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Winkler, Amelia[1]

Female 1875 - 1947  (72 years)


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  • Name Winkler, Amelia 
    Born 18 Feb 1875  Muscatine, IA. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 11 May 1947  Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Leigh Cemetery; Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13875  Wuerdemann Family
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2017 

    Family Kloppel, August,   b. UNKNOWN, ? Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. UNKNOWN, ? Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 15 Aug 1895  St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church; Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Kloppel, Flossie,   b. Abt 1 Mar 1899, ? Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. UNKNOWN, ? Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2017 
    Family ID F3424  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • _P_CCINFO 2-14330
      From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD, May 16, 1947 -

      Mrs. Gus Kloppel passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Flossie Held, where she has been cared for during a lingering illness. Funeral rites were held at St. John’s Lutheran Church, with Rev. Karl Gigstad officiating. He based his text on John 14, 1-6. Two hymns, "Come Thous Diconsolate" and "Thy Will Be Done" were sung by a quartet, Mrs. Adolph Hobel, Mrs. Lambert Houfek, R.H. Olson and J.B. Jenny. Accompaniment was by Mrs. Theodore Mrstny.

      Pallbearers were five grandsons, Dennis and Robert Held, Hastings, Minnesota; Jerald Held, of Leigh; Duane and Dean Kloppel, of Johnstown; and Norman Nathan, of Humphrey, husband of a granddaughter. Flower bearers were Mrs. Herman Neuhaus, Mrs. N.F. Lowe, Mrs. Rikus Rosendahl and Mrs. Joe Herink. Burial was in the Leigh Cemetery.

      Amelia Winkler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Winkler, was born at Muscatine, Iowa, February 18, 1875, and died at Leigh, Nebraska, May 11, 1947, on Mother’s Day, at the age of 72 years, two months and 23 days.

      At the age of 13 years, she came to Colfax County, Nebraska, with her parents and they lived for many years on a farm five miles southeast of Leigh. She was confirmed in St. Paul’s Church and was joined in marriage to August Kloppel, in the same church, on August 15, 1895.

      They established their home on the old Kloppel homestead south of Leigh and five children, two sons and three daughters, were born. In 1921, they retired from the farm and moved to Leigh. Mr. Kloppel died in January, 1945. Since that time Mrs. Kloppel has made her home among her childre

      Mrs. Kloppel also leaves two brothers, Wm. Winkler, Lincoln, and George Winkler, Eagle; three sisters, Mrs. Kate Penterman, Corwith, Iowa; Mrs. Louise Kunz, Elmwood; and Mrs. Robert Reiter, Elm Creek, and a wide circle of friends. [ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW]

      From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD, May 16, 1947 -

      Mrs. Gus Kloppel passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Flossie Held, where she has been cared for during a lingering illness. Funeral rites were held at St. John’s Lutheran Church, with Rev. Karl Gigstad officiating. He based his text on John 14, 1-6. Two hymns, "Come Thous Diconsolate" and "Thy Will Be Done" were sung by a quartet, Mrs. Adolph Hobel, Mrs. Lambert Houfek, R.H. Olson and J.B. Jenny. Accompaniment was by Mrs. Theodore Mrstny.

      Pallbearers were five grandsons, Dennis and Robert Held, Hastings, Minnesota; Jerald Held, of Leigh; Duane and Dean Kloppel, of Johnstown; and Norman Nathan, of Humphrey, husband of a granddaughter. Flower bearers were Mrs. Herman Neuhaus, Mrs. N.F. Lowe, Mrs. Rikus Rosendahl and Mrs. Joe Herink. Burial was in the Leigh Cemetery.

      Amelia Winkler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Winkler, was born at Muscatine, Iowa, February 18, 1875, and died at Leigh, Nebraska, May 11, 1947, on Mother’s Day, at the age of 72 years, two months and 23 days.

      At the age of 13 years, she came to Colfax County, Nebraska, with her parents and they lived for many years on a farm five miles southeast of Leigh. She was confirmed in St. Paul’s Church and was joined in marriage to August Kloppel, in the same church, on August 15, 1895.

      They established their home on the old Kloppel homestead south of Leigh and five children, two sons and three daughters, were born. In 1921, they retired from the farm and moved to Leigh. Mr. Kloppel died in January, 1945. Since that time Mrs. Kloppel has made her home among her childre

      Mrs. Kloppel also leaves two brothers, Wm. Winkler, Lincoln, and George Winkler, Eagle; three sisters, Mrs. Kate Penterman, Corwith, Iowa; Mrs. Louise Kunz, Elmwood; and Mrs. Robert Reiter, Elm Creek, and a wide circle of friends.

  • Sources 
    1. ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW Date of Import: 3 May 2008 ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW Date of Import: 3 May 2008 ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW Date of Import: 3 May 2008.