AHLF, Louise Amanda (nee Treichel) 1869-1951

AHLF, TREICHEL, DIETERICH, ESKE, KNAACK

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Date: 8/5/2010 at 16:38:39

Louise Amanda (nee Treichel) Ahlf
Born January 17, 1869; Died January 31, 1951

Pioneer Farm Woman Dies Near St. Ansgar

St. Ansgar –Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Ahlf, 82, were held Saturday afternoon at Immanuel Lutheran church the Rev. H. C Wolters officiating. Burial in the church cemetery. She died Wednesday at her home near St. Ansgar.

Survivors include 3 sons, Edward, Henry and Oscar, all of St. Ansgar, and 4 daughters, Mrs. Henry Dieterich; Mrs. Herman Eske; Mrs. Fernie Knaack and Bertha, St. Ansgar; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Ahlf was born in Wisconsin, came with her parents to Iowa at the age of 9 years and was married to Edward Ahlf on April 29, 1887. They first made their home on a farm near Mitchell, then moved to a farm wet of St. Ansgar which they laer purchased and where they spent the remainder of their lives.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday, February 5, 1951]

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NOTES:

Mrs. Henry Dieterich is Olga Emma Augusta Dieterich.

Mrs. Herman Eske is Theresa (Teresa) Eske.

Mrs. Fernie Knaak is Martha Knaak.