Individual Details
Lorene Katharina "Laura" Toenjes
(17 Jun 1899 - 12 Sep 1967)
Events
Families
Spouse | George Janssen Siebels (1895 - 1971) |
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 | Elise Maria "Lizzie" Toenjes (1892 - 1974) |
Sibling | Clara M Toenjes (1896 - ) |
Notes
Census (family)
111 SIEBELS GEO 29 IA H SIEBELS, GARRET 75 GER RIEKEN, ANNA 62 GER IA112 SIEBELS LAURA 25 IA W TOENJES, AUGUST 68 GER ZIMMERMAN, MARGRET 65 IL IA
113 SIEBELS WANDA 1 IA D IA
Death
SOURCE: THE ANAMOSA EUREKA...SEPT 14,1967...PAGE 5MRS. G. SIEBELS OF AMBER VICINITY DIED ON SEPT 12
AMBER...Mrs. George Siebels, 68, Amber, died Tuesday, Sept 12, at John McDonald hospital, Monticello, after being hospitalized for two weeks.
Funeral services will be held Friday, Sept.15, at 1:30 p.m., at Wayne Zion Lutheran church. Rev. Luther Wachholz will conduct the services. Burial will be in Wayne cemetery.
Life Outlined
She was born Laura Toenjes, June 17, 1899, daughter of August Toenjes and Margaret Zimmerman Toenjes, Wayne township. She was married Feb. 22, 1922, to George J. Siebels at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. She had lived her married life in the Amber area where they operated a grocery store until 1965.
She was a member of Wayne Zion church, American Legion auxiliary, and Mount Moriah chapter, Order of Eastern Star.
Survivors Listed
Survivors include her husband, George; one son, John, Amber; two daughters; Wanda, Mrs. Lowell Ahrendsen, Rochester, NY; and Shirley, Mrs. Arthur Handel, Shreveport, LA.
Other survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Edward Herren and Mrs. August Folkers, both of Anamosa; Mr. Edward Meister, Denver, Colo.; and Miss Julia Toenjes, Monticello; and six grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers and three sisters.
Endnotes
1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census.
2. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.