Magdalena Wetzler was born December 17, 1876, in Neudorf, Glueckstal, Russia, to Christian and Christina (Haffner) Wetzler. She was baptized as an infant and later confirmed in the Lutheran church. She came to America with her parents and eight other family members on the S. S. Trave, arriving at Ellis Island in New York City on May 3, 1894. The family settled in Boyd County, Nebraska, on a homestead near Naper.
Magdalena entered the bonds of holy matrimony with Henry Korb on February 26, 1899. They made their home on a homestead two miles southwest of Naper, where their first five children were born. In 1910 Henry and Magdalena became homesteaders in Tripp County, South Dakota, when they established a home and farm 16 miles southwest of Colome. Magdalena lived the remainder of her life on this farm.
Henry died April 1, 1920, following a brief illness, leaving Magdalena with the responsibilities of the farm and their family of seven children, ranging in age from 20 to 1 ½ years. She carried on with the help and support of her children, especially her two oldest sons.
Magdalena and Henry were loyal members of the German Congregational Sod Church located in their rural community. When that church was closed in 1936, her membership was transferred to the German Congregational Church in Gregory, where she was a loyal member until the time of her death.
Magdalena died May 11, 1946, as the result of a stroke she suffered a few days earlier. She was preceded in death by her husband and an infant son, Henry, who died August 3, 1902 at the age of four months; two sisters, Christina Bechtold and Katherine Holmgren, and her parents. Survivors include her sons Theodore, Gottlieb and Alfred of Colome and Henry of Sioux City, Iowa; three daughters, Clara Zimbelmann of Hamill, Frieda Giske of Gregory, and Margaret of Colome; 15 grandchildren; a brother, Jacob, of Herrick, and a sister, Elizabeth Holmgren, of Naper, Nebraska.
Funeral services were conducted at the Union Congregational Church in Gregory, followed by a service at the Congregational Church in Fairfax, South Dakota.
Magdalena entered the bonds of holy matrimony with Henry Korb on February 26, 1899. They made their home on a homestead two miles southwest of Naper, where their first five children were born. In 1910 Henry and Magdalena became homesteaders in Tripp County, South Dakota, when they established a home and farm 16 miles southwest of Colome. Magdalena lived the remainder of her life on this farm.
Henry died April 1, 1920, following a brief illness, leaving Magdalena with the responsibilities of the farm and their family of seven children, ranging in age from 20 to 1 ½ years. She carried on with the help and support of her children, especially her two oldest sons.
Magdalena and Henry were loyal members of the German Congregational Sod Church located in their rural community. When that church was closed in 1936, her membership was transferred to the German Congregational Church in Gregory, where she was a loyal member until the time of her death.
Magdalena died May 11, 1946, as the result of a stroke she suffered a few days earlier. She was preceded in death by her husband and an infant son, Henry, who died August 3, 1902 at the age of four months; two sisters, Christina Bechtold and Katherine Holmgren, and her parents. Survivors include her sons Theodore, Gottlieb and Alfred of Colome and Henry of Sioux City, Iowa; three daughters, Clara Zimbelmann of Hamill, Frieda Giske of Gregory, and Margaret of Colome; 15 grandchildren; a brother, Jacob, of Herrick, and a sister, Elizabeth Holmgren, of Naper, Nebraska.
Funeral services were conducted at the Union Congregational Church in Gregory, followed by a service at the Congregational Church in Fairfax, South Dakota.
Magdalena Wetzler was born December 17, 1876, in Neudorf, Glueckstal, Russia, to Christian and Christina (Haffner) Wetzler. She was baptized as an infant and later confirmed in the Lutheran church. She came to America with her parents and eight other family members on the S. S. Trave, arriving at Ellis Island in New York City on May 3, 1894. The family settled in Boyd County, Nebraska, on a homestead near Naper.
Magdalena entered the bonds of holy matrimony with Henry Korb on February 26, 1899. They made their home on a homestead two miles southwest of Naper, where their first five children were born. In 1910 Henry and Magdalena became homesteaders in Tripp County, South Dakota, when they established a home and farm 16 miles southwest of Colome. Magdalena lived the remainder of her life on this farm.
Henry died April 1, 1920, following a brief illness, leaving Magdalena with the responsibilities of the farm and their family of seven children, ranging in age from 20 to 1 ½ years. She carried on with the help and support of her children, especially her two oldest sons.
Magdalena and Henry were loyal members of the German Congregational Sod Church located in their rural community. When that church was closed in 1936, her membership was transferred to the German Congregational Church in Gregory, where she was a loyal member until the time of her death.
Magdalena died May 11, 1946, as the result of a stroke she suffered a few days earlier. She was preceded in death by her husband and an infant son, Henry, who died August 3, 1902 at the age of four months; two sisters, Christina Bechtold and Katherine Holmgren, and her parents. Survivors include her sons Theodore, Gottlieb and Alfred of Colome and Henry of Sioux City, Iowa; three daughters, Clara Zimbelmann of Hamill, Frieda Giske of Gregory, and Margaret of Colome; 15 grandchildren; a brother, Jacob, of Herrick, and a sister, Elizabeth Holmgren, of Naper, Nebraska.
Funeral services were conducted at the Union Congregational Church in Gregory, followed by a service at the Congregational Church in Fairfax, South Dakota.
Magdalena entered the bonds of holy matrimony with Henry Korb on February 26, 1899. They made their home on a homestead two miles southwest of Naper, where their first five children were born. In 1910 Henry and Magdalena became homesteaders in Tripp County, South Dakota, when they established a home and farm 16 miles southwest of Colome. Magdalena lived the remainder of her life on this farm.
Henry died April 1, 1920, following a brief illness, leaving Magdalena with the responsibilities of the farm and their family of seven children, ranging in age from 20 to 1 ½ years. She carried on with the help and support of her children, especially her two oldest sons.
Magdalena and Henry were loyal members of the German Congregational Sod Church located in their rural community. When that church was closed in 1936, her membership was transferred to the German Congregational Church in Gregory, where she was a loyal member until the time of her death.
Magdalena died May 11, 1946, as the result of a stroke she suffered a few days earlier. She was preceded in death by her husband and an infant son, Henry, who died August 3, 1902 at the age of four months; two sisters, Christina Bechtold and Katherine Holmgren, and her parents. Survivors include her sons Theodore, Gottlieb and Alfred of Colome and Henry of Sioux City, Iowa; three daughters, Clara Zimbelmann of Hamill, Frieda Giske of Gregory, and Margaret of Colome; 15 grandchildren; a brother, Jacob, of Herrick, and a sister, Elizabeth Holmgren, of Naper, Nebraska.
Funeral services were conducted at the Union Congregational Church in Gregory, followed by a service at the Congregational Church in Fairfax, South Dakota.
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MOTHER Magdalena Korb Born 17 Dec 1876 Died 11 May 1946
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