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Known as Fred
From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD, August 20, 1948-
Funeral services for a former Iroquois grain dealer, Fred Moeller, were held.
Services were held at 2:00 p.m. at the home in Iroquois, South Dakota, and at 3:00 p.m. at the American Lutheran Church, at Huron, with the Rev. Sander Tollefson officiating. Burial was made in the family lot in Riverside Cemetery.
J. O. Moeller of Leigh went to be present at the last rites with Edward Asche and his mother, Mrs. Alvina Asche and Mrs. Anna Backhus.
Mr. Moeller, who died at the Huron Hospital, was born April 4, 1869, in Borstel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was confirmed in the Lutheran faith in 1883 and immigrated to the United States that same year and settled in Sarpy County, Nebraska. He moved to Colfax County in 1894, settling on a farm near Leigh. He was in business in Leigh from 1898 to 1916, in the implement and then the real estate business.
When in Leigh he served on the Town Board and also on the School Board.
He married Emilie Louise Wurdeman in 1897 and they moved to South Dakota in 1916, where they made their home at Iroquois. Mr. Moeller was active in the business life of the community until 1942 when failing health forced him to retire. For 18 years he was in the grain business.
Surviving in addition to the widow are three sons: Julius, Leigh, Nebraska; Otto, Lincoln, Nebraska; Fred, Brookings, South Dakota; one daughter, Mrs. Anna Knight, Omaha, Nebraska. Two sons preceded him in death. Also surviving: two sisters, Anna Schadendorf of Long Beach, California, and Mary Brock of Omaha, Nebraska; one brother, John of Columbus, Nebraska; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. [ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW]
From THE LEIGH (NE.) WORLD, August 20, 1948-
Funeral services for a former Iroquois grain dealer, Fred Moeller, were held.
Services were held at 2:00 p.m. at the home in Iroquois, South Dakota, and at 3:00 p.m. at the American Lutheran Church, at Huron, with the Rev. Sander Tollefson officiating. Burial was made in the family lot in Riverside Cemetery.
J. O. Moeller of Leigh went to be present at the last rites with Edward Asche and his mother, Mrs. Alvina Asche and Mrs. Anna Backhus.
Mr. Moeller, who died at the Huron Hospital, was born April 4, 1869, in Borstel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was confirmed in the Lutheran faith in 1883 and immigrated to the United States that same year and settled in Sarpy County, Nebraska. He moved to Colfax County in 1894, settling on a farm near Leigh. He was in business in Leigh from 1898 to 1916, in the implement and then the real estate business.
When in Leigh he served on the Town Board and also on the School Board.
He married Emilie Louise Wurdeman in 1897 and they moved to South Dakota in 1916, where they made their home at Iroquois. Mr. Moeller was active in the business life of the community until 1942 when failing health forced him to retire. For 18 years he was in the grain business.
Surviving in addition to the widow are three sons: Julius, Leigh, Nebraska; Otto, Lincoln, Nebraska; Fred, Brookings, South Dakota; one daughter, Mrs. Anna Knight, Omaha, Nebraska. Two sons preceded him in death. Also surviving: two sisters, Anna Schadendorf of Long Beach, California, and Mary Brock of Omaha, Nebraska; one brother, John of Columbus, Nebraska; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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