Parents John Wortmann & Anna M. Klaustermeyer (Germany)
Funeral service were held Tuesday at the Trinity Methodist church for Mrs.Elsie W. Langenheder, 77, Ritzville pioneer who died Friday in Ritzville. She had been in poor health for some time. The Rev. Clifford Knight officiated the servies and burial was in the Ritzville cemetry.
Elsie Wortmann Langenheader was born in Hanover, Germany on October 3, 1868 and came to the States with friends when she was 23 year old, settling in Iowa. On Oct. 24, 1892 she was married to Charles Langenheder at Lincoln Missouri. They lived in Iowa and Missour for nearly six years and came to Ritzville with three chidren in the fall of 1899. Taking up a homestead northeast of the city, they remained there until Sept. 1924, when they moved to Millwood, near Spokane, locating on a farm north of town. Mr. Langenheder died in this home Nov. 9, 1940 and Mrs. Langenheder came to Ritzville. She was a member of the Millwood Comunity church.
Three of the eight children born to the Langenheders preceded their mother in death. Those surviving are three sons; Fred and Roy of Ritzville and John of Athol Idaho; two daughters Mrs. Mary Griffith of Klamath Falls Oregon and Mrs. Mabel Faler of Wallace Idaho; 14 grandchildren and one great-granchild.
Ritzville Journal Times November 1, 1945 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Funeral service were held Tuesday at the Trinity Methodist church for Mrs.Elsie W. Langenheder, 77, Ritzville pioneer who died Friday in Ritzville. She had been in poor health for some time. The Rev. Clifford Knight officiated the servies and burial was in the Ritzville cemetry.
Elsie Wortmann Langenheader was born in Hanover, Germany on October 3, 1868 and came to the States with friends when she was 23 year old, settling in Iowa. On Oct. 24, 1892 she was married to Charles Langenheder at Lincoln Missouri. They lived in Iowa and Missour for nearly six years and came to Ritzville with three chidren in the fall of 1899. Taking up a homestead northeast of the city, they remained there until Sept. 1924, when they moved to Millwood, near Spokane, locating on a farm north of town. Mr. Langenheder died in this home Nov. 9, 1940 and Mrs. Langenheder came to Ritzville. She was a member of the Millwood Comunity church.
Three of the eight children born to the Langenheders preceded their mother in death. Those surviving are three sons; Fred and Roy of Ritzville and John of Athol Idaho; two daughters Mrs. Mary Griffith of Klamath Falls Oregon and Mrs. Mabel Faler of Wallace Idaho; 14 grandchildren and one great-granchild.
Ritzville Journal Times November 1, 1945 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Parents John Wortmann & Anna M. Klaustermeyer (Germany)
Funeral service were held Tuesday at the Trinity Methodist church for Mrs.Elsie W. Langenheder, 77, Ritzville pioneer who died Friday in Ritzville. She had been in poor health for some time. The Rev. Clifford Knight officiated the servies and burial was in the Ritzville cemetry.
Elsie Wortmann Langenheader was born in Hanover, Germany on October 3, 1868 and came to the States with friends when she was 23 year old, settling in Iowa. On Oct. 24, 1892 she was married to Charles Langenheder at Lincoln Missouri. They lived in Iowa and Missour for nearly six years and came to Ritzville with three chidren in the fall of 1899. Taking up a homestead northeast of the city, they remained there until Sept. 1924, when they moved to Millwood, near Spokane, locating on a farm north of town. Mr. Langenheder died in this home Nov. 9, 1940 and Mrs. Langenheder came to Ritzville. She was a member of the Millwood Comunity church.
Three of the eight children born to the Langenheders preceded their mother in death. Those surviving are three sons; Fred and Roy of Ritzville and John of Athol Idaho; two daughters Mrs. Mary Griffith of Klamath Falls Oregon and Mrs. Mabel Faler of Wallace Idaho; 14 grandchildren and one great-granchild.
Ritzville Journal Times November 1, 1945 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Funeral service were held Tuesday at the Trinity Methodist church for Mrs.Elsie W. Langenheder, 77, Ritzville pioneer who died Friday in Ritzville. She had been in poor health for some time. The Rev. Clifford Knight officiated the servies and burial was in the Ritzville cemetry.
Elsie Wortmann Langenheader was born in Hanover, Germany on October 3, 1868 and came to the States with friends when she was 23 year old, settling in Iowa. On Oct. 24, 1892 she was married to Charles Langenheder at Lincoln Missouri. They lived in Iowa and Missour for nearly six years and came to Ritzville with three chidren in the fall of 1899. Taking up a homestead northeast of the city, they remained there until Sept. 1924, when they moved to Millwood, near Spokane, locating on a farm north of town. Mr. Langenheder died in this home Nov. 9, 1940 and Mrs. Langenheder came to Ritzville. She was a member of the Millwood Comunity church.
Three of the eight children born to the Langenheders preceded their mother in death. Those surviving are three sons; Fred and Roy of Ritzville and John of Athol Idaho; two daughters Mrs. Mary Griffith of Klamath Falls Oregon and Mrs. Mabel Faler of Wallace Idaho; 14 grandchildren and one great-granchild.
Ritzville Journal Times November 1, 1945 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
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