Individual Details
Johann Hermann "John" Rickels
(17 Jul 1885 - 29 Sep 1975)
Events
| Birth | 17 Jul 1885 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 10 Apr 1913 | Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Wilhelmine Elise "Minnie" Collman | | ||
| Census (family) | 1925 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Wilhelmine Elise "Minnie" Collman |  | | |
| Census (family) | 1940 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Wilhelmine Elise "Minnie" Collman | | ||
| Death | 29 Sep 1975 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Wilhelmine Elise "Minnie" Collman (1889 - 1965) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Donald Rickels (1917 - 1980) |
| Father | Gerd Rickels (1855 - 1927) |
| Mother | Taalke M Folke Katherina Sophia "Katrina" Tobiassen (1851 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Heinrich "Henry" Rickels (1876 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Richard Gerhard Rickels (1879 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Gesine Maria Rickels (1880 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Katherina Sophie "Katie" Rickels (1882 - 1954) |
| Sibling | Anna Engeline "Lena" Rickels (1888 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Christine Margaretha "Mattie" Rickels (1891 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Johanna Eliza "Lizzie" Rickels (1893 - 1987) |
| Sibling | William Rickels (1896 - 1971) |
Notes
Census (family)
141 RICKELS JOHN H 39 IA H RICKELS, GERD 70 GER TOBIASSEN, CATHRINE 74 GER IA142 RICKELS MINNIE 35 IA W COLLMAN, DICK 76 GER HELGANS, ANNA 75 GER IA
143 RICKELS RUTH 9 IA D IA
144 RICKELS DONALD 7 IA S IA
Census (family)
Head J H Rickels M 54 IowaWife Minnie Rickels F 50 Iowa
Son Donald Rickels M 22 Iowa
Hired girl Bernice Harms F 19 Iowa
Hired man Irvin Bohlken M 27 Iowa
Death
THE MONTICELLO (IOWA) EXPRESS, OCTOBER 2, 1975, PAGE A-16JOHN H RICKELS
MONTICELLO - The funeral of John H. Rickels, 90, will be held this morning
(Thursday) at 11 o'clock at St. Matthew Lutheran church with interment in
Oakwood
cemetery.
Mr. Rickels, a life-long resident of the Monticello community, died Monday
evening, Sept. 29, at the Senior Home where he had been a resident. He was born
in Wayne township July 17,1885, son of Gerd and Talke Katherina Tobiason
Rickels. He received his early education in the rural schools of Wayne township.
On April 10, 1913, he married Minnie F. Collman in Wayne Zion Lutheran church.
The couple
farmed in Wayne township until moving to Monticello in 1942. He is survived by
a son, Donald W. Rickels, Monticello; six grandchildren, eight great
grandchildren
and a sister, Mrs. Oscar (Lizzie) Ambuehl, Monticello.
His wife, Minnie, died Dec. 30, 1965. Also preceding him in death were a
daughter in 1948, a grandson, three brothers and four sisters.
Casket bearers will be Robert Clark, Leo Ambuehl, L. C. Stambaugh, Clifford
Helgens, Erwin Poppe and Merle Leytem.
Obit provided by Sharon Lindbloom
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 86.
3. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 26 May 2013), Gerd Rickels in entry for John H Rickels and Wilhelmine Glise Collmann, 1913..
4. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.