Individual Details

Birth

twin with Anna Katherine

Marriage

Monticello (Iowa) Express, December 13, 1917.
The Marriage of Twin Sisters.
The marriage of Misses Hannah and Anna Gerdes, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Ricklef Gerdes occurred last Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church in Wayne township. The former was united in marriage to Fred Oltmanns, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Oltmanns, of Sterling, Illinois, and the latter was united in marriage to Grant Eilers, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eilers. The wedding ceremonies were performed by Rev. W. H. L. Schuetz, the pastor St. John's church and Mrs. Henry Jacobs played the wedding march. Messrs. Henry and August Gerdes acted as ushers.
Mr. and Mrs. Oltmanns will make their home on a farm near Sterling, Illinois. Mrs. Oltmanns has lived in and near Monticello the most of her life. She is a charming young woman with many exceptionally good traits of character Mr. Oltmanns is almost a stranger to Monticello people, but comes well recommended. He is to be congratulated upon his choice of a wife, and in the same degree is Mr. Eilers to be also congratulated.
Mr. and Mrs. Eilers will make their home in Monticello for the present. They expect to rent a farm next March where they will make their future home. Both Mr. and Mrs. Eilers have lived the most of their lives on farms and therefore know what requirements are necessary for success in that line of endeavor. Mrs. Eilers is a young woman of cheerful disposition, with the same good traits of her sister. She will do her full share toward making a happy home for her husband.
All these young people have many good friends who are glad to wish them well in this important venture in life. They are from good families, and will found homes that will be an honor to themselves and th neighborhoods where they may reside.