Anne Marie Tabke 1906-1999

TABKE MUXFELDT BIERWIRTH

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Date: 10/25/2012 at 14:45:00

Moville Record
23 September 1999

Funeral Services Held Saturday For Anne M. Tabke

Funeral services for Anne Marie Tabke, 93, of Moville, were held Saturday, September 18, 1999 at 1:00 p.m. at Moville United Methodist Church. Rev. Harold E. Werley officiated. Interment was in Arlington Township Cemetery, Moville, under the direction of Christy-Smith Funeral Home, McCulloch Chapel, in Moville.

Peggy Hammer was organist.

Casketbearers were Ron Ensz, Chuck Eskov, Jim Krueger, Pete Laven, Mike and Todd Tabke.

Mrs. Tabke was born September 9, 1906, in Anthon, Iowa, the daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Muxfeldt) Bierwirth. She was confirmed in the Evangelical faith and attended school in Climbing Hill, Iowa.

She married Fred Tabke on March 23, 1927, in Moville. The couple farmed in the Moville area for 32 years. They then farmed in Minnesota for two years. They returned to Moville in 1973. He died in 1976.

She was a member of Moville United Methodist Church and the "Grandmas." She was a past member of Moville/Climbing Hill Garden Clubs, Sewing Club, 4-H, Farm Bureau, order of the Eastern Star, White Horse Mounted Patrol Stablemates and Morningside Saddle Club.

Mrs. Tabke died Thursday, September 16, 1999 at a Sioux City hospital following a brief illness.

Survivors include a son and his wife, Dean and Jan of Montrose, S.D.; three daughters and their husbands, Margaret and Bob Christensen of Auxvasse, Missouri, Shirlene and Don Stubbs of Houston, Texas, and Kathy and Gene Krueger of Spirit Lake, Iowa; four sisters, Elsie Phillips of Anthon, Marie Spahn of Moville and Elnora Campbell and Mae Towers, both of Ventura, California; 10 grandchildren; 23 great-gratidchildren-; two great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a son, Raymond.