Fiegenbaum, Emma Maria

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• Census: 1870, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Feb 1914, Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA
• Residence: Sep 1945, Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA

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Birth:
In the 1870 U.S. Census, Emma's place of birth is listed as Minnesota.

Census:
According to the 1870 enumeration, Emma, age 6 (born in Minnesota), lived with her parents, Frederick (age 39) and Louisa (age 37), and eight brothers and sisters, ages 17 years to 6 months.

Buried:
Emma was buried in Bellemont Cemetery.

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     The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Emma Miller. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 29 March 1951 in the Wathena Times, of Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas.

Mrs. Emma Miller, 86, widow of the late Jacob Miller, well-known Wathena druggist, died Monday afternoon at her home at 1:45. Mrs. Miller had been in poor health the past few years, but her condition did not become serious until recent months. Mr. Miller died 23 February 1941. Mrs. Miller was born 16 December 1864 at Woodbury, Minnesota; daughter of Rev. and Mrs. F. W. Fiegenbaum, midwestern pioneer family of the German Methodist Church. She was educated at Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. She had lived in Wathena since two years before her marriage to Mr. Miller 15 September 1886. Mrs. Miller had been a member of the Methodist Church since 1890. She was the oldest member in number of years of membership. She directed the music and taught in the Sunday School. She was president of the missionary society for many years and later was a member of the new organization, WSCS, of which she was a life member. Mrs. Miller was an accomplished musician, possessing a beautiful soprano voice. She taught piano for many years. She studied in St. Joseph with Professors Bear and Sterrit and took organ lessors. She was for many years a member of the Fortnightly Club and Civic Music Association. She retained an active interest in world affairs up to the time of her recent illness, manifested by many unusual newspaper pictures and clippings found in her Bible. Mrs. Miller is survived by four daughters: Louise and Wilma of the home, Mrs. R. G. Larzelere of Troy and Mrs. R. S. Beery of Kansas City; one son, Kenneth C. Miller of Wathena; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and two brothers, Henry Fiegenbaum of Springfield, Nebraska and W. E. Fiegenbaum of Geneva, Nebraska. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church, Wednesday afternoon, Rev. E. K. Resler of Wathena and Rev. R. J. Zeidler of Troy officiated. Mrs. P. F. Dubach played organ selections and Mrs. Warren Gummig was soloist. Burial was in Bellemont, with arrangements by Sollars Funeral Home. Pallbearers were P. F. Dubach, Quincy Groh, Burnace Axlund, F. C. Poirier, H. J. Hagan and Charles Larzelere.

Emma married Miller, Jacob 15 Sep 1886, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA. Jacob was born 6 Mar 1863, Weidenthal, Germany; died 23 Feb 1941, Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA; was buried 25 Feb 1941, Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Buried:
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, the Rev. Floyd Nolin officiating. Burial was in Bellemont Cemetery.

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The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Louise Dorothea Miller. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 4 May 1969 in the St. Joseph News-Press, of St. Joseph, Missouri.

