She managed her large family and the task of being a farmer's wife through the depression and drought years of the 1930's - seeing that they were all educated and confirmed in the faith at Zion Lutheran Church in Leigh, NE.
The family moved from the Leigh area to a farm near Newman Grove in 1945, and Otto and Mathilda remained there until their retirement to Humphrey. Mathilda died one week following the death of Otto - with whom she had shared her life for 62 years.
She managed her large family and the task of being a farmer's wife through the depression and drought years of the 1930's - seeing that they were all educated and confirmed in the faith at Zion Lutheran Church in Leigh, NE.
The family moved from the Leigh area to a farm near Newman Grove in 1945, and Otto and Mathilda remained there until their retirement to Humphrey. Mathilda died one week following the death of Otto - with whom she had shared her life for 62 years.
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