Individual Details
Virginia Lavina Tuel
(16 Feb 1884 - 16 Nov 1962)
Events
| Birth | 16 Feb 1884 | Oxford Junction, Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 11 Dec 1901 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Eilers | | ||
| Census (family) | 1925 | Lovell Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Eilers |  | | |
| Census (family) | 22 Apr 1930 | Lovell Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Eilers | | | |
| Census (family) | 1940 | Lovell Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Eilers | | ||
| Death | 16 Nov 1962 | John McDonald Hospital, Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Burial | Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Eilers (1880 - 1947) |
| Child | Mabel Agnes Eilers (1902 - 1979) |
| Child | Edna Kathryn Eilers (1904 - 1990) |
| Child | Harold Edward Eilers (1907 - 1990) |
| Child | Virginia Maria Eilers (1910 - 1912) |
| Child | Renk Earl Eilers (1911 - 1978) |
| Child | Margaret Arvilla Eilers (1912 - 2006) |
| Child | Mary Anna Eilers (1915 - 1915) |
| Child | Vernon Eugene Eilers (1916 - 1980) |
| Child | Elnora Eilers (1917 - 1917) |
| Father | Benjamin Rupert "Reuben" Tuel (1857 - 1934) |
| Mother | Catherine Ann "Kate" Bobleter (1857 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Joseph Benjamin Tuel (1880 - 1952) |
| Sibling | Francis Tuel (1882 - ) |
| Sibling | Martha E "Mattie" Tuel (1886 - ) |
| Sibling | Gertrude C Tuel (1891 - ) |
| Sibling | Arvilla I Tuel (1897 - ) |
Notes
Census (family)
6 EILERS BENJAMIN F 44 IA H EILERS, RENK GER HARMS, MARIA GER IA7 EILERS VIRGINIA 40 IA W TUEL, BENJAMIN R 67 IA BABLETTER, KATHRINEH IA IA
8 EILERS EDNA 20 IA D IA
9 EILERS HAROLD 17 IA S IA
10 EILERS RENK 13 IA S IA
11 EILERS MARGARET 12 IA D IA
12 EILERS VERNON 8 IA S IA
12 RITTINER LOYAL 4 IA GS RITTINER, OTTO H 29 IA EILERS, MABEL 22 IA IA
13 RITTINER LOYAL 4 IA RITTINER, OTTO H 29 IA EILERS, MABEL 22 IA IA
Census (family)
108, 114, Eilers, Edward & Anna109, 115 Eilers, Ben F, Head, Rent, MW 49, married at 21 yrs, IA, Ger, Ger, farmer,
general farm
Virginia, wife, FW, 45, married at 17 yrs, IA, IA, IA, none
Renk E, son, MW, 18, single, IA, IA, IA, farm laborer
Margaret, daughter, FW, 17, single, attended school, IA, IA, IA, none
Vernon, son, MW, 13, single, attended school, IA, IA, IA, none
Rittmer, Loyal, grandson, MW, 8, single, attended school, IA, IA, IA, none
Census (family)
152, rent $5Head Benjamin T Eiler M 59 Iowa, 8th grade, Farmer Farm OA, 52 wks $0
Wife Virginia Eiler F 56 Iowa, 8th grade
Residence in 1935: Rural, Jones, Iowa
Death
VIRGINIA TUEL EILERSMONTICELLO—Mrs. Ben (Virginia) Eilers, died at John McDonald hospital Nov. 16 following a heart attack. She had been a patient there for 22 days.
Funeral services were held Monday at 9:30 a.m. from Sacred Heart church in Monticello with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. E, P, Lorenz in charge. Burial was made at Oakwood cemetery.
Virginia Tuel was born Feb. 16, 1884 in Center Jet., the daughter of Reuben and Katherine Bobleter Tuel. She was educated in that area and spent her entire life in Jones county. On Dec. 11, 1901, she was married to Ben Eilers of Monticello and they farmed in this vicinity. Mr. Eilers died Oct. 28, 1947. Since then she has lived in Monticello.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Harry (Mabel) Hoag of Monticello; Mrs. Dewey (Edna) Rhatigan of Clarence; Mrs. L. R (Margaret) Hoag of Monticello; three sons, Harold and Renk, both of Monticello, and Vernon of Gladstone, Ill., and 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Francis X. Bahl, Dubuque, and Mrs. Arvilla Derflinger of Long Beach, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three daughters, two brothers and two sisters.
Pallbearers included Loyal Hoag, Jack Rhatigan, Phillip Tuetken, Earl Eilers, Larry Eilers and Edwin Eilers.
Burial
401 Virginia (Tuel) Eilers 1884 1962 Ben Eilers, husbandEndnotes
1. 1910 Federal Census, USA, Iowa, Jones Co. (read July 2000 by Nancy Prouty).
2. 1895 Iowa State Census. Castle Grove Township PAGES 44-67 + 931 Monticello Township PAGES 463-490 Monticello City PAGES 494-515, PAGES 516-537 Scotch Grove PAGES 753-776 (transcribed by Joanne Wilken http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajones/census/census.htm 2002).
3. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.
4. "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950," index, FamilySearch , (https://familysearch.org: accessed 18 July 2014), Benj. Reuben Tuel in entry for Virginia Tuel, ; citing Center Junction, Jones County, Iowa.
5. 1910 Federal Census, USA, Iowa, Jones Co. (read July 2000 by Nancy Prouty).
6. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 22 March 2014), Benjamin Eilers and Virginia L Harms, 11 Dec 1901.
7. Iowa State Census, Jones Co. - 1925 (US GenWeb Joanne Wilken Jones Co. Lookup Sun, 6 Feb 2000).
8. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1930 > Iowa Series: T626 Roll: 662 Page: 152.
9. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.
10. "VIRGINIA TUEL EILERS," obituary, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 22 November 1962; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 12 March 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
11. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.