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Clara Ann Rickert Engel

18 Dec 1875 – 30 Oct 1969

Birth18 Dec 1875
Death30 Oct 1969
CemeteryCalvary Cemetery
Platte County , Nebraska , USA
Added byShirley (Bruhn) Martys on 06 Sep 2008
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29486376

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From the web site: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/platte/vitals/vitals1969.html The Columbus Daily Telegram, October 31, 1969 DIED ENGEL--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.

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