Individual Details

Birth

Listed as Celeste Marie in 1910 census

Census (family)

Next door to her mother and siblings.
FM 3 3, Specht, George F. Head Rent, MW, 32, M, Iowa, Hanover, Hanover, Farmer
Helene Wife, FW, 33, M, Iowa, Hanover, Hanover
Max W. Son, MW, 5, Single, Iowa Iowa Iowa
Loretta M. Daughter, FW, 2 11/12 Single, Iowa Iowa Iowa

Census (family)

71 SPECHT GEORGE 37 IA H SPECHT, JOHN D GER GERDES, META 81 GER GER
72 SPECHT HELENE 38 IA W HEIKEN, ALBERT GER BEHRENDS, MARIA 68 GER IA
73 SPECHT MAX W 10 IA S IA
74 SPECHT LORETTA M 7 IA D IA

Death

Mrs. Geo. Specht Funeral Today

Funera l services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the St . Peter and Paul Lutheran church in Castle Grove for Mrs. George Specht , who died Monday evening in Mercy hospital Anamosa. Mrs. Specht had beei ill for only a week.
Rev. Paul Kenyon will have charge of services; burial will be in Prairie Hil l cemetery. Pall bearers include Lee Crain, Free Kromminga, Alva Stadtmueller, J. E. Ahlrichs , Joe Chaloupka, and Grant Filers.
Castle Grove
Mrs. Specht was born Helen Heiken, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heiken, in Castle Grove township on Sept. 1, 1886.
On July 25, 1913, she was married to George Specht. The couple farmed in Castle Grove until moving to Anamosa 13 years ago where Mr. Specht has served as county auditor. She was a member of SS Peter and Paul's church and charter member of the Wapsiketa chapter of the Izaak Walton league.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, Max, who operates the home farm, and a daughter Mrs. W. F. Shurts, Winnebago Ill . The Spechts had 10 grandchildren. Two sisters and six brother s also survive : Mrs. Henry Johnson and Anna Heiken, Monticello ; William, of Billings . Mont..; John, Fred and George, of Ana mosa; Carl of Marion, and Ben of Center Junction.

Burial

15 74 Helen M Specht 1886 1952