Individual Details
Engel Fechtman
(7 Mar 1899 - 22 Nov 1987)
Events
| Birth | 7 Mar 1899 | Iowa, United States | |||
| Marriage | 14 Sep 1921 | Henry John Zimmerman | |||
| Death | 22 Nov 1987 | Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States |  |
Families
| Spouse | Henry John Zimmerman (1892 - 1963) |
| Father | Harm J Ricklef Fechtmann (1866 - 1958) |
| Mother | Jobka Johanna Dirks (1870 - 1942) |
| Sibling | John Clarence Fechtman (1896 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Clara Christine Fechtman (1902 - 2000) |
| Sibling | Mary Margaret Fechtmann (1903 - 1994) |
Notes
Death
THE ANAMOSA JOURNAL EUREKA...NOVEMBER 25, 1987...PAGE 3ENGEL ZIMMERMAN
Engel Zimmerman, 88, of Anamosa died the evening of No. 22, 1987, at the Anamosa Care Center.
Engel Fechtman was born March 17, 1899, in Wayne Township, Jones County; the daughter of Harm and Jabke Johanna Dirks Fechtman. She received her education in the Jones County schools and married John Henry Zimmerman Sept. 14, 1921, at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church.
The couple farmed for 25 years in Cass Township and moved to Anamosa in 1946. Mr. Zimmerman died in 1963.
Mrs. Zimmerman was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lyle (Marie) Russell and Mrs. Johnnie (Clara) Pegorick, both of Anamosa; two sisters, Clara Moore of Cedar Rapids and Mary Poppe of Anamosa; three grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a brother and a grandson.
Services for Engel Zimmerman are being held at 1:30 p.m., Nov. 25, at St. Paul Lutheran Church with the Rev. David Hagstrom officiating. Burial is in Wayne Zion cemetery, rural Monticello.
Casket bearers are Gerald Doyle, Darwin Hardensen, Ed Renken, Dean Edwards, Art Marek and James Krause Jr.