Alfrieda Schuetz Rennels was also a superb genealogist and historian who wrote the definitive history of the Schuetz Family, included in the May 1982 (Volume 10, Number 2) edition of the Moultrie County Heritage, pages 31 to 37, published by the Moultrie County Historical & Genealogical Society in Sullivan, Illinois. The article is "A History of Schuetz Family: Fredrick & Maria Schuetz of Moultrie County, IL."
At the end of this article, a note on page 37 points to an additional manuscript of genealogical information on the Schuetz family, also authored by Alfrieda: "Editor's Note: Alfrieda Schuetz Rennels, the author, has prepared a very neat appearing manuscript enhanced with many pictures, documents and [a] couple of family charts. This manuscript is in our society files."
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From The Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, Iowa), Friday 29 January 1993, page C-5:
SERGEANT BLUFF – Alfrieda M. Rennels, 87, of Sergeant Bluff, longtime teacher and church and community leader, died Monday, Jan. 25, 1993, at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting, Iowa, after a long illness.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Community United Methodist Church in Sergeant Bluff with the Rev. Jan Burnett officiating. Burial will be in Whetstone Cemetery, near Charleston, Ill. Visitation will be 6-8 pm today at the Christy Morningside Funeral Home.
Mrs. Rennels, the former Alfrieda Marie Augusta Schuetz, was born Aug. 28, 1905, on a farm near Lovington, Ill., the daughter of Frederick and Wilhelmina Schuetz. She attended rural grade schools and graduated form Arthur (Ill.) High School in 1923. From 1924-1928, she taught at Rosedale Country School. She attended Eastern Illinois State teachers College at Charleston and received a bachelor of education degree in 1931. She then taught six years in Cicero, Ill.
On July 20, 1937, she married Ivory Paul Rennels near Miami, Fla. He was employed by the U.S. Weather Bureau and the family was transferred to Marshall, Mo., in 1938; to Sioux City in 1940; to St. Louis in 1944 and returned to Sioux City in 1948. For nearly 50 years, they resided in Sergeant Bluff.
Beginning in 1953, she taught first and later third grade for the next 14 years in the Sergeant Bluff Elementary School System. She retired in 1967 after a 24 year career.
Mrs. Rennels was a member of the Sergeant Bluff Community United Methodist Church. She served as president of the United Methodist Women for three years, and as superintendent of the Sunday school for five years. She had been church board secretary and Sunday School teacher for several years. She was active in school-related activities and had served as vice president of the PTA. She currently was a member of Arthur high School Alumni Association, Eastern Illinois University Alumni Association and Moultrie County (Ill.) Genealogical Society.
Survivors include a son, Dr. Marshall Rennels of Elkridge, Md.; two daughters, Sharon Rennels of Sergeant Bluff and Mrs. Richard (Carolyn) Foreshoe of Kansas City, Mo.; a grandson, Darren Foreshoe and sister, Mrs. Lillian Condon of Chicago.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Ivory; a son Frederic; a sister, Mary Frances Strickland; and a brother, LeRoy Schuetz.
A memorial has been established in her name with the Sergeant Bluff Community United Methodist Church and the American Cancer Society.
At the end of this article, a note on page 37 points to an additional manuscript of genealogical information on the Schuetz family, also authored by Alfrieda: "Editor's Note: Alfrieda Schuetz Rennels, the author, has prepared a very neat appearing manuscript enhanced with many pictures, documents and [a] couple of family charts. This manuscript is in our society files."
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From The Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, Iowa), Friday 29 January 1993, page C-5:
SERGEANT BLUFF – Alfrieda M. Rennels, 87, of Sergeant Bluff, longtime teacher and church and community leader, died Monday, Jan. 25, 1993, at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting, Iowa, after a long illness.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Community United Methodist Church in Sergeant Bluff with the Rev. Jan Burnett officiating. Burial will be in Whetstone Cemetery, near Charleston, Ill. Visitation will be 6-8 pm today at the Christy Morningside Funeral Home.
