THIRD GENERATION

34. George August Henry KRUMWIEDE was born on 1911 in Illinois. ^(69)(70) (George's name appears in The (Paxton) Record, Vol 131, No 32 Aug 7, 1996, as the oldest family member attending the Krumwiede reunion)

He was married to Etta Mae THEESFELD (daughter of Lübbe Janssen THEESFELD and Vallie Lorraine VAUGHN) 1940 in St. John's Lutheran Church.⁽⁶⁹⁾ Etta Mae THEESFELD was born on 16 Aug 1920 in Chatsworth, Livingston County, Illinois. She died on 11 Dec 1999 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. ⁽⁷¹⁾ Parkview Memorial Hospital, 4:09 p.m.

This is the obituary as submitted to the four newspapers given below. It appeared with few changes in the Daily and Sunday Journal, Kankakee. For some reason, it never appeard in The Record. It appeared in both The News-Sentinel and the Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne, in a much shortened form.

Etta M. Krumwiede died Saturday, Dec. 11, 1999 at 4:09 p.m. at Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind. She was born Aug. 16, 1920, at Chatsworth, Ill., the daughter of Louis J. and V. Lorraine Vaughn Theesfeld. Before moving to Fort Wayne, Ind. in 1956, she spent most of her life in Onarga and Buckley, Ill, where she and her husband farmed east of Buckley.
She graduated from Onarga High School in 1938 and from Gallagher Business School, Kankakee, Ill., in 1939. She was employed by Farnsworth, ITT, the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana University at Fort Wayne, and Magnavox/North American Phillips at Knoxville, Tenn., from which she retired. She was a Republican candidate for Fort Wayne City Council at Large in the 1970s.
She married George A. H. Krumwiede on Jan. 1, 1940, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Buckley. He survives. Also surviving are: four sons, Allen L. (Gloria) of Indianapolis, James H. (Linda) of Fort Wayne, Gregory G. (Ann) of Chicago; and Keith C. (Laurie) of Rosedale, Ind.; two daughters, Loretta (Bill) Barlow and Barbara (Rev. Don) Nord, both of Fort Wayne; five sisters, Louise (Wilbur) Luhrsen of Buckley, Dorothy (Delmar) Janssen of Winter Haven, Fla., Lucille (George) Peters of Elburn, Ill., Emma (Bud) Rush of Winter Haven, and Elsie (John) Zytkewick of Ormand Beach, Fla.
Also surviving are 20 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Lloyd Theesfeld, and one grandson, Andrew.
She was a member of Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, St. Mary's Ave.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, at the church.
Klaehn Fahl Melton Funeral Home, .West Wayne Street Chapel, Fort Wayne, is in charge of arrangements, where calling will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday and two hours before services at the church. Burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation or to The Lutheran Hour.
She loved and trusted the Lord, and prized her family above all earthly treasure.

The Daily Journal
Kankakee, Illinois
(815) 937-
FAX: (815) 937-3301


The Record
Paxton, Illinois
(217) 379-4313

The following spouses given in the survivors are deceased: Wilbur Luhrsen, Delmar Janssen and John Zytkewick. I'm not sure they give the spouses' names when the spouses are deceased.

The News-Sentinel
The Journal Gazette

George August Henry KRUMWIEDE and Etta Mae THEESFELD had the following children:

+156 i. Loretta Lourine KRUMWIEDE.
+157 ii. Allen Louis KRUMWIEDE.
+158 iii. Barbara Louise KRUMWIEDE.
+159 iv. James Henry KRUMWIEDE.
160 v. James F BUCKHARDT was born 1952. He was baptized 1967. He was confirmed 1967 in Emmanuel Lutheran Church. ⁽⁷²⁾ Jim was baptized and confirmed on the same day. James F. Buckhart lived with the Krumwiede family during the mid- to late-1950s. Though he was never adopted, he is often treated as a son, and certainly is treated as a brother by Jim Krumwiede.
+161 vi. Gregory George KRUMWIEDE.
+162 vii. Keith Carl KRUMWIEDE.