Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m., Sunday, April 23, at the Schmielua home, followed by services at 2:00 p.m., at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Treynor, with Rev. Wagner officiating the services. Burial will be in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Treynor, Iowa. Cutler's Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
Emma Gertrude Suchsdorf was born April 15, 1857, in Albertsdorf, Island of Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, the daughter of Hans and Anna (Koch) Suchsdorf. She immigrated to the United States to Pottawattamie County near Treynor, Iowa. She married Jurgen Theodore Schmielau on February 16, 1878, and together farmed in Hardin Township. They were the parents of five children, Margaretha, George, John, Anna and Emma Schmielau. Jurgen preceded her in death on April 9, 1908.
Surviving are two daughters, Margaretha Heckman and Emma (Charles) Altrock; two sons, George (Dora) Schmielau and John (Katie) Schmielau; and 22 grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one daughter, Anna Behrends, one grandchild, one son-in-law, Bernard Heckman, five sisters, six brothers and twin siblings who died in infancy.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Apr 22, 1933
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m., Sunday, April 23, at the Schmielua home, followed by services at 2:00 p.m., at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Treynor, with Rev. Wagner officiating the services. Burial will be in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Treynor, Iowa. Cutler's Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
Emma Gertrude Suchsdorf was born April 15, 1857, in Albertsdorf, Island of Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, the daughter of Hans and Anna (Koch) Suchsdorf. She immigrated to the United States to Pottawattamie County near Treynor, Iowa. She married Jurgen Theodore Schmielau on February 16, 1878, and together farmed in Hardin Township. They were the parents of five children, Margaretha, George, John, Anna and Emma Schmielau. Jurgen preceded her in death on April 9, 1908.
Surviving are two daughters, Margaretha Heckman and Emma (Charles) Altrock; two sons, George (Dora) Schmielau and John (Katie) Schmielau; and 22 grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one daughter, Anna Behrends, one grandchild, one son-in-law, Bernard Heckman, five sisters, six brothers and twin siblings who died in infancy.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Apr 22, 1933
Family Members
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Hinrich Joachim Suchsdorf
1835–1877
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Catharina Sophie Suchsdorf
1836–1836
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Infant Suchsdorf
1837–1837
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Anna Sophia Suchsdorf
1838–1839
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Catharina Amalie Suchsdorf
1840–1840
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Anna Sophia Suckstorf Schmidt
1842–1909
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Hans Matthaus Suchsdorf
1844–1926
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Christian Friedrich Suckstorf
1846–1913
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Ferdinand Suchsdorf
1849–1851
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Agnes Margaretha Suckstorf Petersen
1852–1919
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Herman Suckstorf Sr
1854–1932
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