Gleysteen, Frances (Mrs. Dirk V.) 1871-1954

GLEYSTEEN, VANDERLINDEN, STEFFENS, AYKENS

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:35

Alton Democrat of Aug 26, 1954
Mrs. D. V. Gleysteen Dies At Long Beach
Mrs. D. V. Gleysteen of Long beach, Calif. died at a hospital there Thursday last, according to a telegram from Miss Agnes Gleysteen to Mrs. D. J. Gleysteen forwarded from Columbia, O., to Alton. The message read: "Mother died peacefully Thursday evening. Funeral Sunday afternoon."
Graham Gleysteen, who was there recently enroute to his mother's bedside , arrived in Long Beach the Saturday before his mother's death. A resident here for some years, Mrs. Gleysteen is remembered kindly by many friends.

Note: Family history from an ancestry.con entry (done by others) Frances Fannie Aykens Steffens born 17 Feb 1871 Embden, Germany died 19 Aug 1954 Los Angeles CA, buried in Nassau cemetery Alton IA.

She was the daughter of Nicholas Steffens 1839-1912 and Jane Graham 1836-1916. She was married to Dirk VanderLinden Gleysteen born 31 Dec 1870 Pella IA died 3 Sep 1951 Los Angeles CA buried Nassau township cemetery Alton IA. Two children were listed as Nicholas Graham 1898-197 and Agnes G. Fraser 1903-1999.