Mrs. Rennels, the former Alfrieda Marie Augusta Schuetz, was born Aug. 28, 1905, on a farm near Lovington, Ill., the daughter of Frederick and Wilhelmina Schuetz. She attended rural grade schools and graduated form Arthur (Ill.) High School in 1923. From 1924-1928, she taught at Rosedale Country School. She attended Eastern Illinois State teachers College at Charleston and received a bachelor of education degree in 1931. She then taught six years in Cicero, Ill.
On July 20, 1937, she married Ivory Paul Rennels near Miami, Fla. He was employed by the U.S. Weather Bureau and the family was transferred to Marshall, Mo., in 1938; to Sioux City in 1940; to St. Louis in 1944 and returned to Sioux City in 1948. For nearly 50 years, they resided in Sergeant Bluff.
Beginning in 1953, she taught first and later third grade for the next 14 years in the Sergeant Bluff Elementary School System. She retired in 1967 after a 24 year career.
Mrs. Rennels was a member of the Sergeant Bluff Community United Methodist Church. She served as president of the United Methodist Women for three years, and as superintendent of the Sunday school for five years. She had been church board secretary and Sunday School teacher for several years. She was active in school-related activities and had served as vice president of the PTA. She currently was a member of Arthur high School Alumni Association, Eastern Illinois University Alumni Association and Moultrie County (Ill.) Genealogical Society.
Survivors include a son, Dr. Marshall Rennels of Elkridge, Md.; two daughters, Sharon Rennels of Sergeant Bluff and Mrs. Richard (Carolyn) Foreshoe of Kansas City, Mo.; a grandson, Darren Foreshoe and sister, Mrs. Lillian Condon of Chicago.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Ivory; a son Frederic; a sister, Mary Frances Strickland; and a brother, LeRoy Schuetz.
A memorial has been established in her name with the Sergeant Bluff Community United Methodist Church and the American Cancer Society.
Alfrieda Schuetz Rennels was also a superb genealogist and historian who wrote the definitive history of the Schuetz Family, included in the May 1982 (Volume 10, Number 2) edition of the Moultrie County Heritage, pages 31 to 37, published by the Moultrie County Historical & Genealogical Society in Sullivan, Illinois. The article is "A History of Schuetz Family: Fredrick & Maria Schuetz of Moultrie County, IL."
At the end of this article, a note on page 37 points to an additional manuscript of genealogical information on the Schuetz family, also authored by Alfrieda: "Editor's Note: Alfrieda Schuetz Rennels, the author, has prepared a very neat appearing manuscript enhanced with many pictures, documents and [a] couple of family charts. This manuscript is in our society files."
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From The Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, Iowa), Friday 29 January 1993, page C-5:
SERGEANT BLUFF – Alfrieda M. Rennels, 87, of Sergeant Bluff, longtime teacher and church and community leader, died Monday, Jan. 25, 1993, at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting, Iowa, after a long illness.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Community United Methodist Church in Sergeant Bluff with the Rev. Jan Burnett officiating. Burial will be in Whetstone Cemetery, near Charleston, Ill. Visitation will be 6-8 pm today at the Christy Morningside Funeral Home.
Mrs. Rennels, the former Alfrieda Marie Augusta Schuetz, was born Aug. 28, 1905, on a farm near Lovington, Ill., the daughter of Frederick and Wilhelmina Schuetz. She attended rural grade schools and graduated form Arthur (Ill.) High School in 1923. From 1924-1928, she taught at Rosedale Country School. She attended Eastern Illinois State teachers College at Charleston and received a bachelor of education degree in 1931. She then taught six years in Cicero, Ill.
On July 20, 1937, she married Ivory Paul Rennels near Miami, Fla. He was employed by the U.S. Weather Bureau and the family was transferred to Marshall, Mo., in 1938; to Sioux City in 1940; to St. Louis in 1944 and returned to Sioux City in 1948. For nearly 50 years, they resided in Sergeant Bluff.
