Individual Details
Elise Maria "Lizzie" Toenjes
(7 Mar 1892 - 2 Aug 1974)
Events
Families
Spouse | Edward Heinrich Herren (1887 - 1955) |
Father | Herman August Toenjes (1856 - 1938) |
Mother | Anke Margaretha "Margaret" Zimmerman (1859 - 1941) |
Sibling | Johann Christoph "John" Toenjes (1877 - 1962) |
Sibling | Anna Elisabeth Toenjes (1878 - 1965) |
Sibling | Arend Gerhard Toenjes (1880 - 1926) |
Sibling | Augusta Maria Friederike "Gusta" Toenjes (1882 - ) |
Sibling | Juliane Engeline "Julia" Toenjes (1884 - 1969) |
Sibling | Gertrude Johanna "Hannah" Toenjes (1886 - 1916) |
Sibling | George Dietrich Toenjes (1889 - 1938) |
Sibling | Clara M Toenjes (1896 - ) |
Sibling | Lorene Katharina "Laura" Toenjes (1899 - 1967) |
Notes
Census (family)
6 HERREN EDWARD W 37 IA H HERREN, D B 70 GER HERREN, ENGEL GER IA7 HERREN ELIZA M 32 IA W TOENJES, H A 68 GER TOENJES, MARGARET 63 IL IA
8 HERREN ELDA E 12 IA D IA
9 HERREN HELEN M 10 IA D IA
10 HERREN BERNIECE E 8 IA D IA
11 HERREN DOROTHY M 5 IA D IA
12 HERREN DWANE E 1 IA S IA
Death
ANAMOSA JOURNAL, ANAMOSA, IOWA, AUGUST 6, 1974, PAGE 4LIZZIE HERREN OF ANAMOSA DIES AUG 2
Lizzie Herren, 82, widow of Edward H. Herren, died at the Anamosa Care Center Friday night, Aug. 2,1974, after a lingering illness.
Born Lizzie Elise Marie Toenjes March 7, 1892, in Wayne township, Jones county, she was the daughter of August and Margaret Zimmerman
Toenjes. She attended the area schools and on Nov. 22,1911, she was united in marriage to Edward H. Herren. The couple farmed in Wayne township for a short time later moving to east of Anamosa where they farmed for 35 years. Mr. Herren preceded her in death Aug. 28, 1955.
Mrs. Herren is survived by five children, Mrs. Roy (Elda) Chamberlain of Manchester, Mrs. Lee (Helen) Mohr of Monticello, Bernice Herren,
Mrs. Donald (Dorothy) Wood and Duane Herren all of Anamosa.
She is also survived by seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Ed (Clara) Meister of Denver, Colo. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by an infant son, parents, five brothers and six sisters. Funeral services were held at the St. Paul Lutheran church Monday, Aug. 5, at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Marvin P. Mueller and the Rev. Paul Feuerhak officiating. Interment was in Riverside cemetery in Anamosa.
Casket bearers were Dan Herren, Dennis Darnell, Jeff Behnken, Ron Behnken, Richard Behnken and Jon Behnken.
Endnotes
1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census.
2. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 22 December 2013), Behrend Herren in entry for Edward H Herren and Eliza Mary Toenjes, 1911.
3. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p 86.
4. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.