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Wilhelmine Florentine (Fiegenbaum) Winter

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Florentine (Fiegenbaum) Winter's obituary
Warren County, Missouri; 1919.
Courtesy of J W Fiegenbaum family
 

 

Florentina Winter.

Schw. Florentina Winter, geb. Fiegenbaum, erblickte das Licht dieser Welt am 20. August 1854 zu Hopewell, Mo. Am 27. August 1875 verehelichte sie sich mit ihrem nun tiefbetrübten Gattin, Hn. F. C. Winter. Diese Ehe war mit neun Kindern gesegnet. Von diesen gingen zwei der Mutter in die bessere Heimat voran. Unter der Amtstätigkeit von Br. Wm. Schutz fanden Br. und Schw. Winter die köstliche Perle und vereinigten sich mit der Truxton Gemeinde. Treu hat sie beigetragen zum Aufbau derselben durch Gebet und Mitwirken in Gebet= und Bekenntnisstunden, in Sonntagschule und Missionsverein. Gerne und viel hat sie beherbergt. Die Ihrigen hat sie täglich angehalten zur Gottesfurcht. So war es natürlich, daß ihr Erstgeborener ins Predigtamt trat. Während der letzten fünf Jahre, aber besonders der letzten zehn Monate, hat Schw. W. viel gelitten. Oefters schien ihr Abscheiden vorhanden, doch erholte sie sich wieder, bis am 24. August die müde Seele zur Ruhe des Volkes Gottes einging. "Ich möchte heim," war ihre Losung. Sie wird überlebt von ihrem lieben Gatten, 5 Söhnen - von denen Louis H. Gleid der St. Louis Deutschen Konferenz ist - 2 Töchtern, 26 Großkindern, 3 Brüdern und 4 Schwestern. Nebst diesen trauern um sie viele Verwandte und Freunde. Genau 44 Jahre nach dem Einzug der glücklichen Braut hat man die entseelte Hülle nach dem stillen Friedhof getragen. Als Leichentext dienten 2 Kor. 5, 1 und Off. 21, 3. 4.

Truxton, Mo. W. A. Dahlem.

 

Florentina Winter.

Sister Florentina Winter, born Fiegenbaum, beheld the light of this world on the 20th of August 1854 at Hopewell, Mo. On the 27th of August, 1875, she married her now deeply grieving husband, Hn. F. C. Winter. This wife was blessed with nine children. Of these, two preceded their mother to a better home. Under the ministry of Brother Wm. Schutz, Brother and Sister Winter found the precious pearl and united themselves with the Truxton congregation. She contributed faithfully to the growth of that parish through prayer and collaboration in Prayer and Confession Hours, in Sunday School and Mission Circle. She gave of herself gladly and generously. She encouraged her piety daily. So it was only natural that her first born should enter the ministry. During the last five years, and especially the last ten months, Sister W. suffered a great deal. Often her death seemed at hand, but she recovered again, until on the 24th of August the exhausted soul entered in to the peace of God's people. "I want to go home," was her watchword. She is survived by her beloved husband, 5 sons - of whom Louis H. is the head of the St. Louis German Conference - 2 daughters, 26 grandchildren, 3 brothers and 4 sisters. Besides these, many relatives and friends grieve for her. Exactly 44 years after the entrance of the joyous bride, the lifeless husk was carried to the hushed cemetery. Serving as funeral texts were Second Corinthians 5:1 and Revelations 21:3-4. 

Truxton, Mo. W. A. Dahlem.

 

Transcription & translation by J. Mark Fiegenbaum.

 

Wilhelmine Florentine Fiegenbaum's family

Heinrich Friedrich Christian Winter's family

Heinrich Friedrich Christian Winter and Wilhelmine Florentine Fiegenbaum were married 27 August 1875 in Warren County, Missouri, USA. This was the first marriage for both.

Their children:

Florentine (Fiegenbaum) Winter died 24 August 1919 in Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA. She was buried in the cemetery of the Zion Methodist Church at Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri.

On 20 October 1920, the widowed Heinrich Friedrich Christian Winter married his first wife's sister, the widow, Wilhelmine Luise (Fiegenbaum) Starkebaum. They had no children.

Wilhelmine Luise Fiegenbaum's first husband, Hans Hermann August Starkebaum, had died 25 March 1900 at Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

Hans Hermann August Starkebaum and his first wife, Katherine Amelia Sievert, had two children, but he and Wilhelmine Luise Fiegenbaum did not have children.

 

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