Adelphine Dietrich Walz 1898-1955

WALZ, DIETRICH, YACKLE, HENNICK, WEE, LUND, WALKER, PETERS

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 1/4/2011 at 21:32:40

Mrs. Charles F. Walz Dies; Rites Monday
Mrs. Charles F. Walz, 57, 315 North Fourth street, died suddenly last night of a heart attack at her home on the day of her 37th wedding anniversary.

Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran church with the Rev. William P. Henline officiating.

The fatal heart seizure came on Mrs. Walz suddenly last night as she was preparing to go to Holy Family hospital to see a friend. She had called a daughter, Mrs. Glen Yackle of Estherville, last evening to take her to the hospital and while waiting for Mrs. Yackle had gone into her bedroom to change clothes. Her husband heard her moan and upon investigation found Mrs. Walz had suffered a heart attack. A physician was called immediately but Mrs. Walz was dead on his arrival.

Members of her family had been in to see her during the day because it was Mr. and Mrs. Walz’s 37th wedding anniversary and she had been feeling well and in good spirits all day.

Mrs. Walz was born Feb. 18, 1898 in Poland and came to the United State as a small girl in 1906. The family came to Estherville in 1934.

Survivors include her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Glen Yackle, Mrs. William Hennick and Mrs. Merlin Wee, all of Estherville; and two sons, Hilbert and William, both of Estherville. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, February 11, 1955)

Last Rites of Mrs. Walz to Be Monday
Last rites for Mrs. Charles F. Walz, 57, who died Thursday night of a heart attack, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Immanuel Lutheran church with the Rev. William P. Henline officiating. A private family service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Friends may call at Sternborg Funeral Home from noon today through Sunday evening.

Mrs. Walz was born Adelphine Dietrich on Feb. 18, 1898 in the Russian Ukraine, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Dietrich.

She was baptized in infancy and came to this country with her parents in 1906, settling in the Whittemore community. She attended Whittemore Lutheran academy and was confirmed in St. Paul’s Lutheran church at Whittemore.

She was united in marriage on Feb. 10, 1918, to C. F. Walz of Fenton at the Lutheran church at Whittemore by the Reverence Faulstick.

The couple lived on a farm near Fenton until 1934 when they moved to Estherville.

Survivors include her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Glen (Helen) Yackle; Mrs. William (Esther) Hennick and Mrs. Merlyn (Arlene) Wee, all of Estherville; two sons, William G. Walz and Hilbert Walz, both of Estherville; six grandchildren, her father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Dietrich of Emmetsburg; one brother, G. F. Dietrich of Rodman; three half brothers, John and Ervin Dietrich of Rodman; and three half sisters, Mrs. Freda Lund of Laurens, Mrs. Ralph Walker of Whittemore and Mrs. Robert Peters of Sioux Falls, S.D.

Her mother and an infant daughter preceded her in death.

The family reported today that a memorial is being started. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, February 12, 1955)