Individual Details
Anna Maria "Mary" Weers
(14 May 1889 - 28 Apr 1975)
Events
| Birth | 14 May 1889 | Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 23 Feb 1911 | Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Bernhard Hinrich "Ben Henry" Bohlken | | ||
| Census (family) | 1925 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Bernhard Hinrich "Ben Henry" Bohlken |  | | |
| Death | 28 Apr 1975 | Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Bernhard Hinrich "Ben Henry" Bohlken (1887 - 1956) |
| Child | Ernest Henry Bohlken (1921 - 1944) |
| Father | Gerd "Garret" Weers (1860 - 1944) |
| Mother | Anna Katharina Harms (1860 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Teita Margaretha "Theda" Weers (1885 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Engel Margaretha Weers (1887 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Lena Catherine Weers (1892 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Heinrich Georg "Henry" Weers (1894 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Emma Johanna Weers (1897 - 1957) |
| Sibling | Gesine Elise "Lizzie" Weers (1900 - ) |
| Sibling | John Henry Weers (1902 - 1994) |
Notes
Census (family)
4 BOHLKEN B H 37 IA H BOHLKEN, G H 75 GER TOBIASEN, META 73 GER IA5 BOHLKEN ANNA 35 IA W WEERS, GERD 65 GER HARNS, ANNA 65 GER IA
6 BOHLKEN ALVINA 13 IA D IA
7 BOHLKEN ERVIN 11 IA S IA
8 BOHLKEN LEONARD 7 IA S IA
9 BOHLKEN ERNEST 3 IA S IA
Death
SOURCE: THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS….MAY 1, 1975…PAGE 15ANNA MARIE BOHLKEN
MONTICELLO….Funeral services for Anna Marie Bohlken, 85, widow of Benhard H. Bohlken, will be held Friday, May 2, at 10:30 a.m. in Wayne Zion Lutheran church with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. Harvey O. Gilbertson will officiate.
Mrs. Bohlken died Monday, April 28, at Maple Lawn Nursing home, Marion, where she had been a resident the past seven years.
She was born May 14, 1889 near Scotch Grove, daughter of Gerhard and Anna Harms Weers. She received her early education in Jones County rural schools.
On Feb. 23, 1911, she married Benhard H. Bohlken in Wayne Zion Lutheran church. The couple farmed until her husband's death June 12, 1956. She then made her home with her family.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Alvina Wilken, Anamosa and Mrs. Eileen Morgan, Cedar Rapids; a son, Leonard, Anamosa; 14 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
Also preceding her in death were two sons, Ernest in 1944 and Irvin in 1959, four sisters and one brother
Endnotes
1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > IOWA > JONES > WAYNE TWP Series: T623 Roll: 440 Page: 228.
2. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p 30.
3. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p 86.
4. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.