Individual Details

Death

THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS…..APRIL 29, 1971….PAGE 15
MRS. ELISE M. HARMS
MONTICELLO…..Funeral services for Mrs. Elise Margaret Harms, 77, were held April 28, at 1:30 p.m. at St. Matthew Lutheran church.
Burial was in Oakwood cemetery. The Rev. Harold L. Naig officiated.
Mrs. Harms died Sunday at John McDonald hospital after a brief illness. She was born near Monticello April 16, 1894 the daughter of August and Berdina Westphalan Schlemmer.
She was married March 14, 1912 to Garriet Harms. The couple lived in this area for a short time before moving to Minnesota where they farmed until 1936. They returned to the Monticello community at that time.
Mrs. Harms had lived in Monticello for the past eight years. Mr. Harms died Nov. 13, 1966.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Henry (Catherine) Folkers of Scotch Grove, Mrs. Leo (Laura) Ambuehl, Mrs. Nicholas (Iona) Kremer and Mrs. LaVern (Elaine) Buol, all of Monticello; 33 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter.
Also two sisters, Mrs. Anna Behrends, Oxford Jct. and Mrs. Matilda Thomsen, Wyoming; five half-sisters, Mrs. Martha Switzer of Monticello, Mrs. Harry (Lillian) Dorcas of Lisbon, Mrs. Gilbert (Elsie) Robinson of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Gerald (Malinda) Nyberg of Toronto, Mrs. Walter (Esther) Kolbach of San Francisco, Calif.; three half-brothers, Carl Schlemmer of Davenport, William Schlemmer of Maquoketa and Otto Schlemmer of Central City.
Casket bearers were Carl Wolken, John Janssen, Jr.; Harm Bunting, William Wolken, Edward Janssen and John Bunting.