Hilda Riessen

RIESSEN, NITZ, PAULSEN

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 11/8/2021 at 07:32:25

February 20, 1969 - The Tipton Conservative

Last rites for Mrs. Elmer (Hilda) Riessen, 68, were held Feb. 17 at Gloria Dei Lutheran church in Durant. Burial was in the Walcott cemetery. Mrs. Riessen died Feb. 14 in Osteopathic hospital, Davenport, following a long illness.

Hilda Nitz was born in Durant. She married Mr. Riessen Dec. 22, 1926, in Davenport. He preceded her in death.

The couple farmed 2 miles south of Durant until their retirement in 1955.

Mrs. Riessen is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Imogene) Paulsen, Wheatland; 5 grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Harvey (Melinda) Paulsen, Davenport, and a brother, Ralph Nitz, Davenport.