Elisabeth Ann Walker

(February 14, 1844 - June 25, 1917)
     Elisabeth Ann Walker was born on Wednesday, February 14, 1844 in Cassville, Grant County, Wisconsin.1

Elisabeth married Rudolph Minger, son of Johann Ulrich Minger and Anna Maria Hofer, on December 25, 1866, in Millville Township, Clayton County, Iowa, by the Justice of the Peace, Vincent Harrison.1

On December 21, 1890, her daughter, Harriet, married William Kords.1

Elisabeth died on Monday, June 25, 1917 in Alta Vista, Chickasaw County, Iowa. She was 73 years old.

Elisabeth Ann's obituary in the Guttenberg Press, Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa, pg. 1, col. 2 , on June 28, 1917, reads --
Mrs. Anna E. Minger Called by Death


On Monday evening, June 25, 1917, at 10:10 o'clock, at Alta Vista, where she had been residing for the past year, occurred the death of Mrs. Anna E. Minger, a former pioneer resident of Guttenberg. Mrs. Minger had been ailing for some time, and she was a patient sufferer.

She was born at Cassville, Wisconsin, on February 14, 1844, later coming to Clayton County, Iowa. She was 72 years, 4 months and 11 days of age at the time of her death. On December 25, 1866, she was married to Mr. Rudolph Minger, who preceded her in death about 20 years ago. For many years the family lived on a farm in Millville township, later coming to Guttenberg to reside. where Mr. Minger was successfully engaged in business for a number of years, and where deceased lived until a year ago, when she went to Alta Vista to reside.

The body was brought from Alta Vista to her former home in this city, where funeral services will be held at two o'clock this afternoon. Rev. W.T. Smith, of the M.E. Church of this city, will conduct funeral services.

Mrs. Minger's maiden name was Anna E. Walker. She was a woman of exemplary life and was greatly beloved by all who knew her. She was a kind and true mother and friend, and was always ready with heart and hand to help those in need, which won for her many friends during her life, and by whom she will not be forgotten. Her death is deeply mourned by one daughter, Mrs. Etta Beutel, of Alta Vista, two grandchildren, Miss Lucille Beutel, of Alta Vista, and Willis Kords, now in the U.S. Army, and many other relatives and friends.

The body will be laid to rest in the City Cemetery.
. She was laid to rest on Thursday, June 28, 1917 in the Guttenberg City Cemetery in Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa.1

Children of Elisabeth Ann Walker and Rudolph Minger

Citations

  1. [S25] Mae (Brown) Siemers, Edith (Brown) Lenarz and Ruth (Brown) Rohrwsser, The Minger Family History, A Book of Memory (Publish Date: March 1984). Hereinafter cited as Minger Family Book.
 


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