     Miss Louise Miller, long prominent in musical circles here, died Saturday afternoon at a hospital here at the age of 80. Miss Miller suffered a stroke in August 1967 and after a lengthy hospital stay here was taken to her home in Wathena. Last Tuesday she was returned to the hospital. As a voice and piano teacher in St. Joseph for more than 40 years, she had instructed a large number of young people living all over Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri. She was called upon often to be a judge in music contests and was well-known in Kansas City and other cities as the result. Miss Miller was born 16 September 1888 at Wathena to the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller. She was graduated from Wathena High School in 1905 and from MacMurray College of Jacksonville, Illinois in music in 1911. Following her graduation she taught at the college for several years. Then she went to Chicago to study voice with Frederic Root and was an associate professor of voice at the University of Kansas from 1922 to 1924. Miss Miller next spent two years in New York studying voice with William Brady and others. On returning to the Middle West she opened a voice and piano studio in the Empire Trust Building and at the same time became choir director at the Westminster Presbyterian Church. She served the church 32 years, retiring in August 1960, and continuing with her private teaching. In the meantime she had moved her studio to the Schneider Building. Miss Miller had an exceptional knowledge of musical literature and was greatly admired and widely consulted concerning repertoire. Her ability at the piano was such that she could transpose very difficult music while accompanying a singer and had been known to do it on sight. She was very active in the Fortnightly Musical Club, having served as its president and taught large numbers of the people who performed for the club and for its junior organization. Miss Miller was one of the organizers of the Civic Music Association, the present Community Concert Association. She served as its secretary in its early years and later as a vice-president. In 1932, while serving as secretary, she attended a national convention of the organization in Chicago. She directed an American Legion auxiliary chorus that won many contests. Following World War II Miss Miller was the musical director of light opera productions in Krug Park Bowl. All through her life she was interested in young people and sought to inspire them as they continued their careers. In her long illness many of them came to visit her. Miss Miller was a lifelong member of Wathena United Methodist Church. She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. R. G. Larzelere of Troy; Miss Wilma Miller of the home in Wathena, and Mrs. R. S. Beery of Kansas City, Missouri; one brother, Kenneth C. Miller, a Wathena druggist, and nieces and nephews. The body has been taken to the Harman Mortuary at Wathena. Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, the Rev. Floyd Nolin officiating. Burial will be in Bellemont Cemetery, Wathena.

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Buried:
Funeral services were held at the United Methodist Church at Troy, Kansas. Burial was in Bellemont Cemetery, Wathena, Kansas.

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The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Fredricka Frances (Miller) Larzelere. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 11 June 1981 in the Kansas Chief, of Troy, Kansas.

     Freda Larzelere, 89, died Thursday, 4 June, at a Wathena nursing home. A native of Wathena, Mrs. Larzelere was a lifelong resident of Doniphan County. She was the widow of R. G. Larzelere, who died in 1952. Mrs. Larzelere was a member of the United Methodist Church of Troy. She was the daughter of Jacob Miller and Emma Fiegenbaum. Survivors include two sons, Robert Larzelere of San Francisco, California and Richard Larzelere of Troy; one sister, Wilma Miller of Wathena; three grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services were Sunday, 7 June at the Troy United Methodist Church, with burial in the Bellemont Cemetery, Wathena. Service arrangements were under the direction of the Harman Mortuary, Troy. Pallbearers were Lyle Yingling, Alfred Zimmerman, Gary Davies, Archie Seiter, Francis Burbridge and Clarence E. Blake.

Fredricka married Larzelere, Robert Gould 25 Dec 1918. Robert died 1952. [Group Sheet]

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The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Fredricka Frances (Miller) Larzelere. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 15 April 1975 in the Kansas City Times, of Kansas City, Missouri.

     Mrs. Kathryn M. Beery, 74, of 2432 East 69th Terrace, died Sunday at the home. She was born in Wathena, Kansas and lived here 44 years. Mrs. Beery was a member of the Central United Methodist Church. She attended the University of Kansas and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. She leaves her husband, Roland S. Beery, Sr., of the home, a son Roland S. Beery, Jr. of 3608 N.E. 47th; a daughter, Mrs. Carol Blackburn, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; two sisters, Miss Wilma Miller of Wathena and Mrs. Freda Larzelere of Troy, Kansas and five grandchildren. Private services will be Wednesday at the Muehlebach Chapel; cremation. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight at the chapel.

Kathryn married Beery, Roland Smith 22 May 1926, Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA. Roland (son of Beery, Jesse and Smith, Carrie) was born 25 Feb 1904, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA; died 24 Dec 1979, Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Funeral services were held at the United Methodist Church and burial was in Bellemont Cemetery.

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The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Kenneth Carter Miller. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared in the Wathena Times, of Wathena, Kansas. The date of publication was not provided.

