Individual Details
William Reuter
(29 Apr 1889 - Sep 1961)
Events
Families
Spouse | Margaret Hanken (1893 - ) |
Child | Ruth Wilhelmina Reuter (1923 - 2016) |
Child | Roy Karl Reuter (1928 - 2010) |
Father | Carl Freidrich "Fritz / Fred" Reuter (1864 - 1935) |
Mother | Anna Margaretha "Meta" Behrends (1866 - 1952) |
Sibling | Anna Margaretha Reuter (1887 - 1985) |
Notes
Military
Farming for father, single. Claim exemption: Had operation 2 years ago.Tall medium build. grey eyes, lt brown hair
Census (family)
William Reuter Head M 39 IowaMargrate Reuter Wife F 37 Iowa
Ruth W Reuter Daughter F 6 Iowa
Roy F Reuter Son M 2 Iowa
Census (family)
William Reuter Head M 50 IowaMargret Reuter Wife F 47 Iowa
Ruth W Reuter Daughter F 16 Iowa
Ray K Reuter Son M 12 Iowa
Raymond Peters Hired hand M 22 Iowa
Death
MONTICELLO EXPRESS....PAGE 5....OCTOBER 5, 1961WILLIAM REUTER.....MONTICELLO
Funeral services were held Tues, Oct 3, at 2 p.m. from the St. "John's Lutheran church for William Reuter, 72, who died at John McDonald hospital Sunday, Oct. 1. Rev. Carl C. Gutekunst officiated at the services. Burial was at Oakwood cemetery. Mr. Reuter had been ill for two weeks with a cardiac condition prior to his death.
Born April 29, 1889 in Richland Township, near Monticello, he was the son of Carl Frederick and Anna Margaret Behrends Reuter, on Nov. 30, 1922, he was married to Margaret Hanken of Langworthy, in Monticello. They farmed north of Monticello in Delaware County. He lived on the same farm for 57 years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Margaret Hanken Reuter; a daughter Ruth, Mrs. Robert L. Wahl of Monticello; a son, Roy Reuter of Monticello, and eight grandchildren.
Also surviving is a brother, Carl Reuter of Summer and three sisters, Anna, Mrs. R.H. Monk, Monticello; Margaret, Mrs. W.E. First, Hopkinton, and Marte, Mrs. E.B. First of Monticello. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister.
Pallbearers included Clifford First, Elmer Hanken, Sam Schuetz, Steven Reuter, Neil First and R.E. MonkĀ
Endnotes
1. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ : accessed 20 February 2017), William Reuter, 1917-1918; citing Delaware County, Iowa, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,642,999..
2. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 20 February 2017), William Renter and Margaret H. Hanken, 1922..