Putnam, Zena (Mrs. Alfred) 1878-1941

PUTNAM, WARNTJES, WOLTER, PHILLIPS

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/15/2022 at 08:02:20

From the Sioux County Index (Hull), February 14, 1941:

Mrs. Sena Putnam, 63, Died at Sioux City Last Wednes.

Mrs. Sena Putnam, 63 years old, died Wednesday morning, February 5th, 1941, of a heart attack at her home at 2701 West Cottage avenue, Sioux City, Iowa.

Born in 1878 in the Netherlands, Sena Warntjes went to Orange City with her parents when she was five years old. In 1900 she went to Sioux City, Iowa, where she has since made her home.

Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Myron Mudgeth of Los Angeles, California and Mrs. John Schuurman of Hawarden; and two brothers, John Warntjes of Boyden and Adrian Warntjes of Primghar. Her husband, Mr. Alfred Putnam, died May 5th, 1938.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 o’clock, Friday, February 7th, with Rev. A. G. Crisp, pastor of Grace Reformed Church, at Sioux City, in charge. Interment was made in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City.

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RESEARCH NOTES

Brief obituaries in the Alton Democrat and the Rock Valley Bee (Feb. 14) give her name as Zena. A similar obituary in the Sioux City Journal (Feb. 6) also gives her name as Mrs. Zena Putnam, and adds that she was a member of the auxiliary of Maj. William A. Kirk camp, U.S.W.V.

Her death certificate (informant Adrian Warntjes) has Zena Putnam, widow of Alfred Putnam; resident of 2701 West Cottage Ave., Sioux City; born in Holland Nov. 11, 1878; resident of the United States 58 years and of Sioux City 41 years; parents Henry Warntjes and Dina Wolter; died at home on Feb. 5, 1941; cause, cardiac failure, duration 1 week, due to myocarditis, duration 1 year.

No FindaGrave.com entry was found for her. A search of the Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City website found “memorials” for Alfred Alexander Putnam (1876-1938) but no Sena or Zena Putnam.

WieWasWie.nl has a birth index record for Gezina Warntjes, born 16 Nov 1878 in Vriescheloo gem. Bellingwolde, Groningen, parents Hendrik Warntjes, age 33, a carpenter, and Wolterdiena Wolters.

The 1900 U.S. census for Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa has (apparently) her as Iena Warntjes, age 21, born Nov 1878 in Holland, father born in Holland, mother born in Germany, immigration year unknown; listed as a visitor in the home of her sister Buna[?] and brother-in-law Myron Mudgett.

The Woodbury County marriage register for 1922 has groom Alfred A. Putnam, age 48, resident of Sioux City, occupation real estate, born in Lyons County, Iowa; parents Henry Putnam and Elizabeth Bulettes; bride Mrs. Sena Phillips, birth name Sena Warntjes, age 43, resident of Sioux City, born in Holland, parents Henry Warntjes and Dena Wolters; second marriage for both; married in Sioux City October 28, 1922. No further information on her first husband was readily located.