Mrs Fred (Anna) Dircks 1861-1937

DIRCKS, RICHMANN, WINTER, FISHER, PRUESS, BENNING, PENNINGROTH, RODENBECK, FANKHAUSER

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 9/25/2012 at 08:19:12

8 July 1937 - The Lowden News

Last rites for Mrs Fred H. Dircks, 75, pioneer Lowden resident, were held Sunday afternoon in the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, with the Rev. Fred J. Abele officiating. Mrs Dircks had passed away in her home in East Lowden Friday, following an heart attack.

A quartet, composed of Elizabeth Heiner, Lorena Pauls, Hugo Muhs and F. C. Conrad sang "We Findet Die Selle", "Wait on God and Trust Him" and "Abide With Me". Six grandsons, Arthur, Howard and Milo Fisher, Clifford Winter and Wallace and Darrell Dircks served as pallbearers and the granddaughters, Mrs Marie Benning, Mrs Amanda Fankhauser and Vivian Pruess of Clarence and Kathleen Fisher of Lowden, had charge of flowers.

Born July 5, 1861, on a farm southwest of Lowden, the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Richmann, Anna Richmann grew to womanhood accustomed to the hardships of pioneer life. She loved to relate incidents of her early life, and one of her fondest memories was of the time she shook hands with President U. S. Grant who stopped at Lowden on a trip through this country. She was married March 18, 1885, to Fred H. Dircks. After farming for many years, they retired to a new modern home in Lowden.

Surviving are her husband and children, Carl and Mrs Eliza Winter of Tipton, Emil and Mrs Caroline Fisher of Lowden, and Mrs Luanna Pruess of Clarence; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, Roma Lea Benning of Clarence and Ardella Fisher of Lowden; two sisters, Mrs Sophie Penningroth of Clarence and Mrs Henry Rodenbeck of Lowden, and two brothers, Fred C. Richmann of Lowden and Dr. Emil Richmann of Glendale, Calif. One son, Fred, died in 1909.

Among the relatives present were Mrs Catherine Richmann and granddaughter, Evelyn Richmann of Minneapolis, Minn., Addison Richmann of Anamosa, Mr and Mrs Fred Dresselhaus of Bennett, Mrs Frieda Hamilton and daughter, Angia, and Mr and Mrs Frank Winter and son, Clifford, of Tipton, Mr and Mrs William Dircks, Mr and Mrs Arthur Dircks, Mrs Mary Dircks and sons, Henry and Richard, Mr and Mrs Burdette Fankhauser, Mr and Mrs Arnold Pruess and daughter, Vivian, Mr and Mrs Ernest Kintzel and Mr and Mrs Harold Ruther of Clarence, and Mr and Mrs Ralph Yocum of Lisbon.