Individual Details
Johanna Eliza "Lizzie" Rickels
(4 Dec 1893 - 29 Nov 1987)
Events
Birth | 4 Dec 1893 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
Marriage | 10 Dec 1913 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Oscar Albert Ambuehl | |||
Death | 29 Nov 1987 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States |
Families
Spouse | Oscar Albert Ambuehl (1894 - 1962) |
Father | Gerd Rickels (1855 - 1927) |
Mother | Taalke M Folke Katherina Sophia "Katrina" Tobiassen (1851 - 1930) |
Sibling | Heinrich "Henry" Rickels (1876 - 1919) |
Sibling | Richard Gerhard Rickels (1879 - 1961) |
Sibling | Gesine Maria Rickels (1880 - 1922) |
Sibling | Katherina Sophie "Katie" Rickels (1882 - 1954) |
Sibling | Johann Hermann "John" Rickels (1885 - 1975) |
Sibling | Anna Engeline "Lena" Rickels (1888 - 1920) |
Sibling | Christine Margaretha "Mattie" Rickels (1891 - 1967) |
Sibling | William Rickels (1896 - 1971) |
Notes
Death
Johanna (Rickels) Ambuehl4 December 1893 - 29 November 1987
Funeral services for Johanna (Lizzie) Ambuehl, 93, of Monticello were to have held today, Wednesday, at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Monticello with the Rev. Robert E. Slade officiating. Burial was to be in the church cemetery.
She died Sunday at the Senior Home in Monticello following an extended illness.
She was born Dec. 4. 1893 in Wayne Township, the daughter of Gerd and Talke Katherine Tobiason Rickels. She received her education in the rural schools of Wayne Township.
On Dec. 10, 1913 she married Oscar Ambuehl and the couple farmed for several years. They later moved to Monticello where they operated Oscar's Inn. She also worked at the Button Factory and did housework.
Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Laura Ambuehl of Monticello; a granddaughter, Joanne Schenck of Monticello; two great-grandchildren ; and three great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a son, a daughter, one grandson, four brothers and four sisters.
Goettsch Funeral Home in Monticello was in charge of arrangements.
Submitted by: Lloyd Raeg
Endnotes
1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > IOWA > JONES > WAYNE TWP Series: T623 Roll: 440 Page: 228.
2. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 26 May 2013), Gerd Rickels in entry for Oscar Albert Ambuehl and Johanna Eliza Rickels, 1913..