Sarah (Merten) WELLEMEYER

WELLEMEYER, MERTEN, HENG, KECK

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/20/2010 at 19:09:19

9 June 1966
Manchester Press -- Manchester, Iowa

13 May 1877 -- 25 May 1966

Mrs. Sarah Wellemeyer, 89, died at the Delaware County Memorial Hospital Wednesday, 25 May, following a brief illness. Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church at Colesburg at 2:00 p.m. Saturday 28 May with Rev. Ernest Allen officiating. Burial was in the Zion Cemetery west of Colesburg. The Clifton Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Merten and was born on a farm near Colesburg May 13, 1877. She attended the local schools and graduated with honors from the Manchester High School with the class of 1897. She taught school in the Colesburg area for a number of years and also at Garner. She was married to Carl Wellemeyer of Garner 12 June 1907. Survivors include one son, Howard F. Wellemeyer of Colesburg, one brother Harvey Merten and two sisters Mrs. Fred (Ella) Heng of Manchester and Mrs. Fred (Jennie) Keck of Colesburg and nieces and nephews. Her husband died in 1933 and one daughter, Helen Clarice, died in 1931.