Catherine Christina (Schoenenberger) Acker (1941)
ACKER, MARQUARDT, SCHOENENBERGER
Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 6/26/2007 at 13:59:50
Winterset Madisonian-Winterset, Iowa
December 31, 1941CATHERINE ACKER DIED WEDNESDAY
Funeral Rites Were Held on Last Saturday from Lorimor
Mrs. Catherine Acker, a native of Madison county, died Dec. 31 at the home of her niece, Mrs. Opal Marquardt, of near Lorimor. She was 81 years old.
Mrs. Acker was the former Catherine Schoenenberger, daughter of Nicholas and Louisa Schoenenberger and was born in this county on Dec. 17, 1860. She graduated from the Winterset schools and taught in Madison and Union counties until her marriage, Jan. 25, 1899 to George C. Acker. After her marriage she lived in Bedford until 1909 then in Kirksville, Mo., for two years, then in Des Moines until the death of her husband in 1936. Since then she had made her home with her brother, Ed Schoenenberger, and with Mrs. Marquardt.
She was a member of the Christian church and active in community service.
Her only near surviving relative is her brother, Ed Schoenenberger.
Funeral services were held from the Watts Funeral home in Lorimor last Saturday, conducted by the Rev. E. E. Stringfellow of Des Moines. Burial was made at Highland Memory Garden, Des Moines.
_________________________The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 8, 1941
Page 4, Column 2MRS. C. ACKER DIES AT AGE 81
Funeral Services Held In Lorimor Saturday With Burial In Des Moines
Mrs. Catherine Acker, 81 years of age, died Wednesday of last week at the home of her niece, Mrs. Opal Marquardt at Lorimor, with whom she had been making her home.
Funeral services were held at the Watts funeral home in Lorimor Saturday, Jan. 3, conducted by Rev. E. E. Stringfellow of Des Moines. John McDonald sang two solos, being accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Fern Rogers. Burial was made in the Highland Park Garden in Des Moines.
Catherine Christina Schoenenberger was born Dec. 17, 1860 in Madison county, to Nicholas and Louise Schoenenberger. She graduated from the Winterset schools and taught in Madison and Union county schools until her marriage on Jan 25, 1899 to George C. Acker.
Following her marriage she lived in Bedford, Ia., until 1909 when she moved to Kirksville, Mo. Two years later she moved to Des Moines where she lived till after the death of her husband in 1936. Since that time she has made her home with her brother, Ed Schoenenberger and with her niece, Mrs. Opal Marquardt near Lorimor, at whose home she was at the time of her death.
She was a faithful member of the Christian church and was quite active in community service as long as her health permitted. While she had no children, she helped many receive advance schooling.
She was preceded in death by her brothers, Frank, John, Henry and Anthony, and sisters Mary, Lena, Louise and Theresa. Her youngest brother, Ed, of Peru, is the only immediate surviving except nieces and nephews.
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