Individual Details
Irma Pauline Balster
(31 Oct 1923 - Apr 1924)
Events
| Birth | 31 Oct 1923 | Jones, Iowa, United States |  |  | |
| Death | Apr 1924 | Jones, Iowa, United States | | |
Families
| Father | Lorenz Friedrich Balster (1882 - 1949) |
| Mother | Anna Catharina Heiken (1884 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Margaretta Eloise Balster (1910 - ) |
| Sibling | George Heinrich Balster (1912 - 2003) |
| Sibling | Marion Heiken Balster (1913 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Frieda Ruth Balster (1915 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Hilda Caroline Balster (1920 - 2016) |
| Sibling | Irma Arline Balster (1923 - 1986) |
Notes
Birth
She was the twin of Arlene, but did not live very long. only six months.Death
Castle Grove, April 16.Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Balster have been called upon to mourn the death of one of their little twin daughters. The little one passed on to the better land at 11 o'clock Saturday night after a brief illness. Ima Pauline Balster was born October 31, 1923, and was therefore only 5 months and 12 days old. The funeral, which was largely attended, was held on Tuesday afternoon, from the Lutheran church and was conducted by Rev. Scherf. The grief stricken parents have the sympathy of the entire community in their hour of affliction. The baby is survived by her twin sister, Irma Arline, her parents, and three sisters and two brothers.
Endnotes
1. Ramona (Heiken) Mayer, compiler, Heiken and related families (Iowa:, bet 1985 and 1992).
2. Ramona (Heiken) Mayer, compiler, Heiken and related families (Iowa:, bet 1985 and 1992).
3. "Correspondence, Castle Grove," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 17 April 1924; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 28 January 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.