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Metta Margaretha <I>Janssen</I> Cirks

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Metta Margaretha Janssen Cirks

Birth
Death
21 May 1955 (aged 91)
Burial
Palmer, Pocahontas County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Meta Cirks died here Saturday, May 21.

Mrs. Meta Cirks, 92, died Saturday afternoon, May 21, at the home of her son, H.A. Hinrichs, in Pomeroy.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:o'clock in St. John's Lutheran church, Lizard township, with the Rev. W.C. Fritschel in charge.
Mrs. Cirks was born May 15, 1864, in Germany. After coming to the United States she married Eimo Hinrichs. They resided in Lizard township until his death in 1903. In 1923 she married Gottlieb Cirks, who died in 1933.
Mrs. Cirks had been a member of St. John's church for 70 years, and she and her first husband were the second couple to be married there.
She is survived by three sons and two daughters, Henry Hinrichs of Pomeroy, O.T. Hinrichs of Manson, Eimo Hinrichs of Clare, Mrs. Mike Abens of Gilmore City, and Mrs. Henry Schroeder of Palmer; 21 grandchildren and 39 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one daughter and two sons.


Parents: Rolf Gerdes Janssen & Alste Maria Mammen Janssen.
Her other children: Debora (1888) and Henry A (1890)
Mrs. Meta Cirks died here Saturday, May 21.

Mrs. Meta Cirks, 92, died Saturday afternoon, May 21, at the home of her son, H.A. Hinrichs, in Pomeroy.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:o'clock in St. John's Lutheran church, Lizard township, with the Rev. W.C. Fritschel in charge.
Mrs. Cirks was born May 15, 1864, in Germany. After coming to the United States she married Eimo Hinrichs. They resided in Lizard township until his death in 1903. In 1923 she married Gottlieb Cirks, who died in 1933.
Mrs. Cirks had been a member of St. John's church for 70 years, and she and her first husband were the second couple to be married there.
She is survived by three sons and two daughters, Henry Hinrichs of Pomeroy, O.T. Hinrichs of Manson, Eimo Hinrichs of Clare, Mrs. Mike Abens of Gilmore City, and Mrs. Henry Schroeder of Palmer; 21 grandchildren and 39 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one daughter and two sons.


Parents: Rolf Gerdes Janssen & Alste Maria Mammen Janssen.
Her other children: Debora (1888) and Henry A (1890)


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  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157589201/metta_margaretha-cirks: accessed ), memorial page for Metta Margaretha Janssen Cirks (15 May 1864–21 May 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 157589201, citing Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Palmer, Pocahontas County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by SAS (contributor 47137184).