She and her husband had observed their 50th wedding anniversary at an open house the day before.
The former Lydia Mathes was born on May 31, 1899 in the Town of Schleswig, the daughter of the late William and Martha Suhr Mathes.
She attended district schools there before her marriage to Arthur Dedering on May 26, 1921, at Bethlehem United Church of Christ, Town of Schleswig.
She was a member of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Kiel, a charter member of its Women's Guild, and a member of its Frauen Verein.
Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Arden (Shirley) Mogenson of Kiel; Mrs. Charles (Mildred) Balkwill Jr. of Grafton; two sons, Gilbert and Donald both of Kiel; 10 grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Clarence Strassmann and Mrs. Raymond Hass, both of New Holstein; Mrs. Norman Gutschow of rural Kiel; and Mrs. Alfred Wollersheim of Manitowoc, and two brothers, Lester of rural Kiel and Reuben of Kiel.
She and her husband had observed their 50th wedding anniversary at an open house the day before.
The former Lydia Mathes was born on May 31, 1899 in the Town of Schleswig, the daughter of the late William and Martha Suhr Mathes.
She attended district schools there before her marriage to Arthur Dedering on May 26, 1921, at Bethlehem United Church of Christ, Town of Schleswig.
She was a member of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Kiel, a charter member of its Women's Guild, and a member of its Frauen Verein.
Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Arden (Shirley) Mogenson of Kiel; Mrs. Charles (Mildred) Balkwill Jr. of Grafton; two sons, Gilbert and Donald both of Kiel; 10 grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Clarence Strassmann and Mrs. Raymond Hass, both of New Holstein; Mrs. Norman Gutschow of rural Kiel; and Mrs. Alfred Wollersheim of Manitowoc, and two brothers, Lester of rural Kiel and Reuben of Kiel.
Gravesite Details
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Family Members
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Edward Mathes
1900–1937
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Arvin Rudolph Mathes
1903–1959
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Viola Helena Mathes Henschel
1904–1932
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Lester August Mathes
1907–1974
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Reuben John Mathes
1909–1984
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Gertrude Alice Mathes Strassman
1910–1989
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Clarence Robert Mathes
1912–1968
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Eldora Johanna Mathes Gutschow
1914–2004
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Evelyn Eleanor Mathes Hass
1917–2005
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Luetta Sylvia Mathes Wollersheim
1920–2015
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