KOENIGS, Joseph C. 1904-1998

KOENIGS, SCHULLER, MAY

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/5/2011 at 20:48:31

Joseph C. Koenigs 1904-1998

ADAMS, MINNESOTA — Joseph C. Koenigs, age 93, of Adams, Minnesota, formerly of Meyer, Iowa, died Friday (March 20, 1998) at the Adams Health Care Center.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Adams, with the Rev. Gregory Leif officiating. Interment will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Meyer.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Adams, where there will be a prayer service at 7 p.m. Friends may call from 9 to 9:45 a.m. Monday at the Adams Funeral Home.

Joseph C. Koenigs was born Nov. 29, 1904, in Meyer, the son of Chrysandt and Anna (Schuller) Koenigs. He attended school in Meyer and farmed in the Meyer area until moving to Adams in 1979. He was married to Julia May on June 25, 1940, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Meyer. Joseph was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Adams, and the Knights of Columbus.

Survivors include his wife, Julia Koenigs, of Adams; daughters and son-in-law, Margaret and Bruce Eggenberger of Rochester, Minn., and Dorothy Koenigs of St. Louis Park, Minn.; sons, Herman Keonigs of Lyle, Minn., and Peter Koenigs of McIntire; nine grandchildren; sisters, Margaret Georgen of Adams, and Sister Cortona Koenigs of Dubuque; brother, Alois Koenigs of Stacyville; and nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by two daughters, Norma Tripp and Trudy Holmgren, one sister, and five brothers.

[Globe Gazette, March 22, 1998 -- from ncigs.org archives]

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