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Margaretha “Gretje” <I>Seggerman</I> Dirks

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Margaretha “Gretje” Seggerman Dirks

Birth
Landkreis Wittmund, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
18 Jan 1933 (aged 79)
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Secor, Woodford County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. William Dirks, 79, died at St. Francis hospital, Peoria, Wednesday morning. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the local Lutheran church of which she was a member. The Rev. J.F. Schnack will officiate and burial will be in Secor cemetery.

Mrs. Dirks was born in Germany. Her husband preceded her in death two years ago. Surviving are two sons: Harm, Gilman, Fred, at home; and five daughters: Mrs. Daniels Igena, Ayr, N.D.; Mrs. Minnie Bents, Welcome, Minn.; Mrs. Harm Harms and Mrs. Henry Seggerman, Toluca; and Mrs. Peter Buck, Benson. Three brothers, Harm and Henry Seggerman, Secor, and Dick Seggerman, Granger, Ind., also survive.

Source:
The Daily Pantagraph, Bloomington
Friday, January 20, 1933, p. 2

Obituary courtesy of Find A Grave contributor prairie plains

She was baptized Greta Seggermann 29 January 1854 at the Evangelical Lutheran church in Horsten, Ostfriesland according to their church records.

She was confirmed 21 March 1869 at St Peter Lutheran near Benson, Woodford Co, Illinois.

She is listed as Gretha in the Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths index.
Mrs. William Dirks, 79, died at St. Francis hospital, Peoria, Wednesday morning. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the local Lutheran church of which she was a member. The Rev. J.F. Schnack will officiate and burial will be in Secor cemetery.

Mrs. Dirks was born in Germany. Her husband preceded her in death two years ago. Surviving are two sons: Harm, Gilman, Fred, at home; and five daughters: Mrs. Daniels Igena, Ayr, N.D.; Mrs. Minnie Bents, Welcome, Minn.; Mrs. Harm Harms and Mrs. Henry Seggerman, Toluca; and Mrs. Peter Buck, Benson. Three brothers, Harm and Henry Seggerman, Secor, and Dick Seggerman, Granger, Ind., also survive.

Source:
The Daily Pantagraph, Bloomington
Friday, January 20, 1933, p. 2

Obituary courtesy of Find A Grave contributor prairie plains

She was baptized Greta Seggermann 29 January 1854 at the Evangelical Lutheran church in Horsten, Ostfriesland according to their church records.

She was confirmed 21 March 1869 at St Peter Lutheran near Benson, Woodford Co, Illinois.

She is listed as Gretha in the Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths index.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6514142/margaretha-dirks: accessed ), memorial page for Margaretha “Gretje” Seggerman Dirks (30 Dec 1853–18 Jan 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6514142, citing Secor Cemetery, Secor, Woodford County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Just Amy (contributor 46506517).