Toronto and Leonard Horstmann of Calamus; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Louis Wulf of Lost Nation; a sister, Mrs. Adele Stutzer of Davenport; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Others preceding her in death were two brothers, a sister, and a stepson.

Funeral services were held on Monday at 1:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, with Rev. Harold Koenig officiating. Burial was made in the Durant cemetery.

Deane Boom sang with Miss Wilma Riedesel at the pipe organ.

Pallbearers were Emil Endorf, Charles Cramer, ward Bright, Lester Riedesel, Ludwig Kiahn, and Alfred Rowold.

Flowers were in charge of Mrs. William Siegmund and Mrs. Emil Endorf. (Wheatland Gazette, Wheatland, IA, June 24, 1959)

Birth: Jan. 12, 1881 Durant Cedar County Iowa, USA Death: Jun. 19, 1959 Mount Pleasant Henry County Iowa, USA

Mrs. Elfrieda Dietrich Horstmann, 78, passed away at 6:45 a.m. Friday, June 19 [1959]. at a hospital at Mt. Pleasant after a lingering illness.

She was born in Durant Jan. 12, 1881, the daughter of Anna and John Wiebner [Wiebener]. She attended the Durant schools, and was married to Ernst Diedrich on March 6, 1901, and moved to Lost Nation in 1909. The family moved to Wheatland in 1917, where they farmed for a number of years. Mr. Diedrich died June 25, 1929, and on Sept. 27, 1933, she was married to Gus Horstmann, who preceded her in death on Oct. 9, 1944.

Mrs. Horstmann was a member of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ and of the Ladies Aid; also a member of the Wheatland Legion Auxiliary, the Eastern Star, and Past Matrons Club.

She is survived by a son, Robert Diedrich of Davenport; a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Ona) Patterson; two stepsons, Walter Horstmann of Toronto and Leonard Horstmann of Calamus; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Louis Wulf of Lost Nation; a sister, Mrs. Adele Stutzer of Davenport; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Others preceding her in death were two brothers, a sister, and a stepson.

Funeral services were held on Monday at 1:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, with Rev. Harold Koenig officiating. Burial was made in the Durant cemetery.

Deane Boom sang with Miss Wilma Riedesel at the pipe organ.

Pallbearers were Emil Endorf, Charles Cramer, ward Bright, Lester Riedesel, Ludwig Kiahn, and Alfred Rowold.

Flowers were in charge of Mrs. William Siegmund and Mrs. Emil Endorf. (Wheatland Gazette, Wheatland, IA, June 24, 1959)

Family links: Parents: John Ehler Wiebener (1852 - 1924) Anna Diedrich Wiebener (1861 - 1927)

Spouses: Ernst Edward Diedrich (1876 - 1929) Gustav O Horstmann (1868 - 1944)

Children: Robert E Diedrich (1904 - 1963)*

Siblings: William Wiebener (1880 - 1880)* Elfrieda Wiebener Diedrich Horstmann (1881 - 1959) Matie Wiebener Stoterau (1883 - 1956)* Arnold Henry Wiebener (1884 - 1931)* Adele W. Wiebener Stutzer (1887 - 1964)* Harry Clarence Wiebener (1893 - 1947)*

*Calculated relationship

Note: Married 1st husband, Ernst in 1901; 2nd husband, Gustav in1930 or later.

Burial: Durant Cemetery Durant Muscatine County Iowa, USA Plot: Range 9 Lot 12 Grave 9