     Kenneth Carter Miller, 69, died unexpectedly Friday afternoon of an apparent heart attack at his home in Wathena. He was the owner of the Miller Pharmacy, a business that observed its 100th anniversary in September 1967. Although Mr. Miller had recently been hospitalized, he was at the Pharmacy Friday morning. A lifelong resident of Wathena, Mr. Miller was a member of the Kansas Pharmaceutical Association and the National Association of Retail Druggists. A graduate of Kansas University at Lawrence, he was a charter member of Delta Chi Fraternity of the University. He was an active violinist and was a director of the Kansas University Footwarmers. An active member of the United Methodist Church, Mr. Miller had served as chairman of the official board of the church. At one time he sang in the church choir and on numerous occasions enriched the worship service and other special events of the church with violin solos. A member of Wathena Lodge No. 64, A. F. and A. M., Mr. Miller had served as Past Master, was a past member of the board of trustees of the lodge and was treasurer of that organization at the time of his death, an office that he had held for many years. He was also chairman of the Salvation Army Unit in Wathena at the time of his death. A former member of Wathena City Council, he was always interested in community affairs. Among his many interests were flowers. Mr. Miller had a flower garden each year at his home and it was not unusual to go into his pharmacy in the summer time and see beautiful bouquets of flowers picked from his garden on display. Mr. Miller was a member of Royal Arch Masons No. 16 of Troy, Hugh dePaynes Commandery No. 4 of St. Jo., St. Jo Council No. 9, Moila Shrine Temple of St. Jo and Phoenix Lodge No. 41, I.O.O.F., Wathena. Mr. Miller was very active in St. Jo musical and social circles. As a member of Moila Temple Shrine, he played golf at the Shrine Country Club and in former years was the director of the Moila Chanters, a choral. The evening of February 16 he attended the St. Jo Community Concert Association's program, having been a member for many years. The evening before his death, on February 19, he attended a meeting of the Midland Empire Numismatic Association of St. Jo in which he had won trophies. As a young man, Mr. Miller played in Ray Miller's Hotel Gibson Orchestra, traveling out of Cincinnati. He played in the early days of radio in St. Jo as a member of the Zerbst Capsule Hour Orchestra. Later he played in the orchestra for the operetta productions in Krug Park Bowl in St. Jo and for such traveling groups as Olson and Johnson at the Auditorium in St. Jo. Mr. Miller was a violinist and an entertainer who amused his friends in musical groups with stunts he had worked out for the instrument. As a member of the 25 year club of Local 50 in St. Jo, American Federation of Musicians, he attended the dinner given there annually by the veteran performers. His wife, Juliet, who survives him, is the immediate past president of the Fortnightly Musical Club in St. Jo. Besides his wife, survivors include a son, Roger Miller of Bonner Springs; three sisters, Mrs. Freda Larzelere of Troy, Mrs. Kathryn Beery of Kansas City (his twin sister) and Miss Wilma Miller of Wathena, and three grandchildren. One son, Phillip, preceded him in death. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the United Methodist Church with Rev. Lee Wiersma officiating. Mrs. Donald Groh played organ selections. Burial was in Bellemont Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dr. George Ruwwe, Dr. Claude Markt, Albert Zimmerman, Herbert Iffert, Russell Maag and Paul Spence. Arrangements were by Harman Mortuary at Wathena. Among the out of town relatives and friends who attended Mr. Miller's funeral were Mrs. Miller's brother, Mr. and Mrs. Brad Buell and Jack Buell of Salina. Mr. Buell remained to spend a few days with his sister.

Kenneth married Buell, Juliet Elizabeth 18 Mar 1928. Juliet died Aft 1970. [Group Sheet]

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Details of the birth are not known at this time. In her mother's obituary in 1975, Carol was identified as Mrs. Carol Blackburn, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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According to his father's obituary, Phillip died sometime before his father did in 1970.

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