SCHOEMAN, Elizabeth 1870-1954

SCHOEMAN

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 12/15/2016 at 21:37:08

Elizabeth Schoeman Rites On Saturday

Cedar Falls--Final rites for Mrs. Elizabeth Schoeman, 83, who died Thursday, will be at the Nelson funeral home at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, conducted by the Rev. A. G. Schardt. Burial will be in Fairfield township cemetery in Grundy county.

Mrs. Schoeman was born in Germany Sept. 6, 1870. She came to Cedar Falls in 1900 and the same year was married to Henry Schoeman. They farmed in Fairfield township for many years. Mr. Schoeman died in 1936 and Mrs. Schoeman later lived more than 15 years with her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Hassman, on a farm southwest of New Hartford.

Mrs. Schoeman was a member of the Lutheran church.

In addition to the daughter she is survived by six sons, Arnold, San Gabriel, Calif.; Harold, Route 4, Cedar Falls; Floyd, 1004 Iowa St.; Raymond, 1103 Ridgeway, Waterloo; Vernon, Route 3, Cedar Falls, and Otto, 1926 Tremont St.

The body is at the Nelson funeral home.

--Waterloo Daily Courier (Waterloo, Iowa), 9 April 1954, pg 8