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- FUNERAL SERVICES HELD ON THURSDAY FOR MRS. ACHENBACH
Anna Belle Louden was born August 14, 1866 at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. She passed away at her home in Litchfield Nebraska May 24th 1938, at the age of 71 years 9 month and 10 days.
Her father brought his family to Mason City, Nebraska in about the year 1886 and they lived on a farm south of that town. She taught several terms of school both in Iowa and Nebraska.
She was married to Clarence W Coleman April 6th 1887. To this union were born three daughters. Her husband passed away October 17th 1894. Six years later she was married to C.E. Achenbach, to this union was born one son who died in infancy.
In early girlhood she united with the Methodist Church, later she and her daughters joined the Presbyterian Church of this town, to which she has ever been faithful.
She was a wonderful mother, a kind and loving wife and a very good neighbor.
She leaves to cherish her memory, her husband, C.E. Achenbach; her daughters, Zora Worthing of Elm Creek, Nebraska; Hattie Grove of Primrose, Nebraska; and Gladys Smith of Litchfield, Nebraska; her step-sons, B.H. Achenbach, Julesburg, Colo., and B.D. Achenbach, Grand Junction, Michigan; her step mother, Mrs. A.R. Louden, St. Paul, Nebr.; three sisters, Miss Lena Loudon, Erickson, Nebraska, Mrs. Lillian Clark, Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Mrs. Pearl Salter, Greeley, Nebraska; two brothers, Earl Loudon, San Francisco, Calif. and Andrew Loudon, St. Paul, Nebr. Also twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren and many other relatives and a host of friends.
Services were held at the Presbyterian church last Thursday afternoon conducted by Rev. Payne of the M.E. church. A quartet, composed of Mesdames Brundige and Thelma Lang and Messers. Wolford and Mongrove, with Miss Eleanor Slote at the piano, furnished music.
Pallbearers were Messers. Elmer Slote, Ed Slote, A.E. Barnett, G.A. Engleman, Cort Lang and George Lang. Interment was in the Litchfield Cemetery.
The Monitor joins with the host of friends of this venerable lady in extending condolence to the bereaved family in their hour of sorrow. [1]
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