Alice Lucille Schmeiser
1913 - 1997 (83 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Alice Lucille Schmeiser was born on 28 Jun 1913 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa (daughter of Joseph Schmeiser and Mary Elizabeth Rieman); died on 19 May 1997 in McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas; was buried in Valley Memorial Gardens, McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas. Notes:
McAllen – Funeral services for Alice Robertson, who died Monday, May 19, 1997, at her home in McAllen, are pending with Kreidler Funeral Home of McAllen.
The Monitor, McAllen, Texas. Tuesday, 20 May 1997.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125815216/alice-lucille-robertsonAlice married Clayton Phillip Robertson on 8 Jun 1938 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa. Clayton (son of John Plake Robertson and Lena Mabel Baird) was born on 12 Apr 1911 in Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 2 Mar 2004 in Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Texas; was buried in Valley Memorial Gardens, McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Joseph Schmeiser was born on 10 Feb 1876 in Franklin Mills, Des Moines County, iowa; died on 9 Nov 1940 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa; was buried in Wapello Cemetery, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- Census: 1920, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa
Notes:
Joseph Schmeiser, 64, Wapello, Dies; Funeral Tuesday
Special to the Democrat
Wapello, Ia. – Joseph Schmeiser, 64, retired farmer, died suddenly in his home in West Wapello Saturday night following a heart attack. The son of Jacob and Mary Magdalene Reese Schmeiser, he was born at Franklin Mills, north of Burlington, Feb. 10, 1876, and April 10, 1901, married Mary Rieman. The ceremony was performed by his father, pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran church. To this union four children: Orval, Wapello; twin sister, Ora Marie, who died 29 years ago; Mrs. Mearl Melson, Richland, and Mrs. Clayton Robertson, Morning Sun, where born. Mr. Schmeiser resided on a farm near Burlington until [can't read date], when the family moved to the farm west of Wapello, now operated by his son, Orval. The home had been in Wapello the past two years.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Presbyterian church which he had attended the past few years. The Rev. John R. Fraser and the Rev. B.G. Hankins, Mt. Pleasant, will officiate. The service will be preceded by prayer in the Jamison Dudgeon funeral home. Burial will be in the Wapello cemetery. The widow and children and two sisters, Mrs. Tabitha Riepe and Miss Talitha Schmeiser, Burlington, and two brothers, Emmanuel, Wapello, and Ben Schmeiser, Sperry, survive.
Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa. Monday, 11 November 1940.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7390437/joseph-schmeiserJoseph married Mary Elizabeth Rieman on 10 Apr 1901 in Kingston, Des Moines County, Iowa. Mary (daughter of Friedrich William Riemann and Dorothea Marie Bremer) was born on 9 Aug 1877 in Iowa; died on 18 May 1980 in McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas; was buried on 19 May 1980 in Wapello Cemetery, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Elizabeth Rieman was born on 9 Aug 1877 in Iowa (daughter of Friedrich William Riemann and Dorothea Marie Bremer); died on 18 May 1980 in McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas; was buried on 19 May 1980 in Wapello Cemetery, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa. Notes:
Mary Schmeiser
Wapello, Iowa – Services for Mary Elizabeth Schmeiser, 102, of McAllen, Texas, formerly of Wapello, will be 2 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church, Wapello. Burial will be in Wapello Cemetery.
Memorial may be made to the church.
Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Schmeiser died Sunday in McAllen.
Mary Riemann married Joseph Schmeiser in 1901 near Kingston, Iowa. He died in 1940.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and a charter member of the Wapello Friendly Neighbors Club.
Survivors include daughters, Mrs. Mearl (Vera) Melson, San Juan, Texas, and Mrs. Clayton (Alice) Robertson, McAllen; a son, Orval, Wapello; seven grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and three great-great grandchildren.
Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa. Thursday, 22 May 1980, page 6.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7390440/mary-elizabeth-schmeiserChildren:
- 1. Alice Lucille Schmeiser was born on 28 Jun 1913 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 19 May 1997 in McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas; was buried in Valley Memorial Gardens, McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas.
Generation: 3
6. Friedrich William Riemann was born on 22 Oct 1833 in Prussia; died on 7 Jul 1896; was buried in Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa. Notes:
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92038537/friedrich-william-riemannFriedrich married Dorothea Marie Bremer. Dorothea was born on 19 Oct 1843 in Germany; died on 7 Mar 1936 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa; was buried in Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Dorothea Marie Bremer was born on 19 Oct 1843 in Germany; died on 7 Mar 1936 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa; was buried in Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa. Notes:
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92038551/dorothea-marie-riemannChildren:
- Anna Mary Riemann was born on 22 Jun 1867 in Iowa; died on 17 Nov 1958; was buried in Latty Church Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa.
- 3. Mary Elizabeth Rieman was born on 9 Aug 1877 in Iowa; died on 18 May 1980 in McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas; was buried on 19 May 1980 in Wapello Cemetery, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa.