Name |
Dickel, Elisabeth Louise [3] |
Nickname |
Betty |
Birth |
9 Feb 1914 |
Middle Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA |
Gender |
Female |
Education |
She attended the Cedar Rapids Business School. |
Occupation |
She was employed as a secretary for the Amana Society for many years. She worked until she was 90 years old. |
Death |
24 Feb 2013 |
Middle Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA |
- Elizabeth “Betty” Blechschmidt, age 99 of Amana, Iowa, died Sunday, February 24, 2013 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Funeral Services: 10:00 A.M. Thursday, February 28, 2013, Middle Amana Community Church, Middle Amana, Iowa with Elder Jon Childers officiating. Burial will be in the Middle Amana Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 7 P.M. Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at the Middle Amana Church. Memorials may be contributed to the Amana Church Society or the Amana Heritage Society. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo is in charge of arrangements.
She is survived by her step-daughter, Rosie Brower of Silver Springs, Maryland; several step-grandchildren and great grandchildren; a brother Willard Dickel (Mary Lou) of Middle Amana, a sister Marie Schaefer of Davenport and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Fred “Joe” Blechschmidt, and two sisters, Johanna Kellenberger and Wilma Schaefer.
Elizabeth Louise Dickel was born February 9, 1914 in Middle Amana, Iowa, the daughter of Jacob and Louise Schmieder Dickel. She received her education in the Amana schools and then attended the Cedar Rapids Business School. Betty married Fred “Joe” Blechschmidt on May 18, 1944 in Missouri. He died September 23, 1987. Elizabeth was employed as a secretary for the Amana Society for many years. She worked until she was 90 years old. She was a member of the Amana Church Society.
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Burial |
Middle Amana Cemetery, Middle Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA [4] |
- Section 7, Row 3 and Plot 7.
Name on headstone is Elizabeth Louise Dickel Blechschmidt.
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Siblings |
4 siblings |
| 1. Dickel, Johanna, b. 28 Feb 1910, Middle Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA d. Aft 1928 (Age 18 years) | | 2. Dickel, Maria, b. 14 Nov 1911, Middle Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA | | 3. Dickel, Wilma Dorothea, b. 15 Jul 1916, Middle Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA d. 30 Dec 2005, San Bernadino, Ct San Bernadino, California, USA (Age 89 years) | + | 4. Dickel, Willard Jacob | |
Person ID |
I567 |
Amana Tree |
Last Modified |
11 Mar 2021 |
Father |
Dickel, Jacob, b. 10 Feb 1885, High Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA d. 9 Jan 1961, Middle Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA (Age 75 years) |
Mother |
Schmieder, Helene Louise, b. 5 Oct 1887, Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA d. 6 May 1936, Middle Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA (Age 48 years) |
Marriage |
18 Mar 1909 |
Middle Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA |
Children |
5 children |
| 1. Dickel, Johanna, b. 28 Feb 1910, Middle Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA d. Aft 1928 (Age 18 years) | | 2. Dickel, Maria, b. 14 Nov 1911, Middle Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA | | 3. Dickel, Elisabeth Louise, b. 9 Feb 1914, Middle Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA d. 24 Feb 2013, Middle Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA (Age 99 years) | | 4. Dickel, Wilma Dorothea, b. 15 Jul 1916, Middle Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA d. 30 Dec 2005, San Bernadino, Ct San Bernadino, California, USA (Age 89 years) | + | 5. Dickel, Willard Jacob | |
Notes |
- EDIT 13 Nov 2021; CB; add mplace, mrec.
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Family ID |
F971 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |