Mrs. Emma Bieber, 88 years old, formerly of this city, died Thursday morning at 8:30 o'clock in Davenport, Iowa, where she had made her home for the past 25 years. Word of her death was received here by her daughter, Mrs. Lynn Cassell, 345 Caldwell Street. Mrs. Bieber, widow of the late Hermann Bieber, was born at Lisbon Falls, Maine, on November 25, 1858. Her husband preceded her in death 41 years ago. She also was preceded in death by one son, William Bieber of Jacksonville.
She is survived by four daughters and three sons: Mrs. Carl Ruebling and Mrs. Charles DeFrates of Davenport, Iowa; Mrs. Paul Boyer, Rock Island; Mrs. Lynn Cassell, Jacksonville; Harry and Karl Bieber, Davenport, and George Bieber, Claremont, NH. There are 12 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
The remains will be brought to the Williamson Funeral Home here (Jacksonville, IL) Friday afternoon. The family will meet friends there Friday evening between 7:30 and 9 o'clock Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
For those interested in this family, please note Ruth's birth year is listed correctly as 1895 (SSDI and Census)although the gravestone shows 1899.
Ruth was the youngest of the Bieber children.
They were my great aunts.
Also, Note that Emma was born in either Strong or Farmington, Maine and did not move to Lisbon with her family until she was a young child. The obituary is in error on that.
She is survived by four daughters and three sons: Mrs. Carl Ruebling and Mrs. Charles DeFrates of Davenport, Iowa; Mrs. Paul Boyer, Rock Island; Mrs. Lynn Cassell, Jacksonville; Harry and Karl Bieber, Davenport, and George Bieber, Claremont, NH. There are 12 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
The remains will be brought to the Williamson Funeral Home here (Jacksonville, IL) Friday afternoon. The family will meet friends there Friday evening between 7:30 and 9 o'clock Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
For those interested in this family, please note Ruth's birth year is listed correctly as 1895 (SSDI and Census)although the gravestone shows 1899.
Ruth was the youngest of the Bieber children.
They were my great aunts.
Also, Note that Emma was born in either Strong or Farmington, Maine and did not move to Lisbon with her family until she was a young child. The obituary is in error on that.
Mrs. Emma Bieber, 88 years old, formerly of this city, died Thursday morning at 8:30 o'clock in Davenport, Iowa, where she had made her home for the past 25 years. Word of her death was received here by her daughter, Mrs. Lynn Cassell, 345 Caldwell Street. Mrs. Bieber, widow of the late Hermann Bieber, was born at Lisbon Falls, Maine, on November 25, 1858. Her husband preceded her in death 41 years ago. She also was preceded in death by one son, William Bieber of Jacksonville.
She is survived by four daughters and three sons: Mrs. Carl Ruebling and Mrs. Charles DeFrates of Davenport, Iowa; Mrs. Paul Boyer, Rock Island; Mrs. Lynn Cassell, Jacksonville; Harry and Karl Bieber, Davenport, and George Bieber, Claremont, NH. There are 12 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
The remains will be brought to the Williamson Funeral Home here (Jacksonville, IL) Friday afternoon. The family will meet friends there Friday evening between 7:30 and 9 o'clock Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
For those interested in this family, please note Ruth's birth year is listed correctly as 1895 (SSDI and Census)although the gravestone shows 1899.
Ruth was the youngest of the Bieber children.
They were my great aunts.
Also, Note that Emma was born in either Strong or Farmington, Maine and did not move to Lisbon with her family until she was a young child. The obituary is in error on that.
She is survived by four daughters and three sons: Mrs. Carl Ruebling and Mrs. Charles DeFrates of Davenport, Iowa; Mrs. Paul Boyer, Rock Island; Mrs. Lynn Cassell, Jacksonville; Harry and Karl Bieber, Davenport, and George Bieber, Claremont, NH. There are 12 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
The remains will be brought to the Williamson Funeral Home here (Jacksonville, IL) Friday afternoon. The family will meet friends there Friday evening between 7:30 and 9 o'clock Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
For those interested in this family, please note Ruth's birth year is listed correctly as 1895 (SSDI and Census)although the gravestone shows 1899.
Ruth was the youngest of the Bieber children.
They were my great aunts.
Also, Note that Emma was born in either Strong or Farmington, Maine and did not move to Lisbon with her family until she was a young child. The obituary is in error on that.
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