Diediker, Elizabeth (Died 1912)

DIEDIKER, AMSLER

Posted By: Debra LaFontaine (email)
Date: 2/14/2007 at 20:29:15

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Friday, July 26, 1912, Page 1, Col. 4.

WAS A NONOGENARIAN - Mrs. Elizabeth Diediker Dies At Advanced Age

Mrs. Elizabeth Diediker passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Schweppe, on Wednesday, July 24, at the advanced age of 91 years, after a brief illness. The funeral will be held on Saturday morning at 8:30 from the Schweppe residence on Fifth street. Mrs. Diediker was one of the pioneer residents of Plymouth county, coming here in the early seventies with her husband, who preceded her in death more than twenty years ago. She was a native of Switzerland, where she was born in the year 1821. She and her husband emigrated to America and settled near Madison, Wis., where they lived some years before coming to Plymouth county. For the past few years she had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. H. Schweppe, and part of the time with her son, Sam Diediker, who lives near Crathorne. Two other sons and daughters survive her. They are John Diediker, of Paola, Kan.; Geo. Diediker, of Leeds; Mrs. Kate Hermann and Mrs. Mary Pfaff of Sioux City. The remains will be taken to Lincoln township and interred beside those of her husband. Mrs. Diediker was well known among the early settlers of the county and was highly esteemed by many neighbors and friends.

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