STOECKER, Emma Elizabeth 1884-1951

STOECKER, MEGGITT

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 6/2/2017 at 23:10:09

FORMER RURAL TEACHER DIES

CHARLES CITY -- Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Central Methodist church for Miss Emma Stoecker, who died Sunday afternoon at Palatka, Fla., where she had visited with her brother, Lee G. Stoecker, for the past several months. She was planning to return to Charles City when she suffered a stroke Thursday. The Rev. Howard F. Mercer, pastor of the church assisted by the Rev. Wesley F. Belling, retired minister, will officiate.

Miss Stoecker was born in Floyd county, daughter of John Adam and Barbara Stoecker. She was one of 8 children. An ardent lover of flowers, she was known for her generosity in furnishing flowers for shut-ins or hospital patients. She was graduated from the Charles City high school and attended the old Charles City college. She taught in rural school and at one time was assistant to the county superintendent of schools.

Active in the Central Methodist church, Miss Stoecker served for a time as superintendent of the Sunday school. At one time she was a nurse's aide at the Cedar Valley hospital. She was a member of the Rebekah lodge, Order of Eastern Star, Bethsaida White Shrine and the Women's club.

Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Mary Meggitt, Charles City and her brother at Palatka. Three sisters and two brothers preceded her in death.

The remains will arrive in Charles City Thursday morning. Friends may call at the Hauser funeral home Thursday from 10 until 12 a.m. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery.

Source: Obituary from Mason City Globe Gazette, Wed., 18 APR 1951, page 14
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NOTE: Emma was age 66 when she died, in 1951.

NOTE: Emma's middle name is Elizabeth (per Ancestry.com tree).

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