Person:Emma Guderjahn (1)

Funeral Bulletin

Services held at Zion Lutheran Church at Alexandria, Mn Rev Stephen Bruening was pastor. Pall bearers were: Lyall Brueske, William Betterman, James Betterman, Wallace Schultz, Larry Betterman, and Lyle betterman.

EMMA MARIA BORN 12-3-1885 AND DIED 5-8-1986. SHE MARRIED FRIEDRICH (FRED) OR (FRITZ) BETTERMAN ON 12-12-1906 IN MILTONA, MN, ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH BY REV. H. KLEVENO. FRED WAS BORN 9-30-1882 IN PERU, ILLINOIS. FRED WAS THE SECOND OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HIS PARENTS ARE WILHELM AND BERTHA BETTERMAN AND THE EIGHT CHILDREN ARE… WILLIE BORN NOV. 1881 FRED BORN SEPT. 1882 BERTHA BORN AUG. 1884 CHARLEY BORN MAY 1886 ANNA BORN MAR. 1888 CLARA BORN FEB. 1890 MATTIE BORN APR. 1893 WALTER BORN

FRED DIED ON 9-6-1940 AT THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN MPLS, HENNIPEN COUNTY. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD ON WED. SEPTEMBER 11, 1940 AT ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, MILTONA, MN BY REV E.J. DRYER.

THE FOLLOWING I BELIEVE WAS THE OBITUARY FROM THE PAPER.

EMMA WILL BE REMEMBERED AS OUR LITTLE GERMAN GRANDMA WHO HAD A STORE HOUSE OF MEMORIZED SCRIPTURE AND GERMAN PRAYERS AND HYMES, THAT SHE DELIGHTED IN SHARING WITH ALL WHO WOULD LISTEN. SHE, WHEN SHE FIRST CAME TO THE HOME IN JULY OF 1983, WAS AS QUICK AND AGILE AS COULD BE FOR HER AGE. IN LATER MONTHS SHE SAT IN HER WHEELCHAIR IN HER DOORWAY NOT WANTING TO MISS OUT ON ANYTHING EVEN IF SHE WAS 100 YEARS OF AGE. AFTER FRED'S DEATH, EMMA MOVED TO A SMALLER FARM NEAR MILTONA AND THEN LATER TO ALEXANDRIA. ON 12-1-1951 SHE WAS MARRIED TO RUDOLPH HERMAN FROEMMING, WHOM SHE HAD KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS. THEY WERE MARRIED BY REV. SELTZ IN ALEXANDRIA, MN. HE WAS BORN ON 2-19-1886 AND DIED 8-28-1979. EMMA DIED MAY 8, 1986. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 29 GRANDCHILDREN, 75 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND 21 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BLESSED BE THE MEMORY OF EMMA FROEMMING.

FRED WAS A FARMER AND A CARPENTER. HE HAD 80 ACRES, COWS, PIGS, CHICKENS, GRAIN. IN THE SUMMER HE WENT TO THE DAKOTA'S TO WORK AND WAS HOME IN THE WINTER TIME. HE LIKED WOMEN….HE WAS A HUGGER. FRED PLAYED THE HARMONICA, JUICE HARP AND SQEEZE BOX.

EMMA WAS A SEAMSTRESS AND SEWED THE CLOTHES FOR THE KIDS. UNDERWEAR AND PETTY COATS WERE MADE FROM FLOUR SACKS. SHE CELEBRATED 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY'S WITH BOTH OF HER HUSBANDS. WHEN ANY ONE CAME TO VISIT AT HER HOME YOU ALWAYS HAD SOME COFFEE AND SOMETHING TO EAT. SHE HAD SHORT CURLY HAIR, WAS ALWAYS SEEN IN A DRESS AND AN APRON AT HOME.

THEY SPOKE HIGH GERMAN. THEY LIVED IN RURAL PARKERS PRAIRE, MN. THEY WERE CHURCH GOERS AND THEY PLAYED CARDS.

FRED AND EMMA HAD SIX CHILDREN.

