Individual Details
Christine Margaretha "Mattie" Rickels
(26 Jun 1891 - 5 Feb 1967)
Events
| Birth | 26 Jun 1891 | Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 Dec 1916 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - John Poppe | | ||
| Death | 5 Feb 1967 | Iowa, United States |  |
Families
| Spouse | John Poppe (1892 - 1975) |
| 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 | Johann Hermann "John" Rickels (1885 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Anna Engeline "Lena" Rickels (1888 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Johanna Eliza "Lizzie" Rickels (1893 - 1987) |
| Sibling | William Rickels (1896 - 1971) |
Notes
Death
THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS....FEBRUARY 9, 1967...PAGE 13MRS. JOHN POPPE
MONTICELLO—Funeral services for Mrs, John Poppe, 75, were held Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 8, at Wayne Zion Lutheran church, rural Monticello. Interment was in the Wayne Zion cemetery. The Rev. Luther Wachholz conducted the services. Mrs. Poppe died at Johnson Nursing home, Sunday evening, Feb. 5, following a long illness. Meta Rickels was born near Monticello June 26, 1891, the daughter of Gerd and Katharina Tobiason Rickels. She received her education in Jones county schools and was a member of Wayne Zion church. On Dec. 12, 1916, she married John Poppe, and they farmed in Wayne township for a number of years. For the past 27 years they had resided in Amber. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Ervin of Monticello and Eugene of Amber; one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Ambuehl of Monticello; two brothers, John and William, both of Monticello. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and two sisters.
Pallbearers were Donald Rickels, Louis Rickels, Rex Rickels, Henry Hayen, Merle Jacobsen and Leo Ambuehl.
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. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 4 January 2014), John Poffe and Christine Margaret Rickels, 1916.