Individual Details
Hilka Margareta Cassens
(23 Sep 1884 - 6 Mar 1969)
Events
| Birth | 23 Sep 1884 | Germany | |||
| Marriage | 27 Jan 1901 | Jones, Iowa, United States - John Diederich Luerkens | |||
| Death | 6 Mar 1969 | Owatonna, Steele, Minnesota, United States |  | ||
| Burial | Wayne Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Jones, Iowa, United States |
Families
| Spouse | John Diederich Luerkens (1872 - 1932) |
| Child | Maria Gerhardine "Mary" Lürkens (1905 - 1988) |
| Child | Etta J Luerken (1909 - 1980) |
Notes
Death
THE ONTICELLO EXPRESS, MONTICELLO, IOWA, MARCH 13, 1969, PAGE 15MRS. DIETRICH LURKENS
MONTICELLO - A prayer service for Mrs. Dietrich(Hilka Margaret) Lurkens, 84, of Owatonna, Minn, was held at 10 a.m. Mar. 10 at Goettsch funeral home. Interment was in Wayne Zion cemetery south of Monticello. The Rev. Harvey O. Gilbertson officiated. Funeral services were held Saturday morning at Redeemer Lutheran church in Owatonna, Minn.
Mrs. Lurkens died suddenly Mar. 6 at her home. She was born Sept. 23, 1884 at North Dunum, Germany, the daughter of Gerhardt and Marie Buscher Cassens. She received her early education in schools in Germany.
She came to the United States when 16 years of age and settled in Jones county. She was married to Dietrich Lurkens Jan. 27, 1901. They lived on a farm in Jones county until 1918 when they moved to Owatonna.
She is survived by five sons, Henry of Kenyon, Minn., John of Anamosa, Fred of Claremont, Minn., Carl of Omaha, Nebr. and William of Owatonna; four daughters, Mrs. Henry (Tena) Johnson of Albert Lea, Minn., Mrs. Carl H. (Mary) Harms, Mrs. Herman (Etta) Harms and Mrs. Dena Wilkens, all of Monticello.
Also 25 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren; one brother, Henry Cassens of Long Beach, Calif, and four sisters, Mrs. William Campany of Owatonna, Minn., Mrs. Mathilda Richardson of Greenville, Pa., Mrs. Anna Petersen of Monticello and Mrs. Emma Parkas of Dundas, Minn.
Casketbearers were Raymond Poppe, Ralph Lurkens, Adrian Wilken, Willis Harms, Donald Kaiser and Leon Wilken.