Breitsprecher, Hilma (Seeland) 1913-1972

BREITSPRECHER, SEELAND, GLAWE, FREITAG, THIESE, SCHNACK, MILLER, SCHNEIDER, MIEHE, FRANKE, GUSTA

Posted By: Patricia Morehouse
Date: 3/11/2007 at 15:32:54

The Clayton County Register, Wednesday June 14, 1972 pg. 8A

Mrs. Ervin (Hilma) Breitsprecher

Funeral services were held at Zion Lutheran Church, Clayton Center, Thursday, June 8, at 1:30 for Mrs. Ervin (Hilma) Breitsprecher who died of coronary thrombosis at Central Community Hospital, Elkader, on June 5, 1972. Mrs. Breitsprecher had been ill for four weeks.

Hilma Ella Seeland, was born November 22, 1913, in Boardman Township, Clayton County to Henry and Caroline Glawe Seeland. her education was in the rural schools of the county. She was married to Ervin Breitsprecher in Read Township and lived on a farm near Clayton Center until 1958 when she and her husband moved to Elkader. She had been a sales lady in the Fashion Shoppe besides a wife and mother. One son Roger, rural Elkader, survives her as well as her husband and two grandsons, Brad and Brian. Also a sister, Mrs. Elmer Gusta, Strawberry Point, and two brothers, Harry and Clarence, both of St. Olaf.

Mrs. Breitsprecher was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, the LCW, choir, Ladies Aid, and of the Central Community Hospital Auxiliary. She was baptized January 18, 1914 and confirmed April 10, 1927 by the Rev. Franke, Peace Church, Elkader. She and her husband celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary last October.

The Rev. J. H. Zerhusen officiated at the burial services with interment in the New Clayton Centre Cemetery. Pallbearers were, Ivan Freitag, Ewald Thiese, Elmer Schnack, John Miller, Paul Schneider, and Dan Miehe.