Rickert, Clara^[1]

1875 - 1969  (93 years)

• Name	Rickert, Clara
  Born	18 Dec 1875	Colfax County, NE.
  Gender	Female
  Died	30 Oct 1969	Columbus, NE
  Buried	Calvary Cemetery; Columbus, NE.
  Person ID	I10735	Wuerdemann Family
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Rickert (, Sr.), John,   b. 30 Oct 1850, Sage, Gemeinde, Oldenburg, GER. ,   d. 10 Jul 1930, Columbus, NE.  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Heibel, Catherine Elizabeth,   b. 23 Apr 1853, Reimbolshausen, Hassan, GER. ,   d. 6 May 1938, Columbus, NE.  (Age 85 years)
  Married	9 Dec 1872	?
  Family ID	F2812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Engel, William Carl,   b. 15 Jan 1873, Douglas County, IL. ,   d. 27 Mar 1961, Polk County, NE.  (Age 88 years)
  Married	30 Nov 1893	St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, (Shell Creek); Columbus, NE.
  Children	+ 1. Engel, Siebert,   b. 1897, ? ,   d. 1961, ?  (Age 64 years)   2. Engel, Katherine,   b. UNKNOWN, Platte County, NE.
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2017
  Family ID	F1791	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  _P_CCINFO 2-14330 From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) TELEGRAM, October 31, 1969- ENGEL, CLARA (RICKERT) [October 18, 1875 - October 30, 1969] Monday rites are scheduled for Mrs. William (Clara) Engel, 3017 21st street, who died Thursday morning in Morys Haven. Mrs. Engel, 93, was a lifetime resident of Colfax and Platte counties. The Rev. L. E. Mortensen will officiate at a 1:15 p.m. service at Gass Funeral Home and 2 p.m. rites at St. John Lutheran church, Shell Creek. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home after 11 a.m. Sunday. Daughter of pioneer Nebraskans, Mr. and Mrs. John Rickert Sr., she was born Dec. 18, 1875 at the family home in Colfax county's Bissell community. She attended rural school, and was baptized and confirmed at St. John Lutheran church, Shell Creek, of which she was a lifetime member. She was a former member of Ladies Aid. On Nov. 30, 1893 she was married to William C. Engel at St. John Church, with Rev. G. F. Mueller officiating. They were married 67 years before he died in 1960. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Otto C. (Katherine) Mueller of Columbus; six grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Charles (Mary) Moore of Columbus. A son, Siebert, and two grandchildren are deceased. Also preceding her in death were two brothers, John and Carl Rickert; four sisters, Mrs. Herman (Martha) Went, Mrs. Kate Lips, Mrs. William (Bertha) Koch and Mrs. Adolph (Anna) Korte. Memorials may be given to St. John church. [ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW] From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) TELEGRAM, October 31, 1969- ENGEL, CLARA (RICKERT) [October 18, 1875 - October 30, 1969] Monday rites are scheduled for Mrs. William (Clara) Engel, 3017 21st street, who died Thursday morning in Morys Haven. Mrs. Engel, 93, was a lifetime resident of Colfax and Platte counties. The Rev. L. E. Mortensen will officiate at a 1:15 p.m. service at Gass Funeral Home and 2 p.m. rites at St. John Lutheran church, Shell Creek. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home after 11 a.m. Sunday. Daughter of pioneer Nebraskans, Mr. and Mrs. John Rickert Sr., she was born Dec. 18, 1875 at the family home in Colfax county's Bissell community. She attended rural school, and was baptized and confirmed at St. John Lutheran church, Shell Creek, of which she was a lifetime member. She was a former member of Ladies Aid. On Nov. 30, 1893 she was married to William C. Engel at St. John Church, with Rev. G. F. Mueller officiating. They were married 67 years before he died in 1960. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Otto C. (Katherine) Mueller of Columbus; six grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Charles (Mary) Moore of Columbus. A son, Siebert, and two grandchildren are deceased. Also preceding her in death were two brothers, John and Carl Rickert; four sisters, Mrs. Herman (Martha) Went, Mrs. Kate Lips, Mrs. William (Bertha) Koch and Mrs. Adolph (Anna) Korte. Memorials may be given to St. John church. @NF3173@

  
  

• Sources

  ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW Date of Import: 3 May 2008 ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW Date of Import: 3 May 2008 ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW Date of Import: 3 May 2008.