Ehmsen, Doris (Dora) (Sievers) 1840-1919

EHMSEN, SIEVERS, MILLER, SPETH

Posted By: Linda Mohning (email)
Date: 10/20/2011 at 14:57:11

PIONEER WOMEN DEAD. Two Remsen Women Answer the Final Summons.
Mrs. Dora Ehmsen, age 79 years, died suddenly at her home in Remsen last Saturday evening. She was ill only twenty-four hours. She suffered at times from asthma but on the day before her death was apparently strong and robust for her years. Dora Sievers was born at Lippe, Holstein, Europe, on July 16, 1840, and in 1880 came to America with her parents, who settled on a farm near Platteville, Wis. In 1864 she married Hans Ehmsen. They came to Plymouth county in 1888 settling on a farm nine miles south of Remsen. Mr. Ehmsen died in 1900. The widow with their only son, Louis, continued to live on the farm until 1917, when they moved to Remsen. The deceased also leaves a brother and two sisters, Conrad Sievers, Lake City, Minn.; Mrs. Charles Miller, Savannah, Ill.; and Mrs. Sophie Speth, Helmont, Wis. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Fred Wahlers, of the Lutheran church was held in Remsen on Tuesday. – Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Friday, October 17, 1919, page 1.