Walter Saathoff
Born: March 24, 1897 at Manson, Calhoun Co., Iowa
Died: May 27, 1958 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 165, plot 6
Married: Nellie Gist on August 11, 1934
Children: Lorraine and Lila Jean
Parents: Gerd and Ann Rankin Saathoff
Walter Saathoff, Colfax Resident,
Dies on Tuesday
COLFAX (Special) -- Walter Frank Saathoff, 61, a resident of Colfax for the past 12 years, died Tuesday at his home at 221 West State street.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Colfax Methodist church.
The Rev. E. H. Jackson, pastor of the Methodist church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Sugar Grove cemetery.
Bumgardner Funeral Home in Colfax is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Saathoff is survived by his wife, Nellie; two daughters, Lorraine Ramsbig of Muskegon, Mich., and Mrs. Lila Jean Hill of Colfax; and three grandchildren.
Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Herman Dunteman of Amiret, Minn., and Mrs. Roy Jackson of Parker, Iowa, and a brother, Fred, of Woden, Iowa.
The son of Gerd and Anna Rankin Saathoff, he was born March 24, 1897 at Manson.
He was married Aug. 11, 1934 to Nellie Gist at Rolfe, Iowa.
Mr. Saathoff was a Maytag company employee.
He was a member of the Colfax Methodist church. ~ The Newton Daily News, May 28, 1958
Nellie M. Saathoff
Born: April 2, 1904 in Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: December 3, 1985 in Roy, Weber Co., Utah
Buried: Lot 165, plot 5
Married: Walter Saathoff at Rolfe, Iowa
Children: Lorraine and Lila Jean
Parents: George W. and Paralie Meade Gist
Nellie M. Saathoff
Roy, Utah - Mrs. Walter (Nellie M.) Saathoff, 81, of Roy, Utah, a former Jasper County resident, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, in Roy.
Funeral services will be held Friday at Myers Mortuary in Roy and graveside rites will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Sugar Grove Cemetery near Metz.
Walter-Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax is in charge of local arrangements.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Glenn (Lila Jean) Hill and Mrs. Bill (Lorraine) Bauer, both of Roy; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a brother, Giles Gist of Des Moines.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.
Mrs. Saathoff was a member of the United Methodist Church.
The daughter of George and Pralie Ann Meade Gist, she was born April 2, 1904 in Metz.
She was married Aug. 11, 1924 in Rolfe.
Mrs. Saathoff had resided the last 2 years in Roy. ~ Newton Daily News, December 5, 1985.