Struck, Cort 1889-1954 & Bertha Zimmerman Family

STRUCK, ZIMMERMAN, HILKEN, GARRELS

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 8/20/2023 at 16:47:15

Struck, Cort 1889-1954 & Bertha Zimmerman Family

This story was taken from pages 470-471 of the Ireton Centennial Book (1882-1982). The story was transcribed for this BIOS by Beth De Leeuw of the Greater Sioux County Genealogical Society. Some research notes were added by Wilma J. Vande Berg.

Cort Struck was the son of Chris and Dora Struck and was born in Taylorville Co., Il. on May 14, 1889. During the days of his childhood the Struck family moved to a farm near Ormsby, Mn.

Bertha (Rebecca) Struck, daughter of Richard and Gertrude Zimmerman, was born Nov. 16, 1881 at Nakomis, Il. In 1884 the Zimmerman family came to Ireton where they built the second fair sized house in this young town.

On Feb. 15, 1911 Cort Struck and Bertha Zimmerman were united in marriage. After their marriage they lived at Clearfield, S.D. for two years. They returned to the Ireton area and lived on a farm one mile east and four miles north of town. This farm was owned by Bertha’s parents. A few years later, Cort and Bertha bought a house on Main Street in Ireton which is now the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Marienau. During that time Mr. Struck worked for the town of Ireton. From 1928 to 1953 they lived in Fairmont, Mn. where Cort was employed as a foreman for the Fairmont Canning Factory. During the summer of 1953 Mr. and Mrs. Struck returned to Ireton and built a new home just west of the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church where they lived until their death. This house is now the home of the Terry Huitink family. Mr. Struck passed away June 10, 1954 and Mrs. Struck died Dec. 22, 1969. They were the parents of three sons: Elmer, Aaron and Walter.

Walter and his wife Mildred (Vlotho) live on the farm where Cort and Bertha lived when they first came back to the Ireton area. Walter and Mildred are the parents of one son, Dennis.

A new house had been constructed on the Struck farm where Dennis and his wife Berdena (Mills) and their infant son Ryan Lee are making their home. Dennis will be farming the Struck farm that has been in the family for four generations. The other land that he will be farming belonged to his great grandfather, John Vlotho, Sr. (Exact relative author unknown)

RESEARCH NOTES: Added by Wilma J. Vande Berg Family report from ancestry.com public member trees submitted by others.

Court John Struck born 14 May 1889 Peoria, Il died 1954 Ireton Sioux County IA. He was the son of Christ Struck 1863 and Dora Hilken 1859. He married Rebecka ‘Bertha’ Zimmerman 1881 – 22 Dec 1969 Ireton IA

Rebecka ‘Bertha’ Zimmerman was born Nov 1881 Nokomis IL died 22 Dec 1969 Ireton IA. She was the daughter of Dirk Richard Arens Zimmerman 1844-1941 and Gertrude Garrels 1842-1929. They had three children

Research note: From an ancestry.com entry (by others) Cort Struck born about 1890 wife was Rebecca Zimmerman 1881, two children listed Aaron 1912 and Walter 1814-1998. Married in Sioux County IA 15 Feb 1911 Sioux county IA. 1940 they were living in Fairmont MN.

Children: Cort and Bertha Struck:

1. Aaron Struck born 18 Sep 1912 Ireton IA died 3 Oct 1978 Goodhue MN
Find A Grave lists Aaron Christ Struck born 18 Sep 1912 died 3 Oct 1978 Goodhue MN wife Ethel Olivia Holmquist 1911-1982. They were the parents of one child unlisted.

2.Walter Struck born Sep 3, 1914 Ireton died Mar 16, 1998 Ireton IA
Ireton Examiner, Ireton, Sioux, Iowa, USA March 19, 1998 Walter M. Struck, 83, of rural Ireton, IA, died suddenly on Monday, March 16, 1998, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 Friday morning, March 20, 1998, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Ireton, the Reverend Loren Vogler officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Ireton. Visitation will be held on Thursday, with a Prayer Service at 7: 30 p.m. on Thursday evening at the Porter-Dow Funeral Home in Ireton.
Walter Martin Struck was born September 3, 1914, at Ireton the second of three sons born to Cort and Rebecca (Zimmerman) Struck. He graduated from Fairmont High School in Fairmont, MN, in 1931. Walter worked at the Fairmont Railway Motors, and the Naval Gun Factory at Arlington, VA, and served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1943 to 1946. He married Mildred Vlotho on September 7, 1947 at Ireton. They farmed north of Ireton. Mildred died May 25, 1990.
Walter is survived by a son, Dennis and his wife Dena, and two grandchildren, Ryan and Allison, all of Ireton. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; and two brothers, Elmer and Aaron.

