Erhard Dittmar, lifelong resident of Jo Daviess County, died late Saturday afternoon in an Iowa City hospital where he had been a patient for three weeks. Dittmar was born Oct. 25, 1876, in Woodbine Township, the son of Erhard and Elizabeth Bahr Dittmar. He married Elizabeth Steinhoff in 1906 at Platteville, Wis. She died in 1913 and he later married Ella Popp in 1922 at Galena. She died in 1929. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Helmer (Lenice) Dittmar, Elizabeth, Mrs. Kenneth (Ella) Horn, Mukwonago, Wis., and Mrs. Harry (Laura) Schultz, Warren; two sons, Donald, Rochelle, and Harold, Apple River; two step-daughters, Mrs. Glen (Ruth) Schlafer, Stockton and Mrs. Vic (Lucille) Rigotti, Rockford; and nine grandchildren. He was a retired farmer and a veteran of the Spanish-American War. A member of Schapville's Zion Presbyterian Church, he also served on the Jo Daviess County Board of Supervisors, representing Guilford township. Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Zion Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Peder Carlson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery at Platteville. [Feb. 2, 1958]
Erhard Dittmar, lifelong resident of Jo Daviess County, died late Saturday afternoon in an Iowa City hospital where he had been a patient for three weeks. Dittmar was born Oct. 25, 1876, in Woodbine Township, the son of Erhard and Elizabeth Bahr Dittmar. He married Elizabeth Steinhoff in 1906 at Platteville, Wis. She died in 1913 and he later married Ella Popp in 1922 at Galena. She died in 1929. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Helmer (Lenice) Dittmar, Elizabeth, Mrs. Kenneth (Ella) Horn, Mukwonago, Wis., and Mrs. Harry (Laura) Schultz, Warren; two sons, Donald, Rochelle, and Harold, Apple River; two step-daughters, Mrs. Glen (Ruth) Schlafer, Stockton and Mrs. Vic (Lucille) Rigotti, Rockford; and nine grandchildren. He was a retired farmer and a veteran of the Spanish-American War. A member of Schapville's Zion Presbyterian Church, he also served on the Jo Daviess County Board of Supervisors, representing Guilford township. Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Zion Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Peder Carlson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery at Platteville. [Feb. 2, 1958]
Family Members
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John H. Dittmar
1867–1937
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William "Will" Dittmar
1868–1918
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Annie Dittmar
1870–1872
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Mary Dittmar Geselbracht
1871–1934
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Gustav Dittmar
1873–1944
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Adam Dittmar
1875–1956
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Lavina Dittmar Grebner
1879–1956
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Christina "Tina" Dittmar Baumgartner
1880–1926
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Minnie Dittmar
1883–1895
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Henry G. Dittmar
1884–1955
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Ella Dittmar Siemen
1886–1950
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Phillip Dittmar
1888–1895
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