Person:Johanna Osterberg (1)

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Johanna Armina Osterberg
  1. Johanna Armina Osterberg1865 - 1949
m. 26 Jul 1886
  1. Oscar George Wessels1903 - 1991
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Name Johanna Armina Osterberg
Gender Female
Birth? 26 Mar 1865 Tettens, Niedersachsen, Germany
Immigration? 1869
Marriage 26 Jul 1886 Iroquois, Illinois, United Statesto Geike Harm Wessels
Residence? 1900 McFall Township Stuttgart city Ward 1-3, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States
Residence? 1910 Stuttgart, Arkansas, Arkansas, United StatesWard 3
Residence? 1920 Gum Pond, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States
Death? 26 Apr 1949 Stuttgart, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States

[Obituary from Ollie (Wessels) Rudowske scrapbook]

Mrs. Johanne Armina Osterberg

Mrs. Johanne Armina Osterberg was born in Tetters, Germany, March 26, 1865. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. At the age of 18 she came to America with her parents and sisters, locating in Crescent City, Illinois. On July 26, 1886, she was united in marriage with Geike H Wessels. To this union eight children were born, two died in infancy, one son Elmer died in 1936, her husband in 1927. Mrs Wessels moved to Stuttgart in 1900 with her husband and family. Since that time she has been a member of the Emanuel Lutheran Church. She enjoyed good health until she suffered a stroke. She passed away Wednesday April 26, 1949, at 2 a.m. Surviving children are Mrs. G. H. Rudowske, Mrs Arlo Mommsen, Adoph, Alfred and Oscar Wessels of this city, one stepdaughter, Mrs. Lena Eilts of Lamont, Iowa, one step-son, Fred Wessels of this city, 24 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Friday at 2:30 p.m. by Rev. E. Elzey. Burial was made in the Buerkle Cemetery.

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