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Elizabeth Hanora “Lizzie” Wolfe Alberts

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Birth	:	23 Aug 1876 Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	7 Sep 1946 Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Summit Hill Cemetery, Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7315000, -94.6595000
Description	:	Mrs. John Alberts Died Suddenly Following Stroke Mrs. John Alberts died at her home about midnight Saturday following a stroke which she suffered at eight o'clock in the evening. She did not regain consciousness before her death and she had been ;ill only a few minutes before she was stricken. Her death came as a great shock to her family and friends because she had apparently been well all day. Mr. and Mrs. Alberts, their daughter, Mrs. James Kemmer and children of Los Angeles, Calif., who are visiting here had returned to Pocahontas at 5:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon after attending a... Read More	Mrs. John Alberts Died Suddenly Following Stroke Mrs. John Alberts died at her home about midnight Saturday following a stroke which she suffered at eight o'clock in the evening. She did not regain consciousness before her death and she had been ;ill only a few minutes before she was stricken. Her death came as a great shock to her family and friends because she had apparently been well all day. Mr. and Mrs. Alberts, their daughter, Mrs. James Kemmer and children of Los Angeles, Calif., who are visiting here had returned to Pocahontas at 5:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon after attending a family gathering in the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Don Bailey in Fonda. The occasion was the wedding anniversary of the Baileys and also the birthday of Mrs. Bailey. Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home and at 2:00 o'clock in the Presbyterian church. Rev. G. F. Butler of Sanborn, a former pastor of the church, will officiate and burial will be in Summit Hill cemetery. The choir will furnish the music and Mrs. G. J. Freeburg will sing a hymn. Pallbearers will be Jack Bouma, Mike Naughton, Joe Kemmer, A. C. Carmichael, Geo. Logan and G. A. Pattee. Elizabeth Wolfe Alberts was the daughter of Maurice and Ellen Wolfe and she was born Aug. 23, 1876, at Ottawa, LaSalle Co., Ill. When she was two years of age she came with her parents to Dike, Grundy county, Iowa, where they lived several years before coming to Pocahontas county where she grew to womanhood. On April 9, 1894, she was united in marriage at Pocahontas with John Alberts and they established their home on a farm near Pocahontas until March 2, 1905, when they moved to the farm they purchased in Dover township, six miles north of Fonda. They retired in March 1924 and moved to their present home in Pocahontas. They observed their golden wedding anniversary April 19, 1944. She attended the Presbyterian church ans was am ember of the Presbyterian Women. Besides her husband, Mrs. Alberts is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Don Bailey of Fonda and Mrs. James Kemmer of Los Angeles, Calif., three grandchildren, Jack and Frances Marie Kemmer of Los Angeles and Mrs. Wayne Rowland of Fonda and one great grandchild, Frances Lucille Roland of Fonda. She also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Agnes Doyle of Goldfield and Mrs. Julia Henneberry of Wichita Falls, Texas. One daughter, Mrs. Jack Fitzgerald, died several years ago. Those from a distance attending the services are Mrs. Julia Henneberry of Wichita Falls, Texas, James Kemmer, Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Edith Sundbig and Mrs. Bertha Dickerson of Sioux Falls, S. Dark.; H. C. Goodyear and Mrs. Gene Mullen of Waterloo; Wm Goodyear of Walnut and Howard Goodyear of Iowa City. [From the Pocahontas (Iowa) Record Democrat, page. 1, Sept. 12, 1946. Contributed by Teresa Davis.]

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Elizabeth Hanora “Lizzie” Wolfe Alberts death on 7 Sep 1946 in Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.7315000
Longitude: -94.6595000

Family Members:

Parent

Maurice Wolfe

(1831 - 1901)

Ellen Wolfe Wolfe

(1842 - 1897)

Spouse

John Lewis Alberts

(1873 - 1965)

Siblings

Robert Patrick Wolfe

(1859 - 1912)

Catherine “Kate” Wolfe Bonne

(1862 - 1918)

Edward F. Wolfe

(1866 - 1930)

John James Wolfe

(1869 - 1926)

Agnes Mary Wolfe Doyle

(1872 - 1947)

Josephine Emalinda Wolfe Goodyear

(1885 - 1940)

Cecelia “Celia” Wolfe

(1888 - 1930)

Children

Ellen C Alberts Kemmer

(1910 - 1969)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Summit Hill Cemetery
Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7315000, -94.6595000

2. Calvary Cemetery
Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7335000, -94.6597000

3. Grant Township Cemetery
Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6571999, -94.6996994

4. Saint Josephs Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6342010, -94.6188965

5. Washington Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8363250, -94.7091440

6. Evangelical Covenant Cemetery
Pomeroy, Calhoun County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6165720, -94.6803640

7. Elfsborg Lutheran Cemetery
Palmer, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6169014, -94.6875000

8. Swedish Mission Bethany Cemetery
Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6138992, -94.6774979

9. Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery
Palmer, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6176000, -94.5893500

10. Palmer Cemetery
Palmer, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6166992, -94.5894012

11. Clinton-Garfield Cemetery
Rolfe, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8055300, -94.5202500

12. Saint Margarets Cemetery
Rolfe, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8164978, -94.5307465

13. Powhatan Cemetery
Plover, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8557396, -94.5801773

14. Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery
Gilmore City, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7332993, -94.4672012

15. Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery
Palmer, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6268997, -94.5205994

16. Dover Township Cemetery
Varina, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6896100, -94.8524200

17. Marble Valley Cemetery
Gilmore City, Humboldt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7458850, -94.4430150

18. Saint Columbkilles Cemetery
Varina, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6467018, -94.8443985

19. Calvary Cemetery
Laurens, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8403015, -94.8368988

20. Laurens Cemetery
Laurens, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8438988, -94.8330994

21. Old Rolfe Cemetery
Rolfe, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8403511, -94.4764175

22. Marshall Cemetery
Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7633018, -94.8930969

23. Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery
Pomeroy, Calhoun County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5558014, -94.6889038

24. Union Cemetery
Pomeroy, Calhoun County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5539017, -94.6789017