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95. Laura Louise Elisabeth KRUMWIEDE was born on 6 Jan 1904 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois.50,106 (Her birth was registered before she was named. The birth registry reads: KRUMWIEDE, female | 1/6/04 | Buckley | Henry Charley | SPREHE, Minna) She died on 20 May 1997 in Washington, Illinois.

The Journal-Star, Peoria, Illinois

Laura Walwer
Peoria - Laura L. Walwer, 93, formerly of North Missouri Avenue, died at 12:35 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, 1997, at Washington Christian Village in Washington.
Born Jan. 6, 1904, in Buckley to Henry C. and Minna Sprehe Krumwiede, she married Jake F. Walwer on Dec. 9, 1928, in Buckley. He died June 14, 1959, in Peoria.
Two sisters, two brothers, eight half brothers and sisters, and two grand-children also preceded her in death.
Surviving are two sons, Roland of Washington and John of Los Angeles; three brothers, George Krumwiede of Fort Wayne, Ind., Frederick Krumwiede of Buckley and Carl Krumwiede of Onarga; two sisters, Rosa Weber of Onarga and Hilda Ekhoff of Milford; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Peoria and its Quilters Circle.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Remmert Funeral Home, East Peoria. The Rev. Wayne Martin will officiate. Visitation will be one hour before services at the funeral home. Burial will be in Swan Lake Memory Gardens, Peoria.
Memorials may be made to her church or Washington Christian Village.

She was buried on 24 May 1997 in Swan Lake Memory Gardens, Peoria, Illinois.262

Laura Louise Elisabeth KRUMWIEDE and John Jacob (Jake) WALWER were married on 9 Dec 1928.50 John Jacob (Jake) WALWER (son of John WALWER and Theda Marie HANKEY) was born on 19 Feb 1904 in Ash Grove Twp., Iroquois County, Illinois.50,263 He died on 14 Jun 1959 in Peoria, Illinois.50 He was buried about 17 Jun 1959 in Swan Lake Memory Gardens, Peoria, Illinois.264 Laura Louise Elisabeth KRUMWIEDE and John Jacob (Jake) WALWER had the following children:

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Roland WALWER.

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John Henry WALWER.