LYDIA BORN 7-7-1907 AND DIED May 23, 2000. SHE MARRIED HERMAN SCHULTZ. THEIR CHILDREN ARE…ADELINE, WALLACE, DOROTHY

WILFRED H. BORN 4-29-1911 AND DIED 9-19-2002. HE WAS MARRIED TO ELIZABETH WESTIN AND SHE PASSED ON IN 1991. THEIR CHILDREN ARE… LINDA, LARRY, LYLE, LAYNE, LEON, LANNY

SEDONIA BORN IN 1913 AND DIED Jan 4, 1998. SHE MARRIED EDWIN KARL & AUGUSTA GUDERJAHN

ERNA BORN 11-11-1914 AND MARRIED ARTHUR BRUESKE.

   THEY HAVE TWO SONS.

ELROY CARL BORN 3-29-1916 AND DIED 9-3-2001. MARRIED LEONA FROEMMING ON 12-18-1935. THEIR CHILDREN ARE.. DERALD, WILLIAM, MARGIE, THOMAS, CHARLES, MICHAEL, JOSEPH, SANDRA, ELLOUISE, ANN, RAY

MARVIN BORN 9-21-1921 AND DIED ------ HE MARRIED VICTORIA. THEIR CHILDREN ARE… JAMES, JUDITH, PAMELA

Her father KARL LUDWIG GUDERJAHN WAS BORN 6-27-1843 IN GERMANY. 

HE DIED 1-14-1927 AND HE WAS A FARMER. HIS WIFE WAS AUGUSTA WILHELMINA DRATH. SHE WAS BORN 8-26-1843. SHE WAS BAPTIZED 9-10-1843 IN LASTROW, GERMANY IN SAGELDIR EVAN. KIRCHE. SHE DIED ON 6-13-1930.

THEIR CHILDREN ARE …..

AUGUSTA LOUISE BORN 3-21-1884 AND DIED 6-5-1968. MARRIED IN 1901 IN LEAF VALLEY TO CARL FRIEDRICK WILLIAM ZIESEMER.

EMMA MARIA BORN 12-3-1885 AND DIED 5-8-1986. SHE MARRIED FRIEDRICH (FRED) OR (FRITZ) BETTERMAN ON 12-12-1906 IN MILTONA, MN, ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH BY REV. H. KLEVENO. FRED WAS BORN 9-30-1882 IN PERU, ILLINOIS. FRED WAS THE SECOND OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HIS PARENTS ARE WILHELM AND BERTHA BETTERMAN AND THE EIGHT CHILDREN ARE… WILLIE BORN NOV. 1881 FRED BORN SEPT. 1882 BERTHA BORN AUG. 1884 CHARLEY BORN MAY 1886

ANNA BORN MAR. 1888 CLARA BORN FEB. 1890 MATTIE BORN APR. 1893 WALTER BORN

FRED DIED ON 9-6-1940 AT THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN MPLS, HENNIPEN COUNTY. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD ON WED. SEPTEMBER 11, 1940 AT ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, MILTONA, MN BY REV E.J. DRYER.

LYDIA BORN 7-7-1907 AND DIED ------ SHE MARRIED HERMAN SCHULTZ. THEIR CHILDREN ARE…ADELINE, WALLACE, DOROTHY

WILFRED H. BORN 4-29-1911 AND DIED 9-19-2002. HE WAS MARRIED TO ELIZABETH WESTIN AND SHE PASSED ON IN 1991. THEIR CHILDREN ARE… LINDA, LARRY, LYLE, LAYNE, LEON, LANNY

SEDONIA BORN IN 1913 AND DIED ------ SHE MARRIED EDWIN BRUESKE. THEIR CHILDREN ARE…LOYAL, NILA, ROBERT, TERRANCE

ERNA BORN 11-11-1914 AND MARRIED ARTHUR BRUESKE.

   THEY HAVE TWO SONS.

ELROY CARL BORN 3-29-1916 AND DIED 9-3-2001. MARRIED LEONA FROEMMING ON 12-18-1935. THEIR CHILDREN ARE.. DERALD, WILLIAM, MARGIE, THOMAS, CHARLES, MICHAEL, JOSEPH, SANDRA, ELLOUISE, ANN, RAY

MARVIN BORN 9-21-1921 AND DIED ------ HE MARRIED VICTORIA. THEIR CHILDREN ARE… JAMES, JUDITH, PAMELA

(Research):THE FOLLOWING I BELIEVE WAS THE OBITUARY FROM THE PAPER.

