Winterfeld, Louis 1871-1963

WINTERFELD, WEINHAVEN, BAACK

Posted By: Leslie Brondsema (email)
Date: 4/13/2017 at 13:55:51

Sioux Center News July 4, 1963

The Winterfelds in this vicinity received the news that their Uncle Louis Winterfeld from Craig, la. passed away. Funeral services were held Thursday at LeMars.

From Ancestry.com
Louis J. Winterfeld
Funeral Rites Set Thursday Afternoon

Funeral services for Louis John Winterfeld, 91, virtual lifelong resident of the Craig vicinity, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Mauer’s funeral home. Rev. Ervin Schemmel of Craig will officiate. Burial will be in St. John Lutheran cemetery in Reading township, near Ireton.
Mr. Winterfeld died Sunday at Elkhorn, Neb., where he had been making his home with a daughter, Mrs. Donald Shearer, the last year and a half.
He was born Aug. 2, 1891, in Clayton county, Iowa, a song of John and Fredricka Weinhaben Winterfeld. He farmed in the Craig vicinity for 50 years before retiring to Craig. His marriage to Alvina Baack took place in 1901 in Reading township, Sioux City. In 1907 he married Bertha Baack in Le Mars. Both wives preceded him in death, as did a son Arthur, a daughter Erma, four brothers and four sisters.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Arnold (Ethel) Metz of Sioux City, Mrs. Paul (Luella) Beyer of Douglas, Ariz., Mrs. Norma Kock of Craig and Mrs. Donald (Lois) Shearer of Elkhorn, Neb.; 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.