Reiner Henry Eilts
Reiner Henry Eilts, 87, 316 First Ave. NE, died Wednesday at Floyd Valley hospital after an illness of two years. He had been hospitalized three days. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p. m. at Grace Lutheran church with Rev. Lothar Braeuning officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Lutheran cemetery, rural Ireton, under direction of the Mauer funeral home. A prayer service will be held Friday at 8 p. m. at the funeral home.
Mr. Eilts was born Sept. 29, 1883, near Ireton, a son of the. late Hillert and Marie Bohekeh Eilts. He was a retired livestock and grain farmer. He had lived in Sioux county until retiring to Le Mars in 1940. He married Mathilda Vlotho April 3, 1899, at Ireton. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church where he was a past trustee and elder. He was director of the Ireton COOP and a trustee of reading township.
Mr. Eilts was preceded in death by a daughter Lola, his parents, five brothers and five sisters.
Survivors are his wife of Le Mars; a daughter, Mrs. Lloyd (Irene) Mueller of Maurice; three sons, Marlin of Ireton,Alwin of Le Mars and Cletus of Kansas City, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Brabander of Le Mars and Mrs. Lena Meppin of Idaho Falls, Idaho, nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Reiner Henry Eilts
Reiner Henry Eilts, 87, 316 First Ave. NE, died Wednesday at Floyd Valley hospital after an illness of two years. He had been hospitalized three days. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p. m. at Grace Lutheran church with Rev. Lothar Braeuning officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Lutheran cemetery, rural Ireton, under direction of the Mauer funeral home. A prayer service will be held Friday at 8 p. m. at the funeral home.
Mr. Eilts was born Sept. 29, 1883, near Ireton, a son of the. late Hillert and Marie Bohekeh Eilts. He was a retired livestock and grain farmer. He had lived in Sioux county until retiring to Le Mars in 1940. He married Mathilda Vlotho April 3, 1899, at Ireton. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church where he was a past trustee and elder. He was director of the Ireton COOP and a trustee of reading township.
Mr. Eilts was preceded in death by a daughter Lola, his parents, five brothers and five sisters.
Survivors are his wife of Le Mars; a daughter, Mrs. Lloyd (Irene) Mueller of Maurice; three sons, Marlin of Ireton,Alwin of Le Mars and Cletus of Kansas City, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Brabander of Le Mars and Mrs. Lena Meppin of Idaho Falls, Idaho, nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Family Members
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Gesena Eilts Ricklefs
1875–1950
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Sophia Eilts Eilts
1877–1951
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Gebka Elisabeth "Lizzie" Eilts Eilts
1878–1944
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Margaret Henrietta Eilts Peters
1879–1963
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Eilt Johnson Eilts
1880–1952
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William S Eilts
1882–1967
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George Henry Eilts
1885–1964
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Helena M Eilts Becker
1886–1975
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Bertha Angeline Eilts Schmidt
1887–1924
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John Henry Eilts
1888–1947
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Henry Bernard Eilts
1890–1957
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Emma L Eilts Brabander
1895–1978
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