APOSTOLIC HERITAGE
HISTORY & GENEALOGY
NEWSLETTER
SERVING CISSNA PARK, FAIRBURY, FORREST, GRIDLEY AND GROWING
FREE SAMPLE NEWSLETTER FOR REMINGTON AND WOLCOTT._________________________
KEEPING TIME AT THE SOUTH SIDE
A CLOCK, LARGE ENOUGH TO BE VISIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY ROOM, HUNG ON THE NORTH WALL. WINDING IT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THOSE WHO DID THE "SERVING" EACH WEEK. IT HAD BEEN PRESENTED TO THE CHURCH ABOUT 1900 BY LOUISE WAIBEL PRIOR TO HER MARRIAGE WITH ANDREW STEFFEN.
THE CLOCKS DONATOR
LOUISE WAIBEL 1871 - 1920
MRS. ANDREW STEFFEN
MRS. ANDREW STEFFEN DIED AT THE KELSO SANITARIUM BLOOMINGTON, SUNDAY FOLLOWING AN OPERATION FOR GOITRE.
LOUISE WAIBEL WAS BORN IN UBENLINGEN, GERMANY, APRIL 19, 1871, AND CAME WITH HER PARENTS TO AMERICA IN 1883, THE FAMILY LOCATING NEAR CROPSEY. SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ANDREW W. STEFFEN IN 1903. SHE LEAVES BY HER DEATH HