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Catherine Dirks Brunken

Birth	:	19 Oct 1862 Germany
Death	:	3 Nov 1942 Elgin Township, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery, Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.8514600, -96.2902600
Plot	:	Lot 62
Inscription	:	Mother
Description	:	Old Resident Passes Away Catherine Brunken Resident Sixty Years Mrs. Catherine Brunken, 80, resident of Plymouth County since girlhood, died Tuesday night at the home of her son, Herman Brunken, in Elgin Township. Mrs. Brunken was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dirks and was born October 19, 1862, at Marx, Ostfriesland, Germany, where she was brought up and confirmed in the Lutheran church. She came to America with other relatives in the spring of 1881 and settled in Plymouth County. The year following she was united in marriage with Ranke Oetken and four... Read More	Old Resident Passes Away Catherine Brunken Resident Sixty Years Mrs. Catherine Brunken, 80, resident of Plymouth County since girlhood, died Tuesday night at the home of her son, Herman Brunken, in Elgin Township. Mrs. Brunken was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dirks and was born October 19, 1862, at Marx, Ostfriesland, Germany, where she was brought up and confirmed in the Lutheran church. She came to America with other relatives in the spring of 1881 and settled in Plymouth County. The year following she was united in marriage with Ranke Oetken and four children were born to them, the oldest dying in infancy. Mr. Oetken died in 1890, leaving her with three little children. She was united in marriage with Brunke Brunken, May 21, 1893, and they were the parents of five children, the youngest dying in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Brunken farmed in Grant and Elgin townships for many years. They came to live in Le Mars in 1918 when they retired from active farming. Mr. Brunken died in 1932 and the year following Mrs. Brunken went to live on the old home place in Elgin Township with her son, Herman. She had been failing in health for several years and the last three months had been bedfast. She died Tuesday night, the members of her family all being with her when the end came. She leaves her children, Ranke Oetken of Akron Mrs. Gerritt Renken, John Oetken, Mrs. William Johnson of Le Mars, Herman Brunken of Elgin Township, Fred Brunken of Grant Township and Bruno Brunken of Struble, thirty grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She also leaves two brothers, Harm Dirks in California and Dick living in Minnesota, and a sister, Mrs. Meta Lauchstadt, of Le Mars. The funeral will be held at St John's Lutheran church in Le Mars at 1:30 p. m., Rev. L.L. Belk, the pastor, officiating, and interment will be made in the Grant Township cemetery. The Mauer funeral home is in charge of arrangements. [Source: Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel; Le Mars, Iowa; Friday, November 6, 1942]

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Catherine Dirks Brunken's memorial is located at: Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery, Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA.
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Catherine Dirks Brunken death on 3 Nov 1942 in Elgin Township, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.8514600
Longitude: -96.2902600

Family Members:

Parent

Johann Hinrich “John” Dirks

(1840 - 1925)

Rieka U. Hartmann Dirks

(1839 - 1928)

Spouse

Rank B. Oetken

(1854 - 1890)

Brunke Brunken

(1865 - 1932)

Siblings

Trinke M. Dirks Lauchstadt

(1872 - 1959)

Rieka Dirks Meier

(1882 - 1931)

Children

(1883 - 1883)

(1884 - 1949)

(1889 - 1985)

(1890 - 1955)

(1894 - 1983)

(1896 - 1976)

(1902 - 1982)

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Coordinate: 42.8514600, -96.2902600

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22. Saint Patricks Cemetery
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