Individual Details
Elizabeth Margaretha "Lizzie" Behrends
(6 Oct 1882 - 27 Mar 1970)
Events
Families
Spouse | Arend J Poppe (1884 - 1964) |
Child | Living |
Father | Johann Gerdes "John" Behrends (1854 - 1940) |
Mother | Anke Margarete "Meta" Heeren (1859 - 1939) |
Sibling | Wilhelmina Henrietta "Minnie" Behrends (1884 - 1966) |
Sibling | Edward H Behrends (1886 - ) |
Sibling | Sophia Maria Behrends (1890 - 1990) |
Sibling | Emma Pauline Behrends (1893 - 1971) |
Sibling | Wilhelm R "William" Behrends (1895 - ) |
Sibling | Elsie M Behrends (1899 - ) |
Sibling | Alma Elizabeth Behrends (1902 - ) |
Sibling | Elwill Johann Behrends (1904 - ) |
Notes
Census (family)
39 POPPE AREND 40 IA H POPPE, JOHNSON 76 GER BALSTER, MARY 66 MI IA40 POPPE ELISE 42 IA W BERHENDS, JOHN 67 GER HERREN, META 66 IL IA
41 POPPE JOSEPHINE 13 IA D IA
Death
MRS. J. AREND POPPEMONTICELLO ~ Funeral services for Mrs. J. Arend (Elise Margaretha) Poppe, 87, were held Monday afternoon, March 30, at St. John Lutheran church. The Rev. C. C. Gutekunst officiated. Interment was in Oakwood cemetery.
Mrs. Poppe died at John McDonald hospital March 27 after a brief illness. She was born Oct. 6, 1882, near Monticello, the daughter of John G. and Anke M. Heeren Behrends. She was educated in Monticello area schools.
She married J. Arend Poppe April 17, 1918, in Monticello. The couple farmed near Monticello. Mr. Poppe preceded her in death in 1964 and she then made her home with a sister, Mrs. Sophia Jacobs.
She was also preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, two sisters, an infant daughter, a grandson, and a great- granddaughter. She is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. Josephine Cruise of Monticello; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a brother, Elwill of Monticello; two other sisters, Mrs. John Jacobs of Monticello and Mrs. Alma Gill of San Diego, Calif.
Casketbearers were Lavern Cruise, Joe Cruise, Armin Jacobs, John Behrends, Glenn Behrends and Arthur Kromminga.
Endnotes
1. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.
2. "MRS. J. AREND POPPE," obituary, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 2 April 1970; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 19 February 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
3. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.
4. "MRS. J. AREND POPPE," obituary, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 2 April 1970; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 19 February 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
5. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.