ARENS, Elizabeth (Smith) 1875-1964

ARENS, SMITH, STEFFEN, CRUM, COSTELLO, HENRY, LUND, HALL

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 7/9/2012 at 16:33:34

Elizabeth (Smith) Arens 1875-1964

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ELIZABETH ARENS

Cresco, Iowa – Mrs. Elizabeth Arens, 88, died Wednesday at a rest home here. Funeral services will be Saturday at 9:30 a.m., at St. Joseph Catholic Church here. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Meyer, Iowa. The Rosary will be said Friday at 9 p.m. at Peckosh Funeral Home.

Surviving are six daughters: Mrs. Jake (Catherine) Steffen, Cresco; Mrs. Leland (Rose) Crum, Riceville; Mrs. Anna Costello, Cresco; Mrs. John L. (Gertrude) Henry, Cresco; Mrs. Peter (Lena) Lund, Minneapolis; Mrs. John (Clara) Hall, St. Paul; a son, Joe, Saratoga; 21 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday march 19, 1964
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Elizabeth Smith was born in 1875 in Illinois, the daughter of John A Smith and Mary Sabel Smith. She married Joseph Arens, the son of John Arens and Mary Mertes Arens.

(The above info is from the 1925 Iowa Census for Bailey, Mitchell, Iowa)
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Photo of Elizabeth's tombstone at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Meyer; from Iowa GPP.

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