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The Columbus Daily Telegram, January 10, 1958
JANSSEN--Mr. Janssen Dies - Otto Janssen who suffered a heart attack Thursday, died this morning at St. Mary's hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending. The body is at the McKown Funeral Home.
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The Columbus Daily Telegram, January 11, 1958
JANSSEN--Funeral services Sunday for Otto F. Janssen
Funeral services for Otto F. Janssen, 74, of 3119 14th street, will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church with the Rev. John N. Slice, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial cemetery.
The body lies in state at the McKown Funeral home.
Mr. Janssen, in failing health the last 10 years, died Friday in St. Mary's hospital where he had been a patient following a heart attack Thursday.
The son of M.J. and Nancy Rieken Janssen, he was born May 11, 1883 at Danforth, Ill., and received his education there. He was confirmed in St. John's Lutheran church at Danforth.
On March 9, 1910 he was united in marriage to Gesena Eden Rieken in Columbus. They farmed in Platte county until 1935, when they moved to Columbus.
Mrs. Janssen died Feb. 10, 1947, and a son, Orvel Richard, died in infancy. Several brothers and sisters also preceded Mr. Janssen in death.
He is survived by six children, Wilford of Maywood, Calif., Mrs. Maynard (Doris) Speas of Ames, Ernest, Lorence, Leo and Mrs. Roy (Viola) Bernt of Columbus; five stepchildren, Oliver Rieken of Friona, Tex., Carl Rieken of Grand Island, Edward Rieken of Monroe, Herman Rieken and Mrs. Virgil Stone of Columbus; three brothers, Claus and Nelson of Danforth, Ill., and Edward Nelson of Danforth, Ill., and Edward of Houston, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. Gerhard Wilkens of Danforth, Ill., and Mrs. Frank Beyers of Watseka, Ill.; 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild.