Individual Details

Census (family)

111 SIEBELS GEO 29 IA H SIEBELS, GARRET 75 GER RIEKEN, ANNA 62 GER IA
112 SIEBELS LAURA 25 IA W TOENJES, AUGUST 68 GER ZIMMERMAN, MARGRET 65 IL IA
113 SIEBELS WANDA 1 IA D IA

Death

SOURCE:  THE ANAMOSA EUREKA...SEPT 14,1967...PAGE 5
MRS. G. SIEBELS OF AMBER VICINITY DIED ON SEPT 12
AMBER...Mrs. George Siebels, 68, Amber, died Tuesday, Sept 12, at John McDonald hospital, Monticello, after being hospitalized for two weeks.
Funeral services will be held Friday, Sept.15, at 1:30 p.m., at Wayne Zion Lutheran church.  Rev. Luther Wachholz will conduct the services.   Burial will be in Wayne cemetery.
Life Outlined
She was born Laura Toenjes, June 17, 1899,  daughter of August Toenjes and Margaret Zimmerman Toenjes, Wayne township. She was married Feb. 22, 1922, to George J. Siebels at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. She had lived her married life in the Amber area where they operated a grocery store until 1965.
She was a member of Wayne Zion church, American Legion auxiliary, and Mount Moriah chapter, Order of Eastern Star.  
Survivors Listed
Survivors include her husband, George; one son, John, Amber; two daughters; Wanda, Mrs. Lowell Ahrendsen, Rochester, NY; and Shirley, Mrs. Arthur Handel, Shreveport, LA.
Other survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Edward Herren and Mrs. August Folkers, both of Anamosa; Mr. Edward Meister, Denver, Colo.; and Miss Julia Toenjes, Monticello; and six grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers and three sisters.