Individual Details
Adolph Eggers
(19 May 1880 - 3 Oct 1940)
Events
| Birth | 19 May 1880 | Germany | |||
| Marriage | 25 Feb 1916 | Lena Margaretha Schoon | |||
| Death | 3 Oct 1940 | Amber, Jones, Iowa, United States |  |
Families
| Spouse | Lena Margaretha Schoon (1895 - 1933) |
Notes
Death
MONTICELLO EXPRESS....PAGE 1....OCTOBER 10, 19401,500 Persons Attend Funeral Of Victims of Automobile Accident
An estimated 1,500 persons attended the funeral services of Adolph Eggers, 51, and Albert Harms, 34, both of Amber, in Wayne Zion Lutheran church Sunday and Monday afternoons. Rev. F.H. Kchren officiated at both services.
Both met death in an automobile accident one and a quarter miles west of Amber early Thursday evening. The bodies were interred in Zion Cemetery.
ADOLPH EGGERS
Adolph Eggers was born May 10, 1880, at Accum, Jeveland, North Germany. He was the son of Dietrich Eggers and Marie (Athen) Eggers.
At the age of 24 he came to the United States and made his home with his cousin, A.G. Bohlken, in May 1913. On Feb 25, 1916 he was married to Miss Lena Schoon of Amber. Mrs. Eggers died July 18, 1933.
Mr. Eggers is survived by five children: Mrs. John Gray (Mary) of Center Junction, twin daughters, Irene and Lorene, Louis and Harold, at home; one sister, Alma, in Germany.
Pallbearers were Alva Gerdes, George Siebels, Herman Englebart, Noble Parks, E.E. Willms and Harlan Rickerstaff