Individual Details

Louise Johanna Eiben

(8 Jul 1917 - 10 Sep 2012)

Events

Birth8 Jul 1917Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States
Baptism12 Aug 1917SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church, Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States
Marriage8 Jan 1937SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church, Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Herman Paul Egger
Residence (family)1940Hopkington, Delaware, Iowa, United States - Herman Paul Egger
Census (family)1940Cascade Township, Dubuque, Iowa, United States - Herman Paul Egger
Census (family)1950Cascade Township, Dubuque, Iowa, United States - Herman Paul Egger
Death10 Sep 2012Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States

Families

SpouseHerman Paul Egger (1909 - 2000)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherEibo Frederick Eiben (1872 - 1951)
MotherJohanna Gesine "Elsie / Zenia" Fehners (1881 - 1967)
SiblingFenna Christine "Fannie" Eiben (1900 - 1935)
SiblingJohann Friederick "John" Eiben (1901 - 1971)
SiblingGerhard Wilhelm "Garrett" Eiben (1903 - 1977)
SiblingBenhard Edward "Ben" Eiben (1905 - 1999)
SiblingMaria Helene "Mary" Eiben (1908 - 1996)
SiblingAugusta Henriette "Gusty" Eiben (1911 - 2007)
SiblingEmma Mathilda Eiben (1913 - 2006)
SiblingCarl Heinrich Eiben (1921 - 2006)

Notes

Birth

(July 11, 1917)
Mr. and Mrs. Eibo Eiben have a new baby girl,

Census (family)

Head Herman Egger M 30 Iowa
Wife Louise Egger F 22 Iowa
Daughter Arlene Ann Egger F 1 Iowa
Daughter Marlene Mae Egger F 1 Iowa
Hired man Joseph Clement M 19 Iowa

Census (family)

Egger, Herman, Head, WM, 40, Married, IA, worked 55 hours last week, Farmer
Egger, Louise, Wife, WF, 32, Married, IA
Egger, Arlene, daughter, WF, 11, IA
Egger, Marlene, daughter, WF, 11, IA
Egger, Phyllis, daughter, WF, 6, IA
Egger, Rose, Daughter, WF, 2, IA
Eiren, John, hired hand, WM, 48, never married, IA, worked 48 hrs last week, Farm hand

Death

BIOGRAPHY

Louise Johanna Egger died peacefully September 10, 2012 at the Monticello Nursing and Rehab Center.

Services will be held 10:30 o’clock Friday morning, September 14, 2012 at the United Church of Monticello, with burial in the Oakwood Cemetery. Rev. Edwin Moreano will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 until 7 Thursday, September 13, 2012 at the funeral home. Thoughts, memories, and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.

Louise Eiben was born July 8, 1917 to Eibo F. and Johanna Gesine (Fehners) Eiben of Castle Grove Township, west of Monticello. She was baptized and confirmed at S.S. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church. Her early education was in a one-roon school near her home. She graduated from Monticello High School in 1935. In 1937 she married Herman Egger from rural Hopkinton. They lived on the family farm and raised 5 daughters: Marlene (Alan) Meeker, Marion; Arlene (Richard) Hanssen and Phyllis (Don) Tapken of Monticello; Rose (Dennis) Killinger of Tampa FL; and Joyce (Scott) Hornstein of Huxley, IA.

Louise is preceded in death by her husband Herman on September 26, 2000; an infant daughter Jean Lois, all of her eight Eiben siblings, and a nephew and niece.

To cherish her memory are her five daughters, 6 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family.

Endnotes

1. US Population Census - Iowa, Jones Co., 1920 (read Dec 17, 2001 by Nancy Prouty).

2. SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church Centennial Book. 100th Anniversary 1879-1979. (Monticello, Iowa: Church Committee. 1979.), p. 36.

3. "Correspondence. Castle Grove," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 12 July 1917; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 7 March 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.

4. SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church Centennial Book. 100th Anniversary 1879-1979. (Monticello, Iowa: Church Committee. 1979.), p. 36.

5. Ramona (Heiken) Mayer, compiler, Heiken and related families (Iowa:, bet 1985 and 1992).

6. SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church Centennial Book. 100th Anniversary 1879-1979. (Monticello, Iowa: Church Committee. 1979.), p 44.