Individual Details

Catharina Gesine "Kate" Neunaber

(13 Aug 1894 - 26 Apr 1959)

Events

Birth	13 Aug 1894	Jones, Iowa, United States
Marriage	16 Feb 1915	Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Johann "John" Heiken
Census (family)	1930	Jackson Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Johann "John" Heiken
Census (family)	1940	Jackson Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Johann "John" Heiken
Death	26 Apr 1959	Mercy Hospital, Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States
Burial		Riverside Cemetery, Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States

Families

Spouse	Johann "John" Heiken (1884 - 1961)
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	Heinrich Behrends Neunaber (1855 - 1934)
Mother	Anna Fokken Janssen (1856 - 1895)
Sibling	Helene Anna Wilhelmie "Lena" Neunaber (1886 - 1956)

Notes

Marriage

Castle Grove, February 17.
John Heiken and Miss Katie Neunaber were married, at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Henry Dirks, near Anamosa, on Tuesday. The bridegroom is a son of Mrs. A. Heiken, of this township, and is one of our successful young farmers . The bride is not so well known in this vicinity, but is spoken of in the highest terms by her acquaintances . The young couple will reside upon a farm, which the groom recently purchased, near Amber.

Census (family)

John Heiken M 45, head, married, IA Germany Germany
Kathrine Heiken F 35, wife, married IA Germany Germany
Minnie M Heiken F 14, daughter, single, IA IA IA
Lucille Heiken F 8, daughter, single, IA IA IA
Elnora Heiken F 5, daughter, single, IA IA IA
Henry B Neunaber M 74, father, widowed, Germany Germany

Census (family)

Head John Heiken M 55 Iowa, 7th grade, Operator, Farm OA 50 wks $0
Wife Kathyrine G Heiken F 41 Iowa, 7th grade
Daughter Lucille M Heiken F 18 Iowa, H3, attended school
Daughter Elnora Heiken F 15 Iowa, 8th grade, attended school

Residence in 1935: Rural, Jones, Iowa

Death

MRS. JOHN HE1KEN—Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs. John Heiken, 64, who died April 26 at Mercy Hospital, Anamosa, after an illness of several weeks. The services were held at the St. Paul Lutheran church with the Rev. James A. Siefkes officiating. Burial was in Riverside cemetery. Mrs. Heiken was born Aug. 13, 1894. She was the daughter of Henry and Anna Johnson Neunaber. She was married Feb. 16, 1915 to John Heiken in Wayne township. The couple farmed in Jones county through 1951 when they settled in Anamosa. Mrs. Heiken was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran church, the Rachel circle of St. Paul and the Sunshine club. Survivors include her husband, John; and three daughters, Minnie, Mrs. August Zimmerman of Wyoming, Lucile, Mrs. Minehart Zimmerman of Wyoming; and Elnora, Mrs. Jack Day of Anamosa. Others who survive are a sister, Mrs. E. L. Kromminga, and a brother, John Neunaber, both of Anamosa; and nine grandchildren. Mrs. Heiken was preceded In death by her parents and one sister, Mrs. Henry Dirks.

Endnotes

1. Christensen, Janet Zimmerman, 1939-, The family of Heinrich Behrends Neunaber and his wife, Anna Fokken Janssen (Brigham Young Univ. online : Bettendorf, Iowa., 1997).

2. Christensen, Janet Zimmerman, 1939-, The family of Heinrich Behrends Neunaber and his wife, Anna Fokken Janssen (Brigham Young Univ. online : Bettendorf, Iowa., 1997), p 27.

3. "Correspondence - Castle Grove," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 18 February 1915; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 27 January 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.

4. Christensen, Janet Zimmerman, 1939-, The family of Heinrich Behrends Neunaber and his wife, Anna Fokken Janssen (Brigham Young Univ. online : Bettendorf, Iowa., 1997).

5. "MRS. JOHN HE1KEN," obituary, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 4 May 1959; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 27 January 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.

6. Sharon Lindbloom, Amy Robbins-Tjaden, Gail Wenhardt, gerald olsen, "Heiken graves in Iowa," database, Find a Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 1 September 2011), .