Margaret (Ringgenberg) Imboden (1902)
IMBODEN, RINGGENBERG, WILCOX, WOOD
Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:02:53
Eagle Grove Eagle
Eagle Grove, Iowa
Wednesday, July 16, 1902
Page 4, Column 4Obituary
After a lingering illness, during which she was a great sufferer, Mrs. John Imboden found welcome relief in death last Monday evening. Hopes for her recovery were abandoned some weeks ago and the family and friends were ripened to the approaching bereavement. She has been an invalid for several months and all realized it was simply a contest of how long strength could resist death’s relentless approach.
Mrs. Imboden was born in Ohio in February of 1851 and was married to John Imboden in Illinois in 1868. After marriage they moved to Iowa and six years ago made their home in this city.
She was a life member of the Dutch Reformed church, a true Christian wife and mother..
Six children were given her all of whom with husband survive her. Of the children all but two are residents of this county. J. C. moved to Oklahoma a year ago and Mrs. Wood lives at Dolliver.
The funeral was held at the Baptist church Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock, Rev. Bump officiating, and the burial was in Rose Hill cemetery.
The sympathy of the entire community is generously extended to the bereaved husband and family in a grief whose depth can only be known by experience.
________________________The Times Gazette
Eagle Grove, Iowa
Friday, July 18, 1902
Page 1, Column 4Death of Mrs. John Imboden
Monday evening, at 7 o’clock, at her home on South Lucas avenue, occurred the death of Mrs. John Imboden.
Margaret Ringgenberg was born in Holmes county, Ohio, February 25, 1851. When seventeen years of age she moved to Illinois where she was married to John Imboden September 20, 1868. After her marriage she moved with her husband to Iowa where she has since made her home, living in Wright county for the past eighteen years. About six years ago she moved to Eagle Grove and has made it her home.
She had been ill for the past three months and was a patient sufferer. She was a member of the Reformed church, joining when she was about sixteen years of age and has been a true Christian all her life.
She leaves a husband and six children to mourn her death: Katherine A., wife of Len Wilcox, of Troy township; Henry M., of Eagle Grove; J. C. of Okarche, Oklahoma; Mabel, wife of C. O. Wood, of Dolliver; Nora L. & Charles S. at home.
The funeral services will occur at the Baptist church Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock and the burial will take place in Rose Hill cemetery.
________________________Transcriber's note: The Imbodens lived in Madison County during most of the 1870s.
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