Individual Details
Wilhelmine Elise "Minnie" Collman
(30 Jul 1889 - 30 Dec 1965)
Events
Families
Spouse | Johann Hermann "John" Rickels (1885 - 1975) |
Child | Living |
Child | Donald Rickels (1917 - 1980) |
Father | Dietrich Janssen "Dirk" Collman (1849 - 1932) |
Mother | Anna J Helgens (1850 - 1929) |
Sibling | Anna Collmann (1891 - 1977) |
Notes
Census (family)
141 RICKELS JOHN H 39 IA H RICKELS, GERD 70 GER TOBIASSEN, CATHRINE 74 GER IA142 RICKELS MINNIE 35 IA W COLLMAN, DICK 76 GER HELGANS, ANNA 75 GER IA
143 RICKELS RUTH 9 IA D IA
144 RICKELS DONALD 7 IA S IA
Census (family)
Head J H Rickels M 54 IowaWife Minnie Rickels F 50 Iowa
Son Donald Rickels M 22 Iowa
Hired girl Bernice Harms F 19 Iowa
Hired man Irvin Bohlken M 27 Iowa
Death
THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS, JANUARY 6, 1966, PAGE A-4MONTICELLO - MINNIE ELISE RICKELS
Mrs. John (Minnie Elisa) Rickels died Dec. 30 at John McDonald hospital
following an illness of 12 weeks. Funeral services were held Monday at St.
Matthew Lutheran church with the Rev. Anton Kirkegaard officiating. Burial was
made at Oakwood cemetery.
Mrs. Rickels was born July 30, 1889 near Monticello, the daughter of Dietrick
and Anna Helgens Collmann.
She attended schools in Tripp, S. D. She was married to John H, Rickels April
10, 1913 at Wayne Zion Lutheran church. They farmed near Monticello until 1942
when they moved to their present home in Monticello.
She was a member of St. Matthew Lutheran church, Pythian Sisters and American
Legion Auxiliary. She was preceded in death by a daughter Ruth, her parents,
three half brothers and two half sisters.
Survivors include her husband; one son Donald W.; seven grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren, and one sister Mrs. Dick (Anna) Bohlken of Monticello.
Pallbearers were Galen Hayen, Louis Hayen, Leo Bohlken, Leo Ambuehl, H. W. G.
Folkers and Melvin Tobiason.
Endnotes
1. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.
2. "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 19 March 2017), Dirk Collman in entry for Minnie Elisa Collman, 30 Jul 1889; citing Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,673,844..
3. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p 86.
4. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 26 May 2013), Gerd Rickels in entry for John H Rickels and Wilhelmine Glise Collmann, 1913..
5. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.