3. Elmer Struck born 1916 died 1917 Infant
Struck, Elmer C. H. 1916-1917 son buried in Pleasant Hill cemetery Ireton IA Son of Cort J. 1889-1954 and or mother Rebecca 1881-1969

OBITUARY OF CORT STRUCK
Hawarden Independent, Hawarden, Sioux, Iowa, USA Thursday June 17, 1954
Cort Struck, 67, Dies at Ireton
Ireton, la Cort Struck, 67, who had been ill the past two years from a heart ailment, died unexpectedly at his home last Thursday evening.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at St. Paul’s Lutheran church in Ireton. Rev. Friedrich officiated.
Cort John Struck, son of Chris Struck and his wife Dora Helken, was born in Taylorville county, Illinois on May 14, 1889. During the days of his childhood the Struck family moved to Ormsby, Minn., where he was confirmed in the Lutheran faith.
On Feb. 15, 1911, Mr. Struck was married to Bertha Zimmerman at Ireton, To this union three children were born. One son, Elmer, preceded his father in death in 1917.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Struck lived at Clearfield, S. D., for two years. From the years of 1912 to 1929, they had made their home in Ireton. From 1929 to 1953 they lived in Fairmont, Minn. About a year ago Mr. and Mrs. Struck came back to Ireton to make their home.
Survivors include the widow, Bertha Struck of Ireton; two sons Aaron of Sebeka, Minn., and Walter of Ireton; five brothers, John, Henry and Art of Fairmont, Minn., Chris of Cleveland, Ohio, and William of Karlstadt, Minn.; one sister, Dora Struck of Belle Plaine, Minn., and four grandchildren.
Pall, bearers were Richard Moeller, Pete Moeller, Wm. Zimmerman, Curt Richardson, Cornie Vander Mei and Art Niehaus. Mrs. Leland Hemmingson and Mrs. Bernard Grau sang "Asleep in Jesus" and "Heaven is My Home."
Those attending the funeral from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Struck, Karlstad, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Struck, Larry, Allan and Maren of Sebeka, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Henry C Hilken, Mrs. Arthur Hartke, Mrs,. Walter Hartke, Robert Hoelmer, W. J. Hoelmer, Walter Garlish, Mrs. Carl W. Lang, all of Monterey, Minnesota; Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Grone2walk, Mr and Mrs. Paul McClarey, Bonnie and Sharon, Mr. and Mrs. Art Nieliaus and son, Stephen, all-of Granada, Minn.; Wm. F. C. Plueger of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs.: Tillie Niehaus, Mr. and Mrs. John Struck and son, arvan, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Struck, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Struck, Mrs. Helen McKinney and son, Craig: Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Warner; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Davis, Mrs. Erwin Kropp and son, David, all of Fairmont, Minn. Mrs. H. Kleihaver, John Kleihaver, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Frerichs and Nancy, Mrs. Emma Luschen, Mrs. R. H. Zimmerman, Mrs. Henry Zimmerman, Mrs. Albert Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Johnson, all of Le Mars; Mr. and Mrs. Warren Nanninga, Mrs. Jennie McNally, Mrs. Arthur Cornish, Mrs. T. M. Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Moeller, Richard Moeller, all of Hawarden; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bonnema of Inwood; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lang of., Rock Valley; Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Horstman, Clarice and Carleton of Paullina, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Franken, Joel and Mark of Dennison and Lester Froks of Sioux Falls.

OBITUARY OF BERTHA STRUCK
Hawarden Independent, Hawarden, Sioux, Iowa, USA December 25, 1969
FUNERAL SERVICES FRIDAY FOR MRS. REBECCA STRUCK
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, December 26, at St. Paul's Lutheran church in Ireton for Rebecca Struck, 88, who passed away Monday,. December 22, in the Hawarden hospital .
Mrs. Struck was born November 16, 1881, at Nakomls, Illinois, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs., R. A, Zimmerman. As a small girl she moved to the Ireton area with her parents until 1928 when they moved to Fairmont, Minnesota, returning to Ireton in September of 1963. She was married to Cort Struck on February 15, 1911, at, Ireton, He preceded her in death on June 10, 1954.
She is survived by two sons, Walter of Ireton and Aaron of Red Wing, Minnesota; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one sister, Miss Hannah Zimmerman of Ireton.

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