Individual Details

Death

THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS...PAGE 4.....AUGUST 19, 1954
MRS. K. COLLMANN DIED MONDAY; RITES WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Katherine Collmann passed away at her home near Prairieburg early Monday morning. She was the widow of the late William Collmann.
Born Katherine Sophia Helgens near Monticello, October 3, 1879, she was the daughter of Harm and Anna Tobiasen Helgens. She attended the rural schools in Wayne township and was married Feb. 22, 1900 to William Collmann of Monticello. They made their home on a farm near Monticello and in Northwestern Minnesota and farmed. They lately moved to their present home near Prairieburg. She was preceded in death in 1946 by her husband and one son, Rudolph.
Survivors include five sons: Arvill, Prairieburg, Clarence of LeMars; Harry, Eagle Lake, Minn; Vernon, Arlington, Minn and Fred of Delhi. She is also survived by her step-mother, Mrs. Grace Helgens; two brothers, George and Rhinehard Helgens, all of Monticello, and a sister, Mrs. Meta Zimmerman, also of Monticello. Three half brothers also survive: Herman, Ed and Louis Helgens, all of Monticello.
Services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the SS Peter and Paul Lutheran church is Castle Grove with the Rev. Paul Kenyon, Pastor, officiating. Burial was made at Oakwood cemetery with Goettsch funeral home in charge of arrangements.