Haefner, Amelia H.

Female 1864 - 1950  (86 years)


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  • Name Haefner, Amelia H. 
    Born 24 May 1864  Giard, Clayton County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died 17 Oct 1950  Washington, Washington 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 Amelia (Haefner) Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on 25 October 1950 in the Garner Leader [of Garner, Iowa].

      Graveside services were held at Concord Cemetery Thursday for Mrs. Ed Wellemeyer, 86, former Garner resident, who died in the Washington County hospital, Washington, Iowa, on 17 October. Funeral services were conducted at Washington October 18 by the pastor and the assistant pastor of the Washington Methodist Church. One of Mrs. Wellemeyer's favorite solos, "The Twenty-seventh Psalm" was sung at the service. Mrs. Wellemeyer was born Amelia Haefner on 24 May 1864 in Giard, Iowa. She was the daughter of Charles and Mary Horney Haefner and was reared and educated in the schools of Clayton County. She was married to Edward M. Wellemeyer 27 June 1889. The first years of their married life they lived on a farm west of Garner, later moving to Garner where they resided until the death of her husband in 1931. Since then she has made her home most of the time in the homes of her children, spending many winters in her son's home, and the summers with her daughter. The past four years she has lived in the home of her daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Foster Bickell of Washington. Mrs. Wellemeyer was a member of the German Methodist Church and her greatest interests were music, flowers, her home and her church. She was able to attend church services until the past two months. She has been declining for two years and seriously ill ten days before her death. Survivors include her daughter Viola and son Elmer of New York City and four grandchildren.
    Buried 19 Oct 1950  Concord Township, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    • She was buried in the Concord Cemetery.
    Person ID I5763  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2010 

    Father Haefner, Charles,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Horney, Mary,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Y  [1
    Family ID F1875  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Wellemeyer, Edward Mathew,   b. 16 Nov 1860, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1931, Washington, Washington County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 27 Jun 1889  Giard, Clayton County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9
    Children 
    +1. Wellemeyer, Agnes Viola,   b. 29 Aug 1890, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Wellemeyer, Elmer Haefner,   b. 25 Mar 1895, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1963, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1874  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 68.
      Amelia H. Haefner, child of Charles Haefner and Mary Horney, was born on 24 May 1864 at Giard, Clayton County, Iowa.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 69.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Amelia (Haefner) Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on 25 October 1950 in the Garner Leader [of Garner, Iowa].
           "Mrs. Wellemeyer was born Amelia Haefner on 24 May 1864 in Giard, Iowa. She was the daughter of Charles and Mary Horney Haefner and was reared and educated in the schools of Clayton County."

    3. [S113] Web site, IAGenWeb Project. Burial Index for all Hancock County Cemeteries. Submitted by the Hancock County Genealogical Society, 1986.
      Accessed March 2010. (http://iagenweb.org/hancock/Cemeteries/burialindex.html). Burial Index - W (http://iagenweb.org/hancock/Cemeteries/bi_w.html).
           Wellemeyer, Amelia H Haefner; born: 1864; died: 1950; cemetery: Concord.

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 68.
      Amelia died on 17 October 1950 at Washington, Washington County, Iowa.

    5. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 69.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Amelia (Haefner) Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on 25 October 1950 in the Garner Leader [of Garner, Iowa].
           "Graveside services were held at Concord Cemetery Thursday for Mrs. Ed Wellemeyer, 86, former Garner resident, who died in the Washington County hospital, Washington, Iowa, on 17 October. Funeral services were conducted at Washington October 18 by the pastor and the assistant pastor of the Washington Methodist Church."

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 68.
      Edward Matthew Wellemeyer and Amelia H. Haefner were married on 27 June 1889 at Giard, Clayton County, Iowa.

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 69.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Amelia (Haefner) Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on 25 October 1950 in the Garner Leader [of Garner, Iowa].
           "She was married to Edward M. Wellemeyer 27 June 1889. The first years of their married life they lived on a farm west of Garner, later moving to Garner where they resided until the death of her husband in 1931."

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 69.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Edward Matthew Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on 11 March 1931. Although Gretchen did not identify the exact source of the obituary, it appears to have been published in the Garner Leader, of Garner, Iowa.
           "June 27, 1889, he was united in marriage to Miss Amelia Haefner of Giard, Iowa. He and his bride took up housekeeping in a home which he had previously built. This was on the farm a short distance west of Garner now known as a J. N. Sprole farm and tenanted by Floyd Franklin. Into this home two children were born, Viola and Elmer."

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 68-69.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Edward Matthew Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on 25 February 1931 in the Garner Signal.
           "Many years ago E. M. Wellemeyer and Miss Amelia Haefner were married. To this union two children were born: Mrs. Viola Bickell of Washington, Iowa at whose house Mr. Wellemeyer died, and Elmer D. Wellemeyer of St. Rose, Louisana."