Individual Details
Gretke Margaretha "Maggie" Siebels
(26 Sep 1874 - 27 Apr 1965)
Events
| Birth | 26 Sep 1874 | Germany | |||
| Immigration | 1884 | ||||
| Marriage | 28 Dec 1892 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Henry Moenk |  |  | |
| Census (family) | 1900 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Henry Moenk | | ||
| Census (family) | 1920 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Henry Moenk | | ||
| Marriage | 7 Feb 1947 | Jones, Iowa, United States - Herman Dietrich Ricklefs | |||
| Death | 27 Apr 1965 | Jones, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Henry Moenk (1863 - 1945) |
| Child | Mary Elizabeth Moenk (1893 - 1968) |
| Child | Anna Margaretha Moenk (1895 - 1902) |
| Child | Henry Lewis Moenk (1896 - 1977) |
| Child | Menno John "Menns" Moenk (1898 - 1937) |
| Child | Gesine "Sena" Moenk (1899 - 1998) |
| Child | Edith Moenk (1901 - 1980) |
| Child | August Heinrich Monk (1902 - 1995) |
| Child | John Gerritt Moenk (1904 - 2003) |
| Child | Anna Margaretha Moenk (1906 - 1988) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Wilhelmina Monk (1913 - 2008) |
| Child | Conrad Wilhelm Moenk (1915 - 1973) |
| Spouse | Herman Dietrich Ricklefs (1867 - 1958) |
| Father | Menno Lubben Siebels (1843 - 1920) |
| Mother | Johanna Maria Bohlken (1852 - 1926) |
| Sibling | Carl W Siebels ( - ) |
| Sibling | Mary K Siebels (1881 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Ida L Siebels (1883 - 1961) |
Notes
Marriage
Nov 9, 1892 in the SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church bookCensus (family)
Head Henry Monck M 37 Germany Germany Germany, Nov 1863, married 7 yrs (1893), immigrated 1886, FarmerWife Graetra Monck F 25 Germany Germany Germany, Sep 1875, M-7 yrs, immigrated 1884, 5 children born & living
Daughter Mary Monck F 7 Iowa, Oct 1893
Daughter Anna M Monck F 5 Iowa, May 1895
Son Henry L Monck M 4 Iowa, May 1896
Son Monno Monck M 3 Iowa, Jul 1897
Daughter Gazena Monck F 1 Iowa, Dec 1899
Census (family)
Head Henry Monk M 55 GermanyWife Maggie Monk F 46 Germany
Son Henry Monk M 22 Iowa
Son Manno Monk M 21 Iowa
Daughter Gena Monk F 20 Iowa
Daughter Ida Monk F 18 Iowa
Son August Monk M 17 Iowa
Son John Monk M 15 Iowa
Daughter Anna Monk F 15 Iowa
Son George Monk M 10 Iowa
Daughter Gusta Monk F 8 Iowa
Daughter Wilhime Monk F 7 Iowa
Son Conard Monk M 4 Iowa
Death
THE ANAMOSA JOURNAL ....MAY 5, 1965....PAGE 2SERVICES HELD FOR MONTICELLO WOMAN FRIDAY, APRIL 30
Mrs. Maggie Monk Ricklefs, 90,died early Tuesday morning, April 27,at her home, 419 N. Maple St., Monticello.
Funeral services were held Friday, April 30,at 1:30 p.m. at Wayne Zion Lutheran church, Monticello. Rev. Luther Wachholz conducted the service. Interment was in the Wayne Zion cemetery Monticello.
Pallbearers included Leonard Monk, August Monk, Donald Monk, Roger Soper, Raymond Rickels and Richard Monk.
She was born September 25, 1874, daughter of Menno and Marie Bohlken Siebels, Shortens, Ost Fries Land, Germany. She came to the United States in 1885. On December 20, 1892, she was united in marriage to Henry Monk, Monticello. After death in 1945, she was married to Herman D. Ricklefs on February 7, 1947. She was a member of Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. She lived all her married life in Monticello.
Survivors include Mrs. Mamie Prull, Monticello; Mrs. Sena Rickels, Monticello; Mrs. Ida Blohm, Martelle; Mrs. Ann Brockhorn, Monticello; Mrs. Rinehart; Augusta Siebels, Monticello; Mrs. Clifford Soper, Anamosa; August Monk, Anamosa; John Monk, Monticello; Conrad Monk, Langworthy; Henry Monk, Wyoming; George Monk, Hanford, Calif.; 36 grand children; 56 great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by son, Menno; daughter, Ann; two sisters, her husbands, Henry in 11945 and Herman in 1958.
Endnotes
1. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 17 December 2017), M Siebils in entry for Henry Moenk and Genke Maggie Siebils, 28 Dec 1892, Castle Grove, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing reference item 1, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,255,529..