Gesche Eltjen "Kate" Tammen, was a daughter of Tamme Ihnen Tammen and Eenke Margaretha Harms née Gastmann. Gesche was born in Fahne, Ostfriesland.
She was the wife of William M. Joerger whom she married in 1889, Minonk, Illinois.
Their children: three sons and a daughter named Mattie. Mattie died in childhood and her burial location is unknown.
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Mrs. Catherine Joerger, 91, a resident of the Tazewell County Nursing Home died at 12:10 p. m. Tuesday in Pekin Public Hospital. She had been a patient five days.
Her funeral will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, with the Rev. Herbert T. Tetzlaff officiating. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. Visitation was to begin at Abts Mortuary at 2 p. m. Wednesday.
She was born Dec. 14, 1864, in Ostfriesland, Germany, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Tammen. She was married to William Joerger in 1889 at Minonk. He died in 1928.
Surviving are a son, Clarence, Pekin; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren Two sons and a daughter preceded her in death.
She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, the Martha Society and the Royal Neighbors of America.
- Family obituary dated Wed., November 14, 1956
She was the wife of William M. Joerger whom she married in 1889, Minonk, Illinois.
Their children: three sons and a daughter named Mattie. Mattie died in childhood and her burial location is unknown.
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Mrs. Catherine Joerger, 91, a resident of the Tazewell County Nursing Home died at 12:10 p. m. Tuesday in Pekin Public Hospital. She had been a patient five days.
Her funeral will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, with the Rev. Herbert T. Tetzlaff officiating. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. Visitation was to begin at Abts Mortuary at 2 p. m. Wednesday.
She was born Dec. 14, 1864, in Ostfriesland, Germany, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Tammen. She was married to William Joerger in 1889 at Minonk. He died in 1928.
Surviving are a son, Clarence, Pekin; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren Two sons and a daughter preceded her in death.
She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, the Martha Society and the Royal Neighbors of America.
- Family obituary dated Wed., November 14, 1956
Gesche Eltjen "Kate" Tammen, was a daughter of Tamme Ihnen Tammen and Eenke Margaretha Harms née Gastmann. Gesche was born in Fahne, Ostfriesland.
She was the wife of William M. Joerger whom she married in 1889, Minonk, Illinois.
Their children: three sons and a daughter named Mattie. Mattie died in childhood and her burial location is unknown.
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Mrs. Catherine Joerger, 91, a resident of the Tazewell County Nursing Home died at 12:10 p. m. Tuesday in Pekin Public Hospital. She had been a patient five days.
Her funeral will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, with the Rev. Herbert T. Tetzlaff officiating. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. Visitation was to begin at Abts Mortuary at 2 p. m. Wednesday.
She was born Dec. 14, 1864, in Ostfriesland, Germany, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Tammen. She was married to William Joerger in 1889 at Minonk. He died in 1928.
Surviving are a son, Clarence, Pekin; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren Two sons and a daughter preceded her in death.
She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, the Martha Society and the Royal Neighbors of America.
- Family obituary dated Wed., November 14, 1956
She was the wife of William M. Joerger whom she married in 1889, Minonk, Illinois.
Their children: three sons and a daughter named Mattie. Mattie died in childhood and her burial location is unknown.
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Mrs. Catherine Joerger, 91, a resident of the Tazewell County Nursing Home died at 12:10 p. m. Tuesday in Pekin Public Hospital. She had been a patient five days.
Her funeral will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, with the Rev. Herbert T. Tetzlaff officiating. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. Visitation was to begin at Abts Mortuary at 2 p. m. Wednesday.
She was born Dec. 14, 1864, in Ostfriesland, Germany, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Tammen. She was married to William Joerger in 1889 at Minonk. He died in 1928.
Surviving are a son, Clarence, Pekin; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren Two sons and a daughter preceded her in death.
She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, the Martha Society and the Royal Neighbors of America.
- Family obituary dated Wed., November 14, 1956
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