Mrs. Fred (Sophie) Fiddelke (1882-1972)-

FIDDELKE, STOECKMAN, GEBERT, MEYER, BODE, STEFFEN, AXDAHL, RICHTER, STRAMPE, SCHUKNECHT

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Date: 11/18/2016 at 15:59:45

Mrs. Fred Fiddelke, 90, of Germantown passed away Friday, May 6 at Primghar.

Funeral services were held Monday, May 29 [1972] St. John Lutheran Church at Germantown with Rev. Armin Prowatzke officiating.

Final resting place was at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery at Germantown.

Sophie Stoeckmann Fiddelke was born January 3, 1882 in O'Brien County, Iowa. She had lived her entire life in Germantown area with the exception of the last two years which she had spent in the Primghar nursing home. She was married to Fred Fiddelke on May 24, 1901 and he passed away January 24, 1961.

Survivors include three sons, Albert of Primghar, Herbert of Spencer, and Marvin of Calumet; six daughters, Mrs. Art (Ella) Gebert of Paullina, Mrs. Esther Meyer of Mallard, Mrs. Otto (Lillie) Bode of Primghar, Mrs. Ed (Ruth) Steffen of Granville, Mrs. Herman (Sarah) Axdahl of Sioux Rapids, and Mrs. Lawrence (Elsbeth) Richter at Lime Springs; one brother Ernest Stoeckman of Paullina; three sisters, Mrs Emma Meyer of Brookings, So. Dak., and Mrs. Ernest Strampe and Mrs. Fred Schuknecht, both of Paullina; 34 grandchildren; 54 great-children.

She was preceded in death by her husband, one son, Hugo Fiddelke and one granddaughter, Connie Steffen.