EMMA WILL BE REMEMBERED AS OUR LITTLE GERMAN GRANDMA WHO HAD A STORE HOUSE OF MEMORIZED SCRIPTURE AND GERMAN PRAYERS AND HYMES, THAT SHE DELIGHTED IN SHARING WITH ALL WHO WOULD LISTEN. SHE, WHEN SHE FIRST CAME TO   THE HOME IN JULY OF 1983, WAS AS QUICK AND AGILE AS COULD BE FOR HER AGE. IN LATER MONTHS SHE SAT IN HER WHEELCHAIR  IN HER DOORWAY NOT WANTING TO MISS OUT ON ANYTHING EVEN IF SHE WAS 100 YEARS OF AGE. AFTER FRED'S DEATH, EMMA MOVED TO A SMALLER FARM NEAR MILTONA AND THEN LATER TO ALEXANDRIA. ON 12-1-1951 SHE WAS MARRIED TO RUDOLPH HERMAN FROEMMING, WHOM SHE HAD KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS. THEY WERE MARRIED BY REV. SELTZ IN ALEXANDRIA, MN. HE WAS BORN ON 2-19-1886 AND DIED 

8-28-1979. EMMA DIED MAY 8, 1986. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 29 GRANDCHILDREN, 75 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND 21 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BLESSED BE THE MEMORY OF EMMA FROEMMING.

FRED WAS A FARMER AND A CARPENTER. HE HAD 80 ACRES, COWS, PIGS, CHICKENS, GRAIN. IN THE SUMMER HE WENT TO THE DAKOTA'S TO WORK AND WAS HOME IN THE WINTER TIME. HE LIKED WOMEN….HE WAS A HUGGER. FRED PLAYED THE HARMONICA, JUICE HARP AND SQEEZE BOX.

EMMA WAS A SEAMSTRESS AND SEWED THE CLOTHES FOR THE KIDS. UNDERWEAR AND PETTY COATS WERE MADE FROM FLOUR SACKS. SHE CELEBRATED 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY'S WITH BOTH OF HER HUSBANDS. WHEN ANY ONE CAME TO VISIT AT HER HOME YOU ALWAYS HAD SOME COFFE AND SOMETHING TO EAT. SHE HAD SHORT CURLY HAIR, WAS ALWAYS SEEN IN A DRESS AND AN APRON AT HOME.

THEY SPOKE HIGH GERMAN. THEY LIVED IN RURAL PARKERS PRAIRE, MN. THEY WERE CHURCH GOERS AND THEY PLAYED CARDS.

FRED AND EMMA HAD SIX CHILDREN.

LYDIA  BORN 7-7-1907 AND DIED ------ SHE MARRIED HERMAN
SCHULTZ.    THEIR CHILDREN ARE…ADELINE, WALLACE,

DOROTHY

WILFRED H.  BORN 4-29-1911 AND DIED 9-19-2002. HE WAS 
MARRIED TO ELIZABETH WESTIN AND SHE PASSED ON 

IN 1991. THEIR CHILDREN ARE… LINDA, LARRY, LYLE, LAYNE, LEON, LANNY

SEDONIA  BORN IN 1913 AND DIED ------  SHE MARRIED EDWIN
BRUESKE. HE PASSED AWAY IN 1988. THEIR CHILDREN ARE…LOYAL, NILA, ROBERT, TERRANCE

ERNA  BORN 11-11-1914 AND MARRIED ARTHUR BRUESKE.
   HE PASSED ON 1979. THEY HAVE TWO SONS.

ELROY CARL  BORN 3-29-1916 AND DIED 9-3-2001. MARRIED
LEONA FROEMMING ON 12-18-1935. THEIR CHILDREN

ARE.. DERALD, WILLIAM, MARGIE, THOMAS, CHARLES, MICHAEL, JOSEPH, SANDRA, ELLOUISE, ANN, RAY

MARVIN  BORN 9-21-1921 AND DIED ------ HE  MARRIED 

1. ↑ Funeral Bulletin.