Born Catherine Marie Magdalene Schack, she was the 3rd of 4 children born to Johann Heinrich Schack and Anna Catharine Marie Martens, in he small farming community of Kollow, which is in the Schleswig-Holstein district of northeast Germany. Her oldest sister, Catharina Maria Elisabeth, was born November 10, 1859 and baptized 8 days later, but nothing else is known about her.
Her next-older sister was Catharine Marie Dorothee, known as "Dora", who came to America before Lena as the wife of Frederick Frank Groth; she settled on the land directly south of the cemetery next to St. John Lutheran Church.
Her youngest sister was Sophie Marie Magdalena.
Their aunt, Sophia Schack, was married to Henry Sahlmann. In 1884 Henry's son, also called Henry, paid for Lena and Sophie to come to America. Sophie married Henry in 1885 and the next year, on December 8, 1886 Lena married William Carl Wiegert, who went by "Bill".
Lena and Bill were the parents of seven children: Clara, Hugo, Ernst, Alvina, Olga, Martin, and Irene. Hugo died at the age of 15 in a "dry drowning" accident; the others all lived to adulthood, married, and had families. Lena died at the early age of 50; besides her surviving children she had only one grandson, Melvin Von Fange (daughter Clara's son). (Nine grandchildren were born after her death.) She was also survived by her husband and her two sisters Dora & Sophie.
Her obituary:
Lincoln Sentinel, July 22, 1915
Lena Katherina Schack Wiegert
Lena Katharina Schack was born in Germany on Dec. 4, 1864. She, with her sister, Mrs. Sophia Sahlman [sic], came to America when 18 years of age [sic-she was 20]. On Dec. 8, 1886, she was united in marriage to William Wiegert. This union was blessed with seven children, three sons and four daughters, of whom all but one boy of 15 years of age, are still living. She was christened when she was a child and led a Christian life until the end came on July 17, 1915, after a long and lingering illness.
The funeral services were held Tuesday, July 20, from the German Lutheran church; Rev. Hoyer conducted the services and the interment was in the German Lutheran cemetery.
The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire community.
Her next-older sister was Catharine Marie Dorothee, known as "Dora", who came to America before Lena as the wife of Frederick Frank Groth; she settled on the land directly south of the cemetery next to St. John Lutheran Church.
Her youngest sister was Sophie Marie Magdalena.
Their aunt, Sophia Schack, was married to Henry Sahlmann. In 1884 Henry's son, also called Henry, paid for Lena and Sophie to come to America. Sophie married Henry in 1885 and the next year, on December 8, 1886 Lena married William Carl Wiegert, who went by "Bill".
Lena and Bill were the parents of seven children: Clara, Hugo, Ernst, Alvina, Olga, Martin, and Irene. Hugo died at the age of 15 in a "dry drowning" accident; the others all lived to adulthood, married, and had families. Lena died at the early age of 50; besides her surviving children she had only one grandson, Melvin Von Fange (daughter Clara's son). (Nine grandchildren were born after her death.) She was also survived by her husband and her two sisters Dora & Sophie.
Her obituary:
Lincoln Sentinel, July 22, 1915
Lena Katherina Schack Wiegert
Lena Katharina Schack was born in Germany on Dec. 4, 1864. She, with her sister, Mrs. Sophia Sahlman [sic], came to America when 18 years of age [sic-she was 20]. On Dec. 8, 1886, she was united in marriage to William Wiegert. This union was blessed with seven children, three sons and four daughters, of whom all but one boy of 15 years of age, are still living. She was christened when she was a child and led a Christian life until the end came on July 17, 1915, after a long and lingering illness.
The funeral services were held Tuesday, July 20, from the German Lutheran church; Rev. Hoyer conducted the services and the interment was in the German Lutheran cemetery.
The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire community.
Born Catherine Marie Magdalene Schack, she was the 3rd of 4 children born to Johann Heinrich Schack and Anna Catharine Marie Martens, in he small farming community of Kollow, which is in the Schleswig-Holstein district of northeast Germany. Her oldest sister, Catharina Maria Elisabeth, was born November 10, 1859 and baptized 8 days later, but nothing else is known about her.
Her next-older sister was Catharine Marie Dorothee, known as "Dora", who came to America before Lena as the wife of Frederick Frank Groth; she settled on the land directly south of the cemetery next to St. John Lutheran Church.
Her youngest sister was Sophie Marie Magdalena.
Their aunt, Sophia Schack, was married to Henry Sahlmann. In 1884 Henry's son, also called Henry, paid for Lena and Sophie to come to America. Sophie married Henry in 1885 and the next year, on December 8, 1886 Lena married William Carl Wiegert, who went by "Bill".
Lena and Bill were the parents of seven children: Clara, Hugo, Ernst, Alvina, Olga, Martin, and Irene. Hugo died at the age of 15 in a "dry drowning" accident; the others all lived to adulthood, married, and had families. Lena died at the early age of 50; besides her surviving children she had only one grandson, Melvin Von Fange (daughter Clara's son). (Nine grandchildren were born after her death.) She was also survived by her husband and her two sisters Dora & Sophie.
Her obituary:
Lincoln Sentinel, July 22, 1915
Lena Katherina Schack Wiegert
Lena Katharina Schack was born in Germany on Dec. 4, 1864. She, with her sister, Mrs. Sophia Sahlman [sic], came to America when 18 years of age [sic-she was 20]. On Dec. 8, 1886, she was united in marriage to William Wiegert. This union was blessed with seven children, three sons and four daughters, of whom all but one boy of 15 years of age, are still living. She was christened when she was a child and led a Christian life until the end came on July 17, 1915, after a long and lingering illness.
The funeral services were held Tuesday, July 20, from the German Lutheran church; Rev. Hoyer conducted the services and the interment was in the German Lutheran cemetery.
The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire community.
Her next-older sister was Catharine Marie Dorothee, known as "Dora", who came to America before Lena as the wife of Frederick Frank Groth; she settled on the land directly south of the cemetery next to St. John Lutheran Church.
Her youngest sister was Sophie Marie Magdalena.
Their aunt, Sophia Schack, was married to Henry Sahlmann. In 1884 Henry's son, also called Henry, paid for Lena and Sophie to come to America. Sophie married Henry in 1885 and the next year, on December 8, 1886 Lena married William Carl Wiegert, who went by "Bill".
Lena and Bill were the parents of seven children: Clara, Hugo, Ernst, Alvina, Olga, Martin, and Irene. Hugo died at the age of 15 in a "dry drowning" accident; the others all lived to adulthood, married, and had families. Lena died at the early age of 50; besides her surviving children she had only one grandson, Melvin Von Fange (daughter Clara's son). (Nine grandchildren were born after her death.) She was also survived by her husband and her two sisters Dora & Sophie.
Her obituary:
Lincoln Sentinel, July 22, 1915
Lena Katherina Schack Wiegert
Lena Katharina Schack was born in Germany on Dec. 4, 1864. She, with her sister, Mrs. Sophia Sahlman [sic], came to America when 18 years of age [sic-she was 20]. On Dec. 8, 1886, she was united in marriage to William Wiegert. This union was blessed with seven children, three sons and four daughters, of whom all but one boy of 15 years of age, are still living. She was christened when she was a child and led a Christian life until the end came on July 17, 1915, after a long and lingering illness.
The funeral services were held Tuesday, July 20, from the German Lutheran church; Rev. Hoyer conducted the services and the interment was in the German Lutheran cemetery.
The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire community.
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