JAHR, Emma Helena (Olson) 1888-1957
JAHR, OLSON, NOCKELS, HUFF, SCHWANKE, PETERSON, DENNIS
Posted By: Connie Van Gorp (kermit) (email)
Date: 11/17/2011 at 16:34:59
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Deaths - Mrs. Emma Jahr
Mrs. Emma Jahr, 69, died Saturday evening at St. Olaf Hospital. She resided at 306 W. Allegheney.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Joe Nockels (Thelma), Charles City, Iowa and Mrs. Roger Huff (Ione), Austin; five sons, Orvis and Glaydon of Austin, Noren of Mankato, Vernon of Long Beach, Calif., and Arthur of Des Moines.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon.
[ Austin Daily Herald - Mon. Sept. 23, 1957 ]
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#2:Funerals--
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Jahr, 306 W. Allegheney, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Lyle, the Rev. David Helgen officiating.
Interment will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Mona, Iowa. Friends may call at the Worlein Funeral Home until 12 o'clock noon Tuesday and at the church from 1 to 2 p.m.
[ Austin Daily Herald - Mon. Sept. 23, 1957 ]
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#3:Obituaries --
1888 Mrs. Emma Jahr 1957
Emma Helena Jahr, daughter of Amon and Helga Olson, was born July 4, 1888, in Lyle Township and passed away on Saturday evening, September 21, 1957, at the age of 69 years, 2 months and 18 days.
She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Mona, Iowa, and was a faithful member of the Lyle congregation all her life.
Mrs. Jahr spend nearly all her life in Lyle, except for the past several years when she lived with her son, Glaydon, at Austin. She was a loving mother who found her God given calling in guiding her family in the Christian Way.
She was united in marriage with George N. Jahr on January 29, 1912, at Mason City, Iowa. This union was blessed with eight children - two daughters and six sons: Thelma (Mrs. Joe Nockels), Charles City, Iowa; Ione (Mrs. Roger Huff), Austin; Orvis and Glaydon of Austin; Noren of Mankato; Vernon of Long Beach, Calif.; and Arthur of Des Moines, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her husband, and by one son, Omer.
She leaves to mourn her passing seven living children; three sisters, Mrs. Hannah Schwanke and Mrs. Julia Peterson, Lyle, Mrs. Annie Dennis, Austin; two brothers, Sam and Ole Olson, Lyle; four daughters-in-law, two sons-in-law, 21 grandchildren; nephews, nieces and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Sept. 24, 1957 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Lyle, the Rev. David Helgen officiating with the Worlein Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Interment was at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Mona, Iowa.
The pall bearers were Elmer Schwanke, Donald Peterson, Claire Johnson, Elmo Jahr, Delmar Helfritz and Russell Helfritz.
[ Austin Daily Herald - Thurs. Sept. 26, 1957 ]
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