Zetta ZWICK

ZWICK, OSTROM

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/4/2009 at 08:59:45

Ringgold Record, 1886

DEATH of MISS ZETTA ZWICK

--DIED--At her home in Monroe township, on Sunday, Oct 31 [1886], Miss Zetta ZWICK, in her 18th year. She was a most lovable and highly esteemed young lady, the idol of her parents, and an ornament to her community. She was attacked with a form of throat disease, and was sick but a few hours. Her parents and two sisters are almost inconsolable over their loss.

NOTE: Sharing a gravestone at Oliver Cemetery near Ellston, Ringgold County, Iowa, are the parents, father C. E. ZWICK (born Aug. 28, 1824 died Nov. 26, 1910) & mother Alida (OSTROM) ZWICK (born Jan. 19, 1836 died Mar. 27, 1932) who married May 9, 1858, and their children: Eva (born Mar. 4, 1859), Agusta (born Oct. 14, 1861), Zetta (born April 19, 1869), Christa (born Mar 20, 1873), and Alice (born Aug. 13, 1879).

Transcription and note by Sharon R. Becker, 2008