Individual Details
Gerd Henry Ortgies
(24 Oct 1877 - 26 Feb 1969)
Events
| Birth | 24 Oct 1877 | Neunde, Germany | |||
| Marriage | 23 Jan 1913 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Freida Lena Kray |  | ||
| Death | 26 Feb 1969 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States |  |
Families
| Spouse | Freida Lena Kray (1894 - 1948) |
| Father | Lubbe Ortgies (1848 - 1928) |
| Mother | Talka Meta "Mary G" Eilers (1853 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Anna Helen Ortgies (1882 - 1963) |
| Sibling | Emil Ortgies (1884 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Meta Katherine Ortgies (1887 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Augusta B Ortgies (1890 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Minnie Margareta Ortgies (1892 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Louis H Ortgies (1895 - 1945) |
Notes
Death
THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS...MARCH 6, 1969....PAGE 13G. HENRY ORTGIES
MONTICELLO — Funeral services for Gerd Henry Ortgies, 91,were held Saturday afternoon at SS Peter and Paul Lutheran church. Interment was in Prairie Hill cemetery. Mr. Ortgies died at John McDonald hospital Wednesday, Feb. 26, after a brief illness. He was born Oct. 24, 1877, at Neunde, Germany, the son of Lubbe and Meta Eilers Ortgies. He received
his early education in Germany. The Ortgies family moved to Davenport in 1892 and two years later moved to the Monticello area.
He married Freda Kray Jan. 23 1913, at the Castle Grove Lutheran church. She preceded him in death Dec. 4, 1948.
He was also preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and two brothers. Survivors include two sons, William
of Monticello and Alvin of Anamosa; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Meta K. Ulferts and Mrs. Herman (Augusta) Schafer, both of Anamosa.
Casketbearers were Emil Ulferts,Louis Ulferts, Ernest Schafer, Elmer Hanken, Alfred Conmen and Herman Ortgies.
Endnotes
1. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 26 April 2014), Henry Ortgies and Freeda Krag, 23 Jan 1913.