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SOURCE: THE ANAMOSA EUREKA…….MAY 2, 1984….PAGE 3
ANNA CASPERS
Johanna "Anna" Caspers, 85, of Anamosa, died Saturday, April 28, in Anamosa Community Hospital following a brief illness.
Services were conducted Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.in St. Paul Lutheran Church, Anamosa, by the Rev. Victor Nelson, pastor. Burial was in Prairie Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Paul Siebels, Rick Caspers, Davis Siebels, Douglas Caspers, Randy Caspers and Rusty Caspers.
Goettsch Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements
The former Johanna Elizabeth Poppe was born Nov. 29, 1898, in Cass Township, Jones County, to Henry and Ida Rose Aegerter Poppe. She was educated in county schools and later attended Lenox College, Hopkinton.
She and Peter Caspers were married in Cass Township March 26, 1919. He died in 1977.
Mrs. Caspers worked for more than 20 years at Anamosa Produce and later at a shirt factory and several cafes. When she retired in 1974 she was employed by Anamosa Community Hospital.
She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and St. Paul Church.
Survivors are four sons, Earl of Fayetteville, Ark., George and Henry of Anamosa and Carl of Clovis, NM; two daughters, Mrs. Harvey (Louise) Siebels of Monticello and Mrs. Alvin (Laura) Ortgies of Anamosa; 21 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Emil Poppe of Amber and Carl Poppe of Anamosa; and one sister, Mrs. Emma P. Kray of Monticello.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by one brother, one grandchild and her parents.