Individual Details
Hillma Maria "Helene" Heiken
(1 Sep 1886 - 19 May 1952)
Events
Families
Spouse | George Friederich Specht (1887 - 1964) |
Child | Max Walter Specht (1914 - 2009) |
Child | Loretta Marie Specht (1917 - ) |
Father | Albert Heike Heiken (1846 - 1899) |
Mother | Talke Maria "Mary" Behrends (1856 - 1943) |
Sibling | Margaretha Mayme "Maggie" Heiken (1879 - 1965) |
Sibling | Wilhelm "William" Heiken (1881 - 1956) |
Sibling | Anna Gesina "Annie" Heiken (1883 - 1967) |
Sibling | Johann "John" Heiken (1884 - 1961) |
Sibling | Henrich C "Henry" Heiken (1888 - 1918) |
Sibling | Friedrick "Fred" Heiken (1890 - 1976) |
Sibling | Carl Gerhard Heiken (1893 - 1986) |
Sibling | Bernhard Dietrich "Ben Bernie" Heiken (1895 - 1955) |
Sibling | Albert George Heiken (1898 - 1990) |
Notes
Birth
Listed as Celeste Marie in 1910 censusCensus (family)
Next door to her mother and siblings.FM 3 3, Specht, George F. Head Rent, MW, 32, M, Iowa, Hanover, Hanover, Farmer
Helene Wife, FW, 33, M, Iowa, Hanover, Hanover
Max W. Son, MW, 5, Single, Iowa Iowa Iowa
Loretta M. Daughter, FW, 2 11/12 Single, Iowa Iowa Iowa
Census (family)
71 SPECHT GEORGE 37 IA H SPECHT, JOHN D GER GERDES, META 81 GER GER72 SPECHT HELENE 38 IA W HEIKEN, ALBERT GER BEHRENDS, MARIA 68 GER IA
73 SPECHT MAX W 10 IA S IA
74 SPECHT LORETTA M 7 IA D IA
Death
Mrs. Geo. Specht Funeral TodayFunera l services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the St . Peter and Paul Lutheran church in Castle Grove for Mrs. George Specht , who died Monday evening in Mercy hospital Anamosa. Mrs. Specht had beei ill for only a week.
Rev. Paul Kenyon will have charge of services; burial will be in Prairie Hil l cemetery. Pall bearers include Lee Crain, Free Kromminga, Alva Stadtmueller, J. E. Ahlrichs , Joe Chaloupka, and Grant Filers.
Castle Grove
Mrs. Specht was born Helen Heiken, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heiken, in Castle Grove township on Sept. 1, 1886.
On July 25, 1913, she was married to George Specht. The couple farmed in Castle Grove until moving to Anamosa 13 years ago where Mr. Specht has served as county auditor. She was a member of SS Peter and Paul's church and charter member of the Wapsiketa chapter of the Izaak Walton league.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, Max, who operates the home farm, and a daughter Mrs. W. F. Shurts, Winnebago Ill . The Spechts had 10 grandchildren. Two sisters and six brother s also survive : Mrs. Henry Johnson and Anna Heiken, Monticello ; William, of Billings . Mont..; John, Fred and George, of Ana mosa; Carl of Marion, and Ben of Center Junction.
Burial
15 74 Helen M Specht 1886 1952Endnotes
1. SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church Centennial Book. 100th Anniversary 1879-1979. (Monticello, Iowa: Church Committee. 1979.), page 33.
2. SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church Centennial Book. 100th Anniversary 1879-1979. (Monticello, Iowa: Church Committee. 1979.), page 33.
3. SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church Centennial Book. 100th Anniversary 1879-1979. (Monticello, Iowa: Church Committee. 1979.), Page 43.
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1920 > IOWA > JONES > CASTLE GROVE Series: T625 Roll: 495 Page: 227.
5. Iowa State Census, Jones Co. - 1925 (US GenWeb Joanne Wilken Jones Co. Lookup Sun, 6 Feb 2000).
6. Tombstone, Prairie Hill Cemetery, USA, Iowa, Jones Co., Castle Grove Twp. (Section 21 ); Jim Christianson for Jones County Genealogy Society,
7. "Mrs. Geo. Specht Funeral Today," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 22 May 1952; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 19 February 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
8. Tombstone, Prairie Hill Cemetery, USA, Iowa, Jones Co., Castle Grove Twp. (Section 21 ); Jim Christianson for Jones County Genealogy Society,