Individual Details
Margertha Wilhelmmine "Meta" Helgens
(20 Jan 1890 - 30 Apr 1975)
Events
Birth | 20 Jan 1890 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
Death | 30 Apr 1975 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
Marriage | Vernon Serbousek |
Families
Spouse | Vernon Serbousek ( - ) |
Father | Wilhelm Harms Helgens (1827 - 1896) |
Mother | Augusta Wilhelmine "Gustine" Reuter (1852 - 1929) |
Sibling | William Christoph Gottfried Helgens (1892 - 1952) |
Notes
Death
THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS….MAY 5, 1975….PAGE 19MARGARET SERBOUSEK
MONTICELLO….The funeral of Margaret "Meta" Serbousek, 85, was held Saturday afternoon, May 3, at Goettsch funeral home with burial in North Madison cemetery, Center Jct. Rev. W. Willis Longer officiated.
Mrs. Serbousek died in the Senior Home Wednesday afternoon, April 30. She had been a resident of the home for several months.
She was born near Monticello Jan 20, 1890,daughter of William Harm and Augusta W. Reuter Helgens. She received her early education in the Monticello area.
On March 22, 1910, she married John L. Serbousek and the couple lived in the Center Jct. area. After the death of her husband in September 1939, she made her home in Anamosa until 1963, when she moved to Monticello.
Mrs. Serbousek is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Henry (Leone) Seehusen of Monticello, Mrs. Walter (Pauline) Archer of Compton, Ill., Mrs. Leslie Burrichter of Dubuque; 11 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a brother and several half-brothers and half-sisters.
Casket bearers were James Seehusen, Gene Seehusen, James Archer, Jeffery Burrichter, Lewis Dreibelbis and Robert Helgens