Jochims, Eda Marie 1898-1977

JOCHIMS, FREDRICHS, GRAFF, WERNER, LAND, OLTROGGE, BECK, LUTTMAN, SMITH

Posted By: Marilyn Norris Holmes
Date: 5/12/2016 at 08:22:37

The Grinnell (IA) Herald-Register
July 4, 1977

EDA JOCHIMS RITES FRIDAY

Mrs. Eda Marie Jochims, 78, of 605 Wilson St., Tama died, Tuesday afternoon at Marshalltown Area Community Hospital, where she had been a patient for several months.

Mrs. Jochims had been admitted to Sunnyhill Care Center earlier this year. Her death was attributed to a heart condition.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Tama with the Rev. Curtis Miller officiating. Burial was at the Maple Grove Cemetery south of Tama, with the Mason-Hand Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

The daughter of Henry and Augusta Fredrichs Graff, she was born Aug. 22, 1898, on a farm in Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County. She attended rural schools in Chester Township.

On June 25, 1919, she was married to Ernest Jochims of rural Poweshiek County. The couple farmed in the Sheridan and Chester communities. In 1946, they moved to Tama and continued farming until Mr. Jochims' death in 1958.

Mrs. Jochims was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. She was also a member of Dorcas Circle, World War I Auxiliary, the American Legion Auxiliary, and the Maple Grove Cemetery Association.

Survivors include three children Mrs. Melroy? (Kathleen) Werner of Tama, Clifford Jochims of Toledo, and Mrs. Bernard (Alice) Land of Hamilton, Ill.; 14 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; a brother, Henry Graff of Tama; and three sisters, Mrs. Fred (Nellie) Oltrogge of Montezuma, Mrs. Herman (Marie) Beck of Grinnell, and Mrs. Lester (Emma) Luttman of Grinnell.

She was preceded in death by her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Thomas (Dorothy) Smith; her parents; three brothers; two sisters; and two grandchildren.

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