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Merten, Sarah

Female 1877 - 1966  (89 years)


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  • Name Merten, Sarah 
    Born 13 May 1877  Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 25 May 1966  Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    • The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Sarah (Merten) Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Thursday, 9 June 1966 in the Manchester Press, of Manchester, Iowa.

      "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 Clairice, died in 1931."
    Buried Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    • Sarah was buried in Zion Cemetery, west of town.
    Person ID I5561  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2008 

    Father Merten, John,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Partridge, Candace,   b. 1848,   d. 1930  (Age 82 years) 
    Married Y  [1, 2] 
    Family ID F1798  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Wellemeyer, Carl Wesley,   b. 12 May 1877, Sleepy Eye, Brown County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1933, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 12 Jun 1907  Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9] 
    Children 
     1. Wellemeyer, Howard Fletcher,   b. 7 Mar 1909, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1993, Delhi, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     2. Wellemeyer, Helen Clarice,   b. 11 Feb 1912, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1931, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 111.
      Sarah Merten, child of John Merten and Candace Partridge, was born on 13 May 1877 at Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 112.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Sarah (Merten) Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Thursday, 9 June 1966 in the Manchester Press, of Manchester, Iowa.
           "She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Merten and was born on a farm near Colesburg May 13, 1877."

    3. [S48] Cemetery or burial marker, IA GenWeb Project. Delaware County, Iowa Cemetery Directory. Zion Cemetery.
      Gravestone transcriptions from Zion Cemetery at Colesburg, Section 6, Colony Township, Delaware County, Iowa provided by Robert Schwietert to the USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project for Iowa at (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ia/delaware/cemeteries/zioncem.txt). File updated February 1999. Accessed 14 April 2006.
           Row 29: Sarah M. Wellemeyer; born 13 May 1877; died 25 May 1877.

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 111.
      Sarah died on 25 May 1966 at Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa.

    5. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 112.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Sarah (Merten) Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Thursday, 9 June 1966 in the Manchester Press, of Manchester, Iowa.
           "Mrs. Sarah Wellemeyer, 89, died at the Delaware County Memorial Hospital Wednesday, 25 May, following a brief illness."

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 112.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Sarah (Merten) Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Thursday, 9 June 1966 in the Manchester Press, of Manchester, Iowa.
           "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."

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 111.
      Carl Wesley Wellemeyer and Sarah Merten were married on 12 June 1907 at Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa.

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 111-112.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Carl Wesley Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on 29 November 1933 in an unidentified Garner, Iowa newspaper.
           "Departed was married 12 June 1907 to Sarah Merten. From this union came two children, one son Howard, who is working at home, and one daughter, Helen, who preceeded him in death."

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 112.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Sarah (Merten) Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Thursday, 9 June 1966 in the Manchester Press, of Manchester, Iowa.
           "She was married to Carl Wellemeyer of Garner 12 June 1907."


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