Individual Details
Martha M Rickels
(19 Jul 1901 - 25 Jan 1987)
Events
| Birth | 19 Jul 1901 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Death | 25 Jan 1987 | Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States |  |
Families
| Father | Herman Rickels (1869 - 1961) |
| Mother | Wiemke Lena Marie Folkers (1871 - 1906) |
| Sibling | Harm Johann Rickels (1893 - ) |
| Sibling | George E Rickels (1895 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Marie Rickels (1898 - 1969) |
Notes
Death
MIDLAND TIMES….JANUARY 30, 1987…..PAGE 1MARTHA WEBER
Funeral services for Martha Weber, 85, of Stone City, were held Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1987, 1:30 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Wyoming.
The Rev. Gegory Hanneman officiated. Burial was in Wayne Zion Cemetery near Monticello. Pallbearers were Norman Hinrichs, Rex. C. Rickels, Henry Rickels, Ray Freese, Harvey Hinrichs and Herman Rickels.
Mrs. Weber died Sunday, Jan. 25, at the Anamosa Care Center.
She was born near Monticello on July 19, 1901, the daughter of Herman and Lena Rickels. She was raised and educated in Wayne Township, Jones County.
On Sept 12, 1923, she married Gerd Doden. Two children were born to this union. He was killed in a train accident in 1938.
She lived most of her adult life in the Stone City area. She married Carl Weber on Aug. 31, 1945. Carl died in 1984, and she spent the last three years at the care center.
Endnotes
1. "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950," index, FamilySearch , (https://familysearch.org: accessed 9 July 2014), Herman Rickels in entry for Martha M. Rickels, ; citing Wayne Tp., Jones County, Iowa.