Hewicker, Ottilla (Klingbeil) 1859-1933

HEWICKER, KLINGBEIL

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Date: 5/10/2012 at 12:38:04

Mrs. Ottilia Hewicker was able to return to Remsen last Sunday after having spent two weeks in the Lutheran hospital in Sioux City following an operation. Mrs. Hewicker submitted to a serious operation and is now well on the road to complete recovery. – Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Oct. 24, 1933, page 2.
REMSEN. From the Bell Enterprise. Mrs. Ottile Hewicker, a resident here for more than half a century, passed away in the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. J. Schumacher, Saturday. Mrs. Hewicker was born January 9, 1859, in Clausdorf, West Prussia, and at the age of 15 years came to the United States and settled at Wilton Junction, Iowa. She came to Remsen in 1882 with the family. On March 4, 1887, she was united in marriage to John Hewicker, and the couple settled on a farm ten miles southeast of Remsen. They labored on this farm for twenty years and then retired, moving into town. Death entered the home in 1915 when Mr. Hewicker passed away. Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Albert Guse, Sanborn, Iowa; Mrs. E. J. Schumacher and Frank Hewicker, Remsen; Miss Ida Hewicker, Pasadena, Calif; Miss Flora Hewicker, Long Beach, Calif.; Walter Hewicker, Los Angeles, California, and John A. Hewicker, San Diego, Calif. There are seven grandchildren. Three sisters also survive: Mrs. Bertha Tiemich, Garretson, S. D.; Mrs. Wilhelmina Whitmer, Remsen, and Mrs. Anna Steffen, Anaheim, Calif., and one brother, Fred Klingbeil, Remsen. – Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Dec 12, 1933, page 2.
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Old Resident here is Called by Death. Mrs. Ottilie Hewicker Passes Away After Long Illness; Funeral Yesteraday.
Death removed another oldtime resident of this community Saturday when Mrs. Ottilie Hewicker, a resident here for more than half a century passed away in the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. J. Schumacher. She had been in failing health for many months and during the past few weeks all hopes were abandoned. She was 74 years old. She was a native of Germany. Surviving are seven children, three sisters and one brother. Funeral services were held in Christ Lutheran church Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Hewicker has been in poor health for several years although her ailments were at first thought of little concern. She made her home with her son Frank Hewicker south of town for several years, where she received the best of care. Late in September she entered the Lutheran Hospital in Sioux City where on October 1 she submitted to an operation and after rallying from the effect of this ordeal she returned to Remsen and went to the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. J. Schumacher, where she was administered to until the hour of her death. During her stay in the hospital and in the Schumacher home she had the comforts of professional care from her daughter, Miss Flora Hewicker, a professional nurse, who headquarters in Long Beach, Cal. The daughter came to her mother’s bedside when the latter entered the hospital and dutifully remained here during her last illness and until her death. Despite the best of professional care the patient declined gradually and the children were called to her bedside. Her son, Walter, of San Diego, was a visitor several weeks ago and another, John, of Long Beach, arrived here last week.
Mrs. Hewicker was born January 9, 1859 in Clausdorf, West Prussia and at the age of 15 years came to the United States and settled at Wilton Junction, Iowa. She came to Remsen in 1882 with the family. On March 4, 1887 she was united in marriage to John Hewicker and the couple settled on a farm 10 miles southeast of Remsen. They labored on this farm for 20 years and then retired, moving into town where they spent eight happy years, but death entered the home in 1915 when Mr. Hewicker passed away.
The deceased was a resident of this community for 51 years and was a woman admired by her many associates and her hundreds of acquaintances. She was a member of Christ Lutheran church and while a resident of town and still able to be about was a regular attendant. She was active in various church affairs and was a charter member of the Ladies Aid, which was organized more than 20 years ago. Mrs. Hewicker was a loving mother and a loyal friend; a woman whose traits of character won her friends in every circle of social activity in which she moved, and whose death came as a severe blow not only to her sorrowing children and other close relatives, but to her many friends as well.
She was the head of an excellent family of children who were dearly devoted to her until the end. And this loving family characteristic reflects back to their childhood days when the mother, in the loving family circle, inculcated in them the precepts of the family religion and the traits of an excellent mother.
Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Albert Guse, Sanborn, Ia; Mrs. E. J. Schumacher, Remsen, Frank Hewicker, Remsen; Miss Ida Hewicker, Pasadena, Cal.; Miss Flora Hewicker, Long Beach, Cal.; Walter Hewicker, Los Angeles, Cal.; and John A. Hewicker, San Diego, Cal. There are seven grandchildren. Three sisters also survive: Mrs. Bertha Tiemich, Garretsen, S. D., Mrs. Wilhelmina Whitmer, Remsen, and Mrs. Anna Steffens, Anaheim, Cal., and one brother, Fred Klingbeil, Remsen.
One son, Floyd, preceded the father and mother in death.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Schumacher home at 1:30 o’clock, followed by services in Christ Lutheran Church. The services were conducted by the pastor, the Rev. A. Noack, who preached a consoling sermon for the occasion, while Christ Lutheran choir sang several appropriate selections. Interment was made in the Remsen cemetery, with a large concourse of old friends joining the sorrowing relatives in this last mission of love and tribute.
Pall bearers were: Henry Falke, W. G. Sievers, Otto Kroeger, August Reinholdt, Charles Lang and Adolph Witt. The funeral services were attended by many old friends of the deceased and by many of her relatives from a distance. - Remsen Bell-Enterprise, December 12, 1933