Mrs. Emma Klingbiel

SCHEEL, KLINGBIEL

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 2/16/2015 at 11:52:57

OBITUARY.

Klingbiel.

Mrs. Emma Klingbiel, whose death was announced yesterday, had reached the age of 37 years. She was born in Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and came to America in 1888, direct to Davenport, where she married to Mr. Otto Klingbiel. She was a highly esteemed and capable lady who was of great assistance to her husband in his business affairs. Besides her husband two children survive. Emmalena and Jessie Kingbiel. Her father Fritz Scheel, and Gustav Scheel, also survive. The funeral will take place Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the residence on Rockingham road, and the interment will be in the Pine Hill cemetery.

Source: The Davenport Democrat and Leader, Davenport, Ia., 16 Feb 1904, p. 5.