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Hattie V. Gottberg Zessin
4 Sep 1893 – 6 Nov 1964
| Birth | 4 Sep 1893 |
| Death | 6 Nov 1964 |
| Cemetery | Yankee Hill Cemetery Lincoln , Lancaster County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | William Peel on 08 Aug 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56812457 |
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Ashes of Daughter Martha L. (Zessin) Wilson, Granddaughters Shirley L. (Melcher) Cowan, & Yhona R. Melcher are here.
Bio
Hattie V. (Gottberg) Zessin, First Born Daughter of Nine Children of William F. & Ida Mae (Gasaway) Gottberg. Sister of Herbert Gottberg , Sylvan Gordon Gottberg , William Oscar, James Levi Gottberg , May Ida Kegler , Mary Bertha Wood , Bertha (Wingfield) and William (Bill) Gottberg . When Hattie was finishing High School her boyfriend ask her to marry him and her parents would not allow it and they send her away to Nebraska, I assume to the home of her Uncle Max Gottberg, Sr. . After she met Herman Jacob Zessin and he ask her to marry him, she said Yes, and did it right away before she told anybody, including her parents. They were Husband & Wife for over 50 years. Hattie really knew how to watch for Tornados and taught her children to know as well. They didn't have the National Weather Service. Mother of Ida (Spevak) of Lincoln, Nebr., Irene (Halsey) of Norfolk, Nebr., Martha (Wilson) of McCool Junction, Nebr., Marie (Utley) of Russellville, Ark., Herman and Albert Zessin of Lincoln, Nebr. Grandmother of 17 Grandchildren. She resided in Lincoln, Nebraska. Was a member of The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. *Date of Birth, Grave Stone Marker lists March 3, 1893; Certificate of Death from State of Nebraska list August 4, 1893, Certificate and Obituary list death as Nov. 6, 1964.* __________________________________________ Obituary, Friday, November 6, 1964, Page 24; Lincoln Evening Journal, Lincoln, Nebraska. ZESSIN SR-Mrs. Herman J. (Hattie), 71, 1220 West P, died Friday. Born Morrilton, Ark. Resident Madison 28 years, Lincoln 20 years. Survivors: Husband; sons, Herman W. Jr., Albert F., both of Lincoln; daughters, Mrs. Ed (Ida) Spevak of Lincoln, Mrs. Willie (Marie) Utley of Russellville, Ark., Mrs. Willard (Martha) Wilson of McCool Junction, Mrs Lee (Irene) Halsey of Norfolk; brothers, Oscar Gottberg of California, Herbert of Winnipeg, Canada, James of Winfield, Kan., Sylvan of Arkansas, William of Madison; sisters, Mrs. Earl (May) Kegler of Morrilton, Ark., Mrs. Albert (Bertha) Wingfield of Benton, Ark., Mrs. Mary Woods of Shawnee, Okla.; 21 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. Umberger's, 48th & Vine.
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Family
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Siblings
- Herbert William Gottberg 1895–1978
- Sylvan Gordon Gottberg 1899–1988
- William Oscar Gottberg 1901–1973
- James Levi Gottberg 1903–1975
- May Ida Gottberg Kegler 1904–1987
- Mary Bertha Gottberg Wood 1907–1973
- Bertha A. Gottberg Wingfield 1909–1990
- William M. "Bill" Gottberg 1911–1980
Children
- Ida Ernestine Zessin Spevak 1917–1975 FaG
- Irene Rosette Zessin Halsey 1918–1987 FaG
- Martha Lily Zessin Wilson 1921–1987 FaG
- Marie B Zessin Utley 1922–1988 FaG
- Herman William Zessin 1926–1983 FaG
- Albert Fred Zessin 1932–2010 FaG
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