St. John German Lutheran Spring Fountain
Sumner Twp., Section 29
Bremer Co., IA

Creamery photo Courtesy of Brenda Platte Roberts
Creamery

Organized in 1875 by Rev. William Kanning, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church Klinger. Pastor Theodore Haendschke served from 1876 to 1912.

Original Members: Henry Steege, Henry Schnadt, Henry Keding, Fred Buhrow, Martin Hunemuller, Joseph Volker, Carl Bremer, John Drier, John Huenerberg, Christian Doss, Conrad Wilharm, Fred Volker, Theodore Hagen and William Schwake.

100th Church Centennial Anniversary Booklet contains:
Confirmations 1877-1975
Baptisms 1876-1971
Marriages 1877-1974
Deaths 1876-1974


TOMBSTONE PHOTOS
Women's names are maiden and cross-referenced

Aschbrenner, Heinrich 03 AUG 1873 - 01 AUG 1926 Died at Ft. Morgan, CO
Bayer, Anna Minna Caroline (Heinrich Christian Pipho) 06 MAR 1864 - 23 APR 1930
Behrens, Heinrich C. 07 JUN 1883 - 18 JAN 1949 and Emma 15 JAN 1891 - 24 JUL 1944
Benzin, Anna 29 JAN 1862 - 28 JUL 1901
Benzin, August 05 JAN 1852 - 25 MAY 1912
Benzow, Friedrich 17 MAR 1858 - 18 JAN 1899
Boderman, Albert 02 MAR 1907 - 11 MAR 1909
Boderman, Alwine 07 APR 1897 - 10 MAY 1897, daughter of E. and L. Boderman
Boderman, Louis 17 FEB 1883 - 18 JUL 1973
Braun, Louis H. 23 SEP 1875 - 29 AUG 1919
Bremer, Carl F. 19 OCT 1840 - 16 SEP 1895
Camlot Auhagen, Maria Dorothea E.
(Hans Heinrich Steege) 22 NOV 1809 Lindhorst, Germany - 04 JAN 1885
Dedor, George 1891 - 1976 and Mary 1894 - 1974
Dienst, August 12 FEB 1870 - 23 JUL 1910
Diercks, George F. 1874 - 1961 and Bertha S. 1879 - 1964
Dreier, Engel Maria 07 JAN 1883 - 22 SEP 1902
Dreier, Henry F. 16 DEC 1873 - 15 AUG 1902
Dreier, Johann 11 SEP 1834 - 31 DEC 1920 Born Obernwoehren Germany
son of Friedrich Ernst Dreier and Anna C. S. Bruns
Figanbaum, John 1884 - 1972 and Maude 1886 - 1975?
Friedmann, Friedrich 1880 - 1953 and Sophia 1882 - 1941
Haeger, Albert A. F. 18 JUL 1888 - 02 APR 1920
Harwege, Maria (Johann HEINRICH Steege) 1845 - 10 NOV 1887
Henning, Emma (Heinrich Aschbrenner) 20 FEB 1874 - 03 DEC 1946
Huenerberg, Maria D. (August Friedrich Feldt) 04 OCT 1855 - 28 APR 1891
Kasemeier, Adele 25 DEC 1900 - 02 DEC 1919
Keding, Heinrich ??? and Wilhelmine 20 JAN
King, Louise (Johann Heinrich Tietje) 1856 - 1929
Kirchhoff
Kirchhoff, Helena nee Plagemann 05 MAY 1886 - 15 APR 1918
Kirchmann, Henry 12 JUL 1886 - 09 DEC 1937
Kirchmann, Wilhelm 1880 - 1932 and Mary 1885 - 1937
Kuepker, George F. 12 MAR 1875 - 09 DEC 1966 and Anna L. 05 JUL 1869 - 05 JAN 1941
Malzahn, Ernestina (Ernest Stahlhut) 02 JUN 1859 - 21 MAR 1938
Matthias, Louise Wilhelmine (Heinrich Schnadt)30 JAN 1858 - 18 NOV 1923
daughter of Johann Wilhelm Matthias and Engel Maria Biesterfeld
Matthias, Sophie (Heinrich Stahlhut) 29 JAN 1867 - 25 MAY 1951
daughter of Johann Wilhelm Matthias and Engel Maria Biesterfeld
Matthiesen, Asmus 15 FEB 1841 - 16 MAR 1898
Meyer
Meyer, Adolph 1859 - 1946 and Ida 1872 - 1956
Meyer, Louis 18 JUL 1853 - 10 JAN 1927 and Louise 03 JAN 1860 - 29 MAY 1948
Meyer, Rudolph 09 AUG 1894 - 18 AUG 1894, son of Wilhelm and Maria Meyer
Meyer, Wilhelmine (Johann Dreier) 05 DEC 1841 - 07 NOV 1925
Minkel, Rudolph 1897 - 1987 and Lenora 1899 - 1988
Nacke, Caroline 08 JAN 1868 - 10 JUN 1901
Nacke, Heinrich 31 NOV 1856 - 16 DEC 1903
Niemann, Friedrich 1882 - 1965 and Mary M. 1887 - 1961, parents of Ernest
Nuss, Amanda Engel (August Fr. Seehase) 08 FEB 1888 - 26 JUL 1967
Oelschlager, Friedrich 1864 - 1931
Pfingsten, Sophia 31 MAR 1811 - 28 MAR 1887
(Hans Heinrich Wenthe - Buried Schaumburg, IL) Born Rehren, Hattendorf, Germany
Pipho, Fred C. 21 MAY 1861 - 15 OCT 1934
Pipho, Heinrich Christian 22 SEP 1864 - 19 FEB 1945
Plagemann, John 27 JAN 1884 - 23 APR 1902
Rieck, Hermann 04 MAY 1865 - 04 AUG 1900
Schnadt, Heinrich Christoph 06 JAN 1854 - 19 NOV 1935
son of Heinrich Schnadt and Engel Maria Biesterfeld
Schultz, Henry F. 1865 - 03 OCT 1897
Schultz, John 08 JUL 1836 - 04 FEB 1909 and Friedericke 29 NOV 1840 - 20 APR 1909
Schwake, Friedrich Wilhelm 24 JUN 1848 Born Gr. Hegesdorf - 15 MAY 1913
son of Johann Christoph Schwake and Sophia Justine Strumpel
Schwake, Gustav C. 1876 - 09 DEC 1937
Seehase, August Friedrich 25 JUN 1883 - 05 JUL 1952
Specht, Friedrich 24 JAN 1895 - 06 JAN 1921
Specht, Henry 16 SEP 1863 - 06 JUL 1934 and Caroline 14 APR 1870 - 07 OCT 1935
Stahlhut
Stahlhut, Carl HEINRICH Wilhelm 01 JUN 1866 Niedernwoehren #63, Germany - NOV 1939
Stahlhut, Engel MARIA Caroline (Fr. Louis Meyer) 23 NOV 1857 - 29 JUN 1895
Stahlhut, Ernest 22 JUL 1854 - 12 JAN 1935
Stahlhut, Mary 1867 - 1931
Stahlhut, Ida (Henry Kirchmann) 27 MAR 1891 - 09 NOV 1953
Stahlhut, Steena (Ernestina) 24 DEC 1885 - 10 NOV 1940
Steege
Steege, Anna M. JAN 1895, daughter of H and J. Steege
Steege, Engel MARIA (Johann Conrad Wilharm) 25 OCT 1844 - 22 FEB 1905
Steege, Friedericke SOPHIA Charlotte Maria (Louis Braun) 16 AUG 1877 - 18 OCT 1939
Steege, Friedrich C. 1879 - 1933 and caroline 1880 - 1975
Steege, Heinrich 28 APR 1848 - 12 MAY 1930 Born Beckedorf, Germany
son of Hans Heinrich Steege and Maria Dorothea Engel Auhagen
Steege, Wilhelmina L. 12 AUG 1871 - 02 OCT 1920
Tatge, ENGEL Maria Charlotte (Friedrich Wilhelm Schwake) 15 SEP 1852 - 09 MAR 1920
Born Algesdorf, Germany daughter of Henry Tatge and Catharina Oldendorf
Tietje, Anna E. (Albert Haeger) 22 JUN 1890 - 06 DEC 1968
Tietje, Johann Heinrich 1847 - 1910
Tietje, Wilhelm 1851 - 1935 and Louise 1859 - 1936
Treptow, Christian 13 JUL 1817 - 10 DEC 1906 and Marie 09 APR 1833 - 13 MAY 1910
Unknown1
Unknown2
Unknown, Charlotte J. (John Huenerberg) 22 FEB 1822 - 25 MAY 1894?
Unknown, Wilhelmine (Carl Bremer) 10 OCT 1831 - 07 JUL 1898
Volker, Albert 13 SEP 1885 - 01 SEP 1937
Weidler, George A 1866 - 1945? and Doris M. 1880 - 1931
Wente, E. LOUISE Dorothea (Fred C. Pipho) 1865 - 1940
Wente, Wilhelmine (Gustav C. Schwake) 10 NOV 1875 - 1961
Wilharm, JOHANN Conrad 30 DEC 1839 Riepen, Germany - 31 JUL 1891
Wolf, Wilhelm F. 03 JUL 1827 - 26 MAY 1912
Wolfgram, Johanna (Heinrich Steege) 16 FEB 1862 - 28 JAN 1933 Born Woltersdorf, Germany
Zell
Zell, Martha 27 JAN 1894 - 09 MAY 1912
Zell, W. M. Ida... Sophie 1886


Photos by Sue Rife, Connie Wedemeier, Brenda Platte Roberts.
Karen S. Rowe, 2005