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Herman Gerken (1819-1875)
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| Rosa (Kerkhoff) Tegeler (1885-1956) was a daughter of Herman and Mary (Gerken) Kerkhoff. She married G.H. Tegeler. Rosa was a niece of my great-grandfather Henry Gerken and a first cousin to my grandfather Ewald Gerken. T.L. | ||||
Gerhardt and Rosa (Kerkhoff) Tegeler
Rosa Kerkhoff was born on August 22, 1885, at Petersburg, Iowa, the fourth of five children born to Herman and Mary (Gerken) Kerkhoff. Her siblings were Anna, Margaret "Maggie," Alphonse, and Louise.
MISS KERKHOFF AN AUTUMN BRIDE
Married to Mr. Gerhard Tegeler at Petersburg Tuesday Morning October 18.
The marriage of Mr. Gerhard Tegeler of Dyersville, Iowa, and Miss Rose Kerkhoff of Petersburg, Iowa, occurred in SS. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church in Petersburg last Tuesday morning, October 18, 1910, at eight o'clock. Rev. Father Joseph Nacke officiated at the nuptial ceremony and also read the mass which followed. Quite a number of relatives and friends were in the church to witness the ceremony. The couple was attended by Miss Louise Kerkhoff, sister of the bride, and Mr. John Tegeler, brother of the groom. The bride's wedding gown was a handsome creation of white messaline silk. She also wore a veil and carried white and pink carnations. Her maid was attired in a gown of blue silk and carried a bouquet of white carnations and roses.
Following the marriage, the couple repaired to the home of the bride's mother, south of Petersburg, where a reception was held throughout the day. A large number of guests were in attendance. A bounteous wedding banquet was served, and the day was spent at the usual festivities. Dancing was a feature of the afternoon, music for which was furnished by the Imperial Orchestra. The young couple were the recipients of a large number of valuable and useful wedding gifts.
The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Mary Kerkhoff and is a popular young lady of the vicinity in which she has grown to charming young womanhood. By her true womanly character, she has merited the high esteem in which she is held by her numerous friends. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Tegeler of this place. He is a young man of sterling character and worth. He has been engaged at farming for some time and has been very successful. The newlyweds will go to house-keeping on the Frank Raker farm south of this city. The Commercial joins the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Tegeler in wishing them a full measure of health and happiness in their new state of life.
Gerhardt Henry "Jerry" Tegeler was born on July 26, 1982, at New Vienna, Iowa, son of Bernard and Theresa (Beckmann) Tegeler.
Jerry and Rosa Tegeler farmed at Dyersville, Iowa, and they had six children, William Tegeler, Alma Tegeler, Edna Tegeler, Herbert Tegeler, Earl Tegeler, and Elmer Tegeler.
Mrs. Rosa Tegeler Dies Suddenly at Family Home.
Mrs. G.H. (Rosa) Tegeler, 70, passed away unexpectedly at the family home in Dyersville, early Tuesday morning, July 24, 1956.
Survivors include her husband; sons William, Earl, Herbert, and Elmer, all of Dyersville; two daughters, Alma, Mrs. John Manley, Forest Heights, Maryland, and Edna, Mrs. Ted Madison, Miami, Florida; twelve grandchildren; also two sisters, Maggie, Mrs. George Noethe, Patch Grove, Wisconsin, and Louise, Mrs. Ben Mormann, Edgewood, Iowa. Preceding her in death were her parents, Herman and Mary Kerkhoff; one sister, Mrs. John Link; and one brother, Alphonse Kerkhoff.
Services Held for Mrs. Rosa Tegeler Friday Morning.
Services were held for Mrs. G.H. Tegeler on Friday, July 27, at 9 a.m. from Kramer Funeral Home to St. Francis Xavier Church in Dyersville, Iowa. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. M.M. Hoffman read the Mass and officiated at the graveside ceremony at the church cemetery.
Honorary escorts of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Catholic Daughters of America were Mesdames Jerry Baum, Larry Wessels, Stella Keuter, Linus Koopman, A.B. Hittenmiller, Lydia Wilhelm, Leander Fangmann, and Matt Nadermann. Active casket bearers were Linus Koopman, Dale Fitzgerald, Emil Esch, Herbert Lammers, Duke Koopman, and Alvin Arens. The member sof the American Legion and the Catholic Daughters of America attended in a body.
Relatives and friends from out of town who attended the funeral and wake were Mr. and Mrs. John W. Manley, Mary, Bill, Patricia, Eileen and George, Forest Heights, Maryland; Mr. and Mrs. T.R. Madison, John, Jerry, and Linda, Miami, Florida; Mr. and Mrs. George Noethe, Edward and LaVerne, Patch Grove, Wisconsin; Mr. John Link, Mrs. Ben Dorweiler, Mrs. Leon McGuire, Mrs. Burnell Reinitz, Messrs and Mesdame Bieber, Oscar Gerken, of Guttenberg, Iowa.
Rev. Donald Kruse, Rev. Wilfred Johannes, Miss Olivia Tegeler, Mrs. Earl Pfohl, Messrs and Mesdames Don Anthony, Elmer Krapfl, Charles Fangmann, Ed Tegeler, Joe Grab, John Harting, Dubuque; Mrs. Felicia Ellwanger, Mrs. John Graf, Messrs and Mesdames Tim Kelly, Robert Lyons, Chicago.
Miss Hilda Link, Messrs. and Mesdames Alvin Noethe, Ed Smith, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Elmer Link, Garnavillo; Mrs. Louise Mormann, Mssrs and Mesdames Melvin Mensen, Edgewood; Conrad Tegeler, Joe Schuster, Manchester; Charles Gerken, Independence, Elmer Geistkemper, Oelwein; Peter Tegeler, Farley; Rev. Fred Bahninh, Bellevue.
Mr. and Mrs. LuVerne Mormann, Mrs. Ted Hansel, Earlville; Messrs and Mesdames Ed Overmann, Arnold Gassman, Petersburg; Clete Ferring, Minneapolis; Les Weber, Cascade; L.G. Morgan and daughter Paula, Highland, Indiana; Miss Paula Kunkel, Ossian; and Mr. Alfred Gerken, Elkader.
Gerhardt Tegeler dies.
Gerhardt Henry "Jerry" Tegeler, 78, of Dyersville, Iowa, died at 7:10 a.m., Monday, October 24, 1960, at Mercy Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa. He was a retired farmer. Visitation was after 7 p.m., Tuesday, October 25, at the Kramer Funeral Home in Dyersville, where the rosary was recited at 8 p.m., Wednesday, October 26. Funeral services were at 9 a.m., Thursday, October 27, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville, and burial was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Tegeler was survived by four sons, William Tegeler, Earl Tegeler, Herbert Tegeler, and Elmer Tegeler, all of Dyersville, Ia.; two daughters, Mrs. John (Alma) Manley, of Forest Heights, Md., and Mrs. Ted (Edna) Madison, of Miami, Fla.; 16 grandchildren; three brothers, Ike Tegeler and Ole Tegeler, both of Dyersville, Ia., and Pete Tegeler, of Farley, Ia.; three sisters, Mrs. Henry (Antonette) Wessels, and Mrs. Fred (Agnes) Naber, both of Dyersville, Ia., and Olivia Tegeler, of Dubuque, Ia.
Children of Gerhardt and Rosa (Kerkhoff) Tegeler:
- William B. Tegeler was born on September 29, 1911, son of Gerhardt and Rosa (Kerkhoff) Tegeler. William "Bill" Tegeler lived at Dyersville, Iowa.
William B. Tegeler, 64, of Dyersville, Iowa, died Sunday, March 28, 1976, at his home. Visitation was after 3 p.m., Tuesday, March 30, at the Kramer Funeral Home in Dyersville, where the Scripture Wake Service was held at 8 p.m. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 31, at the Basilica of St. Francis Xavier in Dyersville, and burial was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Tegeler was survived by two sisters, Mrs. John (Alma) Manley, of Washington, D.C., and Mrs. Ted (Edna) Madison, of Miami, Fla.; and three brothers, Earl Tegeler, Herbert G. Tegeler, and Elmer F. Tegeler, all of Dyersville, Ia. - Alma T. Tegeler was born on June 19, 1914, daughter of Gerhardt and Rosa (Kerkhoff) Tegeler. Alma Tegeler married John W. Manley. John Manley was born November 3, 1908. John and Alma Manley lived at Washington, D.C.
Alma (Tegeler) Manley died on October 7, 2003, with a last residence of Oxon Hill, Prince Georges, Maryland. John Manley died on June 14, 1994, with a last residence of Oxon Hill, Prince Georges, Maryland.
- Edna Delores Tegeler was born June 12, 1916, in rural Dyersville, Iowa, in Bremen Township of Delaware County, daughter of Gerhardt and Rosa (Kerkhoff) Tegeler. Edna was a 1937 alumna of the Mercy School of Nursing in Dubuque, Iowa. Edna Tegeler married Theodore Roosevelt Madison. Ted Madison was born in Kentucky, son of John and [?] Madison. Ted and Edna Madison lived at Miami, Florida. Mrs. Madison was a private duty nurse until she was 68 years old.
Edna Delores Madison, 84, of Duluth, Georgia, formerly of Miami, died Friday, January 12, 2001. The funeral Mass was held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, January 16, at St. Monica's Catholic Church. Burial was in Peachtree Memorial Park in Norcross.
She was survived by her children, Linda Helveston, of Duluth, Ga., and Jerry Madison, of Dove Canyon, Calif.; her siblings, Earl Tegeler and Herbie Tegeler, both of Dyersville, Iowa, and Alma Manley, of Forest Heights, Md.; and five grandchildren. - Herbert Tegeler, son of Gerhardt and Rosa (Kerkhoff) Tegeler, married Anne [?], and they lived at Dyersville, Iowa.
- Earl J. Tegeler was born April 18, 1918, in Dyersville, Iowa, son of Gerhard and Rosa (Kerkhoff) Tegeler. Earl was educated in the Dyersville area schools. He served in the Army from 1941 to 1946. Earl Tegeler married Rosemary Kramer on April 10, 1950, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville, Iowa. Rosemary Kramer, who was called "Rosie," was born March 6, 1925, in New Wine Township, Dubuque county, Iowa, daughter of Henry and Mary (Stelken) Kramer. Earl and Rosemary Tegeler lived at Dyersville, Iowa, where they were members of St. Francis Xavier Basilica.
After returning from World War II, Earl purchased a blacksmith shop from John Goetzinger. The building on Second Street S.E. was known as "The Old Brewery." He remodeled the building and began dairy production in 1949, continuing the business his father had begun in 1924. Earl owned and operated Tegeler's Dairy until his retirement in 1985. Throughout his life, Earl enjoyed traveling, playing cards and spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchild.Mrs. Earl (Rosie) Tegeler, 54, of Dyersville, Iowa, died at 12:20 p.m., Thursday, August 23, 1979, at home. Visitation was at the Kramer Funeral Home in Dyersville, where the Catholic Daughters of America Rosary was said at 7 p.m. and the Scripture Wake Service was held at 8 p.m, Friday, August 24. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m., Saturday, August 25, at the Basilica of St. Francis Xavier in Dyersville, and burial was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Tegeler was survived by her husband, Earl Tegeler; two sons, Mark Tegeler and Gary Tegeler, both of Dyersville, Ia.; three daughters, Karen Tegeler and Janice Tegeler, both of Dyersville, Ia., and Linda Tegeler of Cedar Falls, Ia.; one grandson; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Kramer, of Farley, Ia.; three brothers, Alphonse "Shorty" Kramer, of Dyersville, Ia., Lawrence Kramer, of Hopkinton, Ia., and Charles Kramer, of Earlville, Ia.Earl J. Tegeler, 87, of Dyersville, Iowa, died Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at home, following a courageous battle with cancer. Visitation was from 2 to 9 p.m., Thursday, April 28, at Kramer Funeral Home in Dyersville, where there was a parish scripture service at 4 p.m., an American Legion and VFW Service at 7 p.m., and a Knights of Columbus Rosary at 8:30 p.m. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 29, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville, with the Rev. Jerry Kopacek officiating. Burial will be in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, where military rites were accorded by the American Legion Post 137 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7736.
Mr. Tegeler was survived by his companion of many years, Helen Krogman, of Dyersville, Ia.; three daughters, Karen (Brian) Brown, of Olathe, Kan., Linda (Dan) Hoerner, of Dubuque, Ia., and Janice (Mark) Furst, of Fort Atkinson, Wis.; two sons, Mark (Deb) Tegeler and Gary Tegeler, both of Dyersville, Ia.; seven grandchildren, Jeff (Cindy) Tegeler, Britta, Tenley and Gretchen Haraldson, Jodi Tegeler and Carlie and Greta Hoerner; a great-grandchild, Max Tegeler; a step grandson, Scott Brown; a brother, Herb (Annie) Tegeler, of Dyersville, Ia.; three sisters-in-law, Irene Kramer, of Dyersville, Ia., Mildred Kramer, of Hopkinton, Ia., and Mary Kramer, of Manchester, Ia.; Helen's children, Barb (Dan) Conlan and Patty (Don Schumacher) Erhler, both of Dubuque, Ia., JoAnn (Pat) Roe, of Waterloo, Ia., Steve (Deb) Krogman, of Manchester, Ia., and Edward (Sandy) Krogman, of Anamosa, Ia.; and many nieces and nephews. He also was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; two sisters, Edna Madison and Alma Manley; and two brothers, Elmer F. and Bill Tegeler. - Elmer F. Tegeler was born on May 7, 1924, in Dyersville, Iowa, son of Gerhardt and Rosa (Kerkhoff) Tegeler. Elmer Tegeler married LaVonne E. (Burkle) Koopmann on May 30, 1967. LaVonne Burkle was born on February 9, 1931, in Dyersville, Iowa, daughter of Irvin J. and Josephine (Westemeyer) Burkle. She married Edward Koopman on February 15, 1949; he died on October 1, 1960, and LaVonne subsequently married Elmer Tegeler in 1967.
Elmer and LaVonne Tegeler lived at Dyersville, Iowa, where Elmer owned and operated Tegeler Radiator Service, opened in 1952. They were members of St. Francis Parish in Dyersville. Elmer was a graduate of St. Francis High School and served in the Marine Corps in World War II. He was a 50-year member of the American Legion Post 137 and an honorary life member of the Knights of Columbus Council 1734. LaVonne was an office manager and legal secretary in the Jenk, Jenk & Goen Law Offices form more than 35 years. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary, and the Dyersville Historical Society.Elmer F. Tegeler, 72, of Dyersville, Iowa, died Tuesday, April 8, 1997, in Dyersville. Visitation was after 4 p.m., Thursday, April 10, at Kramer Funeral Home in Dyersville, where there was a parish wake service at 4:30 p.m., a Knights of Columbus rosary at 6 p.m., and an American Legion Post service at 8 p.m. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 11, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville, and burial was in the church cemetery, where military rites were accorded by the American Legion Post 137 of Dyersville.
Mr. Tegeler was survived by his wife, LaVonne; a stepdaughter, Karen (Koopmann) Parrish, of Boulder, Col.; two stepsons, Kenneth Koopmann, of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Robert Koopmann, of Los Angeles, Calif.; an adopted son, Kory Tegeler, of Boulder, Colo.; a granddaughter, Cassidy Koopmann, of Salt Lake City; two brothers, Earl Tegeler and Herbert G. Tegeler, both of Dyersville, Ia.; and two sisters, Alma Manley, of Washington, D.C., and Edna Madison, of Miami, Fla. He was preceded in death by his parents, and a brother, William B. Tegeler.LaVonne E. Tegeler, 69, of Dyersville, Iowa, died Tuesday, September 12, 2000, at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, Iowa, after an extended illness. Visitation was from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, September 14, at Kramer Funeral Home in Dyersville, where there was an American Legion Auxiliary rosary at 4 p.m. and a parish scripture service at 7 p.m. Funeral services were at 11 a.m., Friday, September 15, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, with the Rev. Ed Petty officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Tegeler was survived by a daughter, Karen "Kari" Koopmann Parish, of Boulder, Colo.; two sons, Kenneth Koopman, of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Robert "Cody" (Nancy) Koopman, of Hermosa Beach, Calif.; three grandchildren, Kory Tegeler, and Cassidy and Jessica Koopman; four brothers, Joseph (Gloria) Burkle, of Elberon, Ia., Lee Burkle and Dennis (Judy) Burkle, both of Cedar Rapids, Ia., and Gary Burkle, of Austin, Texas; and two sisters, Joyce (William) Jasper, of Dyersville, Ia., and Phyllis (Gerald) Gansemer, of Dixon, Ill. She was preceded in death by a brother, Donald Burkle.
Sources include, primarily, wedding accounts and obituaries from the Dyersville Commercial and the Dubuque Telegraph Herald.
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