Beginning in 1953, she taught first and later third grade for the next 14 years in the Sergeant Bluff Elementary School System. She retired in 1967 after a 24 year career.
Mrs. Rennels was a member of the Sergeant Bluff Community United Methodist Church. She served as president of the United Methodist Women for three years, and as superintendent of the Sunday school for five years. She had been church board secretary and Sunday School teacher for several years. She was active in school-related activities and had served as vice president of the PTA. She currently was a member of Arthur high School Alumni Association, Eastern Illinois University Alumni Association and Moultrie County (Ill.) Genealogical Society.
Survivors include a son, Dr. Marshall Rennels of Elkridge, Md.; two daughters, Sharon Rennels of Sergeant Bluff and Mrs. Richard (Carolyn) Foreshoe of Kansas City, Mo.; a grandson, Darren Foreshoe and sister, Mrs. Lillian Condon of Chicago.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Ivory; a son Frederic; a sister, Mary Frances Strickland; and a brother, LeRoy Schuetz.
A memorial has been established in her name with the Sergeant Bluff Community United Methodist Church and the American Cancer Society.
At the end of this article, a note on page 37 points to an additional manuscript of genealogical information on the Schuetz family, also authored by Alfrieda: "Editor's Note: Alfrieda Schuetz Rennels, the author, has prepared a very neat appearing manuscript enhanced with many pictures, documents and [a] couple of family charts. This manuscript is in our society files."
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From The Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, Iowa), Friday 29 January 1993, page C-5:
SERGEANT BLUFF – Alfrieda M. Rennels, 87, of Sergeant Bluff, longtime teacher and church and community leader, died Monday, Jan. 25, 1993, at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting, Iowa, after a long illness.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Community United Methodist Church in Sergeant Bluff with the Rev. Jan Burnett officiating. Burial will be in Whetstone Cemetery, near Charleston, Ill. Visitation will be 6-8 pm today at the Christy Morningside Funeral Home.
Mrs. Rennels, the former Alfrieda Marie Augusta Schuetz, was born Aug. 28, 1905, on a farm near Lovington, Ill., the daughter of Frederick and Wilhelmina Schuetz. She attended rural grade schools and graduated form Arthur (Ill.) High School in 1923. From 1924-1928, she taught at Rosedale Country School. She attended Eastern Illinois State teachers College at Charleston and received a bachelor of education degree in 1931. She then taught six years in Cicero, Ill.
On July 20, 1937, she married Ivory Paul Rennels near Miami, Fla. He was employed by the U.S. Weather Bureau and the family was transferred to Marshall, Mo., in 1938; to Sioux City in 1940; to St. Louis in 1944 and returned to Sioux City in 1948. For nearly 50 years, they resided in Sergeant Bluff.
Beginning in 1953, she taught first and later third grade for the next 14 years in the Sergeant Bluff Elementary School System. She retired in 1967 after a 24 year career.
Mrs. Rennels was a member of the Sergeant Bluff Community United Methodist Church. She served as president of the United Methodist Women for three years, and as superintendent of the Sunday school for five years. She had been church board secretary and Sunday School teacher for several years. She was active in school-related activities and had served as vice president of the PTA. She currently was a member of Arthur high School Alumni Association, Eastern Illinois University Alumni Association and Moultrie County (Ill.) Genealogical Society.
Survivors include a son, Dr. Marshall Rennels of Elkridge, Md.; two daughters, Sharon Rennels of Sergeant Bluff and Mrs. Richard (Carolyn) Foreshoe of Kansas City, Mo.; a grandson, Darren Foreshoe and sister, Mrs. Lillian Condon of Chicago.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Ivory; a son Frederic; a sister, Mary Frances Strickland; and a brother, LeRoy Schuetz.
A memorial has been established in her name with the Sergeant Bluff Community United Methodist Church and the American Cancer Society.
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