Mrs. Ziegler Died Friday
Countian Nearly 70 Years, Blair Woman Buried Sunday; 74 Years Old
Mrs. Margaret Ziegler, 74, a resident of Washington County since 1880, died Friday at the family home, 110 East Grant St. She had been seriously ill for several months.
Funeral services, with arrangements in charge of the Fick Funeral Home, were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at First Methodist Church. The Rev. S. L. McCaig officiated. Interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
As Hannah Margaret Petersen, Mrs. Ziegler was born Nov. 18, 1873, on the Island of Moen, Denmark. At the age of six she came to America with her parents, Lars and Meta Peterson, and other members of the family. They settled in the Spiker vicinity in Washington County. Here she attended Vacoma School and grew to womanhood.
She and Julius Ziegler were married at Schuyler Dec. 31, 1891, and resided there for the next eight years. Then followed a short period on a farm near Herman and in 1901 the Zieglers moved to a farm in Rose Hill, where they remained until 1912. Then they moved to Fort Calhoun, but in 1915 came to Blair. Mr. Ziegler died Dec. 12, 1925.
Surviving Mrs. Ziegler are one son, William Ziegler of Blair; six daughters, Mrs. John Jessen (Minnie) of Omaha, Mrs. William Hunt (Mattie) and Miss Marguerite Ziegler, both of Blair, Mrs. Melvin Ackerman (Julia) of Herman, Mrs. R. A. Martin (Emma) of Altoona, Ia., and Mrs. Clarence Gummus (Louise) of Stanton; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Weber of Tekamah and Mrs. Charles Rogert (Emma) of Blair; one brother, J. P. Petersen of Plattsmouth; and seven grandchildren. A son, Julius Jr. died in 1904.
* * * Obit provided by, and used with the permission of, the Wash. Co. Geo. Soc., Blair, NE ~ Thank you * * *
Mrs. Ziegler Died Friday
Countian Nearly 70 Years, Blair Woman Buried Sunday; 74 Years Old
Mrs. Margaret Ziegler, 74, a resident of Washington County since 1880, died Friday at the family home, 110 East Grant St. She had been seriously ill for several months.
Funeral services, with arrangements in charge of the Fick Funeral Home, were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at First Methodist Church. The Rev. S. L. McCaig officiated. Interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
As Hannah Margaret Petersen, Mrs. Ziegler was born Nov. 18, 1873, on the Island of Moen, Denmark. At the age of six she came to America with her parents, Lars and Meta Peterson, and other members of the family. They settled in the Spiker vicinity in Washington County. Here she attended Vacoma School and grew to womanhood.
She and Julius Ziegler were married at Schuyler Dec. 31, 1891, and resided there for the next eight years. Then followed a short period on a farm near Herman and in 1901 the Zieglers moved to a farm in Rose Hill, where they remained until 1912. Then they moved to Fort Calhoun, but in 1915 came to Blair. Mr. Ziegler died Dec. 12, 1925.
Surviving Mrs. Ziegler are one son, William Ziegler of Blair; six daughters, Mrs. John Jessen (Minnie) of Omaha, Mrs. William Hunt (Mattie) and Miss Marguerite Ziegler, both of Blair, Mrs. Melvin Ackerman (Julia) of Herman, Mrs. R. A. Martin (Emma) of Altoona, Ia., and Mrs. Clarence Gummus (Louise) of Stanton; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Weber of Tekamah and Mrs. Charles Rogert (Emma) of Blair; one brother, J. P. Petersen of Plattsmouth; and seven grandchildren. A son, Julius Jr. died in 1904.
* * * Obit provided by, and used with the permission of, the Wash. Co. Geo. Soc., Blair, NE ~ Thank you * * *
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