Eggers, Mary Elizabeth (Baade) 1877 - 1955

EGGERS, BAADE, KIPLE, BEUSCHER, FREIMANN

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 1/3/2025 at 10:48:18

Clayton County Register, 14 July 1955.

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Eggers, nee Baade, was born May 30, 1877, in Wagner township, Clayton County, Iowa, as the daughter of Joseph Baade and his wife Dorothea, nee Freimann. Shortly after her birth she was baptized into the name of the Triune God in the Lutheran church at Clayton Center. She spent the early years of her life on the farm where she was born, helping her parents with the work.

On March 09, 1898, she was united in marriage to William Eggers. They made their home in Farmersburg all the years of their life, with the exception of two years when they lived on a farm west of Farmersburg.

Mrs. Eggers became a communicant member of the Lutheran church on March 31, 1912, through the rite of confirmation, performed by the Rev. Theo. Guetzlaff.

Mrs. Egger's health began to fail several years ago. At first she was cared for in her own home, but when her condition became worse, she was taken to the old people's home in West Union. From there she was taken to the mental health institute at Independence, and later to a nursing home in Dubuque. Here she died Monday, June 27, 1955, at about 7:00 p.m., at the age of 78 years and 27 days.

She was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters and by her husband, who died December 26, 1946.

Survivors include: one son, Roy of Farmersburg; two daughters, Mrs. Harold (Ada) Kiple of Farmersburg, and Mrs. Charles (Jamaine) Beuscher of Kansas City, Mo.; one brother, John of Luana; six grandchildren, besides other relatives and a host of friends.

Funeral services were held on Thursday, June 30, at 1:30 p.m., in St. John Lutheran church at Farmersburg. Burial at F. and W. cemetery.