Individual Details
Katherina Sophia "Katie" Helgens
(3 Oct 1879 - 16 Aug 1954)
Events
Birth | 3 Oct 1879 | Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
Marriage | 22 Feb 1900 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - William Conrad Collman | |||
Death | 16 Aug 1954 | Praireburg, Linn, Iowa, United States |
Families
Spouse | William Conrad Collman (1875 - 1946) |
Father | Harm Willms Helgens (1852 - 1939) |
Mother | Maria Johanna "Anna" Tobiassen (1856 - 1897) |
Sibling | Friedrich Wilhelm "Fred" Helgens (1877 - 1946) |
Sibling | Anna Margaretha "Meta or Mattie" Helgens (1882 - ) |
Sibling | George Helgens (1884 - 1969) |
Sibling | Maria Johanna "Mary" Helgens (1888 - ) |
Sibling | Reinhard Helgens (1889 - ) |
Notes
Death
THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS...PAGE 4.....AUGUST 19, 1954MRS. K. COLLMANN DIED MONDAY; RITES WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Katherine Collmann passed away at her home near Prairieburg early Monday morning. She was the widow of the late William Collmann.
Born Katherine Sophia Helgens near Monticello, October 3, 1879, she was the daughter of Harm and Anna Tobiasen Helgens. She attended the rural schools in Wayne township and was married Feb. 22, 1900 to William Collmann of Monticello. They made their home on a farm near Monticello and in Northwestern Minnesota and farmed. They lately moved to their present home near Prairieburg. She was preceded in death in 1946 by her husband and one son, Rudolph.
Survivors include five sons: Arvill, Prairieburg, Clarence of LeMars; Harry, Eagle Lake, Minn; Vernon, Arlington, Minn and Fred of Delhi. She is also survived by her step-mother, Mrs. Grace Helgens; two brothers, George and Rhinehard Helgens, all of Monticello, and a sister, Mrs. Meta Zimmerman, also of Monticello. Three half brothers also survive: Herman, Ed and Louis Helgens, all of Monticello.
Services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the SS Peter and Paul Lutheran church is Castle Grove with the Rev. Paul Kenyon, Pastor, officiating. Burial was made at Oakwood cemetery with Goettsch funeral home in charge of arrangements.
Endnotes
1. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 19 June 2017), Henry Collman in entry for William C Collman and Cathrine S Helgens, 1900..
2. "Helgens family branches out in several directions," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 2 July 1986; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 10 March 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.