Individual Details

Birth

American church record has birth 22 Dec 1869

Death

MRS. A. SCHEER DIED IN WAYNE TWP. HOME
HER FUNERAL WAS HELD AT ZION'S CHURCH BY RV. J.WILLMS LAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Mrs. Adam Scheer passed away in Wayne township, last Thursday, following a long illness. She was bed fast last since July and was tenderly cared for by her husband and her daughter, Mrs. Rudolph Wendling.
Funeral services for Mrs. Scheer were held last Saturday from the family home to Zion's church and burial was made in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. J. Willms had charge of all the services.
The birth of Mrs. Scheer occurred in Wayne township December 22, 1870. She was therefore 67 years of age at the time of her death. Her parents were Harm and Maria Harms. She grew to young womanhood in Wayne township and attended the rural schools. She was married to Adam Scheer, September 12, 1889. Three children were born to this union. Henry of Springville, Herman of Center Point, and Edna, Mrs. Rudolph Wendling of Auburn, Neb. She is also survived by eleven grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Mary Iben of Manchester, John Harms of Anamosa, and Herman and Gerd Harms of Monticello Mrs. Scheer leaves a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn her death.
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