MERTEN, August 1900-1968

MERTEN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/3/2010 at 15:03:57

CHARLES CITY, IOWA - Funeral services for four victims of the killer tornado here Wednesday were yesterday in Charles City at the St. John's Lutheran Church.

The victims were August Merten, Marie Greenless, Arthur Jacobs and Mrs. Carl Wolff. All were buried in Riverside Cemetery.

August Merten, 67, a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and a volunteer fireman for 36 years, is survived by his widow, Lois; a son, Herman of Charles City; a daughter, Mrs. Paul Marrs of Waterloo; and a sister, Mrs. Ella Borthel of Minneapolis.

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Sunday, May 19, 1968]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NOTE: The Social Sec. Death Index says:
AUGUST MERTEN was born 07 Oct 1900 and died in May 1968, last residing at ZIP code 50616 (Charles City, Floyd, Iowa): SSN: 484-36-6180 was issued in Iowa.