Merten, Sarah

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Buried:
Sarah was buried in Zion Cemetery, west of town.

Died:
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."

Sarah married Wellemeyer, Carl Wesley 12 Jun 1907, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA. Carl (son of Wellemeyer, Rev. Frank Henry and Klaus, Mary Malvina) was born 12 May 1877, Sleepy Eye, Brown County, Minnesota, USA; died 23 Nov 1933, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA; was buried , Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Birth:
He was born on a farm near Colesburg.

Buried:
He was buried in Zion Cemetery, west of town.

Died:
The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Howard Fletcher Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Tuesday, 20 April 1993 in the Manchester Press, of Manchester, Iowa.

"Howard Fletcher Wellemeyer, 84, formerly of rural Earlville, died at the Delaware County Care Facility near Delhi on Wednesday afternoon 14 April 1993. Services were held Saturday 17 April at First Methodist Church in Colesburg with the Rev. Marilyn Winch officiating. Burial was made in the Zion Cemetery at Colesburg. The son of Carl W. and Sarah (Merten) Wellemeyer, he was born 7 March 1909 on a farm near Colesburg. He graduated from Colesburg High School in 1927 and attended Iowa State University in Ames. He was engaged in farming until he retired in 1984. He also served as a trouble shooter for the Colesburg Farmers Telephone Company for many years. He moved into Colesburg in November of 1988 where he lived until moving to the Delaware County Care Facility in July of 1991. He is survived by his aunt, Jenny Keck of Edgewood. Preceding him in death were a sister, Helene Clarice in 1931, his father in 1933 and his mother in 1966. Memorials may be given to the Colesburg Public Library. Clifton Funeral Home of Earlsville was in charge of the arrangements."

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Buried:
She was buried in Zion Cemetery.

Died:
The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Helen Clarice Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Tuesday, 31 March 1931 in the Manchester Democrat, of Manchester, Iowa.

"Manchester friends of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wellemeyer of Colesburg learn with profound sorrow of the sudden death, on Sunday morning, at the home of her parents, of their daughter, Helen, a young woman nineteen years of age and who had been teaching the school at Almoral for some time. Miss Wellemeyer succumbed to an attack of influenza succeeding a nervous breakdown, and her death renders the home desolate. Funeral services are to be held tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon at two o'clock from the Methodist church in Colesburg, and burial will be made in the cemetery there. Miss Wellemeyer was born on the farm near Colesburg, graduated from the High School of that village and attended the State Normal School at Cedar Falls. She is survived by her parents and one brother, Howard, who are heartbroken over this great sorrow. The family is so well known in Delaware County that sympathy for the sorrowing relatives will be general and heartfelt. Helen was a lovable, intelligent girl, a devoted daughter and an ambitious teacher. Her nature was happy, her disposition unselfish and her life gave promise of great usefulness. That she should have been taken at the very threshold of young womanhood, idolized by her parents and beloved by her friends, is a calamity too great for words. Manchester friends feel for Mr. and Mrs. Wellemeyer the largest measure of sincere sympathy."