Individual Details
Sophia Mathilde Zimmerman
(18 Mar 1908 - 11 Apr 1993)
Events
| Birth | 18 Mar 1908 | Cass Township, Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1944 | Wayne Rosencrans | |||
| Marriage | 16 Sep 1954 | Fred Stoffers | | ||
| Death | 11 Apr 1993 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States |  | |
Families
| Spouse | Fred Stoffers (1906 - 1980) |
| Spouse | Wayne Rosencrans ( - ) |
| Father | Rohlf "Ralph" Zimmerman (1866 - 1935) |
| Mother | Gesche Margaretha "Maggie Grace" Brockens (1872 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Henry John Zimmerman (1892 - 1963) |
| Sibling | William Zimmerman (1893 - 1953) |
| Sibling | Anna Catherina Zimmerman (1895 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Johanna H. (Margaret) "Hannah" Zimmerman (1897 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Emma Maria Zimmerman (1900 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Henrietta Gesine Zimmerman (1902 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Frederick Gerhard Zimmerman (1905 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Rudolph E Zimmerman (1911 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Louis Reinhard Zimmerman (1913 - 1980) |
Notes
Death
Sophia StoffersFuneral services for Sophia Stoffers, 85 were held Tuesday, April 13 at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. The Rev. Robert Hannemann officiated at the services. Burial was held in the Wayne Cemetery.
Sophia M. Stoffers of Monticello died Sunday, April 11, at her home of a sudden illness.
Sophia Mathilda Zimmerman was born March 18, 1908 in Cass Township, Jones County, the daughter of Ralph and Margaret Brokens Zimmerman. She attended the Cass Township schools. She worked at the Reliance Shirt Factory for 20 years and was a homemaker. She married Fred Stoffers on September 16, 1954. He preceded her in death on May 15,1980.
Survivors include a son, Wayne Rosencrans and wife Shirley of Anamosa; three grand children, Michele, Mike, and Marcy and two great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, five brother and four sisters. Casket bearers were David Zimmerman Don Zimmerman, Jerry Jensen, Garre Moenk, Richard Lubben and Lyle Russell. The Goettsch Funeral Home of Anamosa was in charge of arrangements.
Endnotes
1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1910 > IOWA > JONES > CASS TWP Series: T624 Roll: 409 Page: 3.
2. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p 45.
3. "Sophia Stoffers," obituary, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 14 April 1993; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 25 February 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
4. "Sophia Stoffers," obituary, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 14 April 1993; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 25 February 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.