Voogd, Ottilie (Mrs. Gerrit), 1892-1933

VOOGD, HELBING, BLESSING

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Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:38

From the Sioux County Index (Hull), May 26, 1933:

Mrs. Gerrit Voogd Laid to Rest on Sunday Afternoon

Mrs. Gerrit Voogd died last Thursday morning at the Hospital at Cherokee, where she had been taken a couple of weeks previous, for treatment. The cause of her death was pneumonia. Mrs. Voogd was sick only a few days, and the end came as a great shock to the husband and children.

The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the Fred Helbing home at 2 o’clock, and from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Lincoln township at 2:30. Rev. Goeringer was in charge of the services. The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery near the church. Many relatives and friends attended the funeral and the floral emblems were most beautiful. The entire community sympathizes with Mr. Voogd and children in their great loss.

OBITUARY

Ottilie Helbing was born June 2, 1892, at Oefhoven, Germany, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Helbing. She came to this country in 1913, and in 1915 was married to Mr. Gerrit Voogd. To this union two children, Helen and Junior, were born.

Besides her husband and children she is survived by her father, five brothers and one sister. The sister, Mrs. Anna McCormick, of Laurens, Iowa, and one brother, Fred Helbing of Hull, live in this country. The father and four brothers still reside in the old country.

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From the Sioux Center News, May 18, 1933:

Mrs. G. Voogd Dies At State Hospital

News just reached us that Mrs. G. Voogd of Hull died yesterday at the State Hospital at Cherokee. She was brought to the hospital a few weeks ago when her condition became such that she could no longer be cared for at home.

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The Sioux County Cemetery Index has Voogd, Ottilie, b. 1892, d. 1933, Mrs. Gerrit, St Pauls Luth Cem, Hull IA (WPA Index).

Her death certificate has Ottilie Voogd, resident of Hull; born June 21, 1892 in Germany; parents’ names unknown to the state hospital staff; husband Gerritt Voogd; died at the Cherokee State Hospital at 6:10 a.m., May 18, 1933, where she had been treated since April 27; cause, lobar pneumonia; contributory causes, “psychosis with other somatic [physical/bodily] disease (deririum [delirium?] of unknown origin)”

The 1925 Iowa state census spells her name Attilie Voogd and gives her parents as F. Helbing and Amande [or Amanda?] Blessing.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America congregational register for Hull, Iowa gives her full name as Ottilie Amanda Charlotte Voogd, born 2 June 1892 in Ufhoven, Thüringen.