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Orpha Mathilda Wischmeier 1893-1954

WISCHMEIER, SIEFKEN, BECKMAN, FUNK, WALKER

Posted By: deb (email)
Date: 7/5/2018 at 08:53:06

Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette
Mrs. Orpha Mathilda Wischmeier, 16, died Saturday (October 9, 1954) at her home 2½ miles west of Dodgeville on the farm where she was born July 14, 1893.

She was the daughter of R. D. and Mathilda Beckman Siefken and was married to Fred W. Wischmeier.

Mrs. Wischmeier was a life resident of Des Moines county. She was a member of the Salem Lutheran church, the Ladies Aid of the church and the Willing Workers club.

Survivors include her husband; four children, Herbert of Burlington, Howard of Sperry, Mrs. Dorothy Funk of Burlington and Mrs. Edna Walker of Mt. Union; seven grandchildren; two brothers, Harvey Siefken and Chester Siefken, both of Sperry; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one granddaughter, one sister, and one brother.

Funeral services will be held In Prugh's Chapel Tuesday at 2 p.m. The Reverend William Heinzig will officiate and burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery


 

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