Eikenberg, Martha F.^[1]

1910 - 2002  (91 years)

• Name	Eikenberg, Martha F.
  Born	26 Jul 1910	Agra, KS.
  Christened	9 Oct 1910	Pleasant Green Evangelical Lutheran Church; Kensington, KS.
  Gender	Female
  Confirmation	15 May 1927	St. Luke's Lutheran Church; Burdett, CO.
  Died	12 Jan 2002	Saint Francis, KS.
  Person ID	I2900	Wuerdemann Family
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Eikenberg, Louis,   b. UNKNOWN, ? ,   d. UNKNOWN, ?
  Mother	Swantusch, Alvina J.,   b. UNKNOWN, ? ,   d. 1945, ?
  Married	UNKNOWN	?
  Family ID	F1744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lueschen, Arthur,   b. UNKNOWN, ? ,   d. 29 Jul 1995, ?
  Married	17 Mar 1930	York, NE.
  Children	1. Lueschen, Phyllis,   b. UNKNOWN, ?   2. Lueschen, Shirley,   b. UNKNOWN, ?   3. Lueschen, Paul,   b. UNKNOWN, ?   4. Lueschen, Beverly,   b. UNKNOWN, ?
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2017
  Family ID	F1745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  _P_CCINFO 2-14330 From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD, January 30, 2002- MARTHA LUESCHEN Martha F. (Eikenberg) was born July 26, 1910, in Agra, Kansas (Phillips County) to AIvina J. (Swantusch) and Louis Eikenberg. Martha was born the ninth child in a family of ten children. She was baptized October 9, 1910, at Pleasant Green Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kensington, Kansas; a church that her father helped build.  Martha lived in Phillips County until the age of five when she, her parents, and younger sister, Emma Peter moved to Colorado. They lived on a farm north of Otis, Colorado, where Martha attended rural schools until the ninth grade. She was confirmed on May 15, 1927, at Saint Luke's Lutheran Church located in Burdett, Colorado.  After her formal education, she was employed by surrounding farmers to do the cooking, housekeeping, and caring for the children. It was at this time that she met Arthur Lueschen. They were married in York, Nebraska, on March 17, 1930, and lived in Nebraska until the birth of their second child. In 1936, they moved back to Otis. While living there, her widowed mother, Alvina Eikenberg, came to live with them. AIvina lived with Martha, Arthur, and family until her death in 1945.  Martha and Arthur moved with their family in 1947 to Saint Francis, Kansas. Here they lived for the remainder of their lives. Martha joined Zion Lutheran Church in Saint Francis. Zion Lutheran Church and Trinity Lutheran Church later joined together to form the present Peace Lutheran Church.  Special enjoyments in her life included her family and family activities, quilting with the ladies at the church, attending church meetings, and visiting with many friends and neighbors .  Martha died on January 12, 2002, in the Good Samaritan Village of Saint Francis at the age of 91. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur (her husband for 65 years), two brothers, seven sisters, and numerous sisters and brothers-in-law and other relatives.  Survivors include her children; Phyllis Hook and husband Bill of Saint Francis; Shirley Purvis and husband Darrel of Hays, Kansas; Paul Lueschen and wife Jeneen of Norton, Kansas; Beverly Crane and husband Don of Hugoton, Kansas; Also surviving are twelve grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and many other family members and friends . [ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD, January 30, 2002- MARTHA LUESCHEN Martha F. (Eikenberg) was born July 26, 1910, in Agra, Kansas (Phillips County) to AIvina J. (Swantusch) and Louis Eikenberg. Martha was born the ninth child in a family of ten children. She was baptized October 9, 1910, at Pleasant Green Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kensington, Kansas; a church that her father helped build.  Martha lived in Phillips County until the age of five when she, her parents, and younger sister, Emma Peter moved to Colorado. They lived on a farm north of Otis, Colorado, where Martha attended rural schools until the ninth grade. She was confirmed on May 15, 1927, at Saint Luke's Lutheran Church located in Burdett, Colorado.  After her formal education, she was employed by surrounding farmers to do the cooking, housekeeping, and caring for the children. It was at this time that she met Arthur Lueschen. They were married in York, Nebraska, on March 17, 1930, and lived in Nebraska until the birth of their second child. In 1936, they moved back to Otis. While living there, her widowed mother, Alvina Eikenberg, came to live with them. AIvina lived with Martha, Arthur, and family until her death in 1945.  Martha and Arthur moved with their family in 1947 to Saint Francis, Kansas. Here they lived for the remainder of their lives. Martha joined Zion Lutheran Church in Saint Francis. Zion Lutheran Church and Trinity Lutheran Church later joined together to form the present Peace Lutheran Church.  Special enjoyments in her life included her family and family activities, quilting with the ladies at the church, attending church meetings, and visiting with many friends and neighbors .  Martha died on January 12, 2002, in the Good Samaritan Village of Saint Francis at the age of 91. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur (her husband for 65 years), two brothers, seven sisters, and numerous sisters and brothers-in-law and other relatives.  Survivors include her children; Phyllis Hook and husband Bill of Saint Francis; Shirley Purvis and husband Darrel of Hays, Kansas; Paul Lueschen and wife Jeneen of Norton, Kansas; Beverly Crane and husband Don of Hugoton, Kansas; Also surviving are twelve grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and many other family members and friends .

  
  

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