Individual Details
Gesina Helene "Lena" Hayen
(28 Apr 1892 - 10 Nov 1966)
Events
| Birth | 28 Apr 1892 | Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 Dec 1911 | Jones, Iowa, United States - Wilhelm Tobias "William" Rieken | | ||
| Death | 10 Nov 1966 | Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Alt name | Gesena Hayen |
Families
| Spouse | Wilhelm Tobias "William" Rieken (1890 - 1975) |
| Father | Johann Heinrich "John Henry" Hayen (1851 - 1936) |
| Mother | Gesche Katharina "Kate" Harms (1851 - 1923) |
| Sibling | Johann Henrich "John" Hayen (1878 - 1968) |
| Sibling | Engel Margaretha "Meta" Hayen (1881 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Gretke Elise "Lizzie" Hayen (1884 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Maria Johanna "Mary" Hayen (1886 - 1960) |
| Sibling | Anke Almine "Alma" Hayen (1888 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Herman Heinrich "Henry" Hayen (1890 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Catherine Engeline Hayen (1898 - 1957) |
Notes
Death
MONTICELLO EXPRESS...PAGE 15....NOVEMBER 17, 1966MRS. W.T. RIEKEN....MONTICELLO
Funeral services were held for Mrs. W.T. Rieken Monday afternoon, Nov. 14, at Wayne Zion Lutheran church with the Rev. Luther Wachholz officiating. Burial was at the Wayne Zion cemetery.
She died Thursday, Nov. 10, at John McDonald hospital, Monticello, of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Gesena Helen Rieken was born April 28, 1892, in Wayne township, Monticello, the daughter of John Henry and Katherine Harms Hayen. She was educated in the Jones county schools. On Dec. 12, 1911 she married William T. Rieken of Monticello. They farmed near Monticello until moving to Monticello in March of 1958.
She was a member of the Wayne Zion Lutheran church.
Survivors include her husband, a son, Lawrence Rieken of Monticello; two daughters, Mrs. George (Evelyn) H. Harms of Monticello, and Mrs. Dale (Dorothy) Marshall of Rolling Meadows, Ill.
Also eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; two brothers, John and H.H. Hayen of Monticello, and two sisters, Mrs. Rudolph Tobiassen of Monticello and Mrs. Meta Hedden of Perry.
She was preceded in death by her parents and three sisters.
Pallbearers were Henry Hayden, Elmer Rickels, Robert Farmer, Allen Siebels, Clarence Dirks and William Himebaugh.
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: 229.
2. "William T. Rieken," obituary, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 20 February 1975; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 10 May 2013), Newspaper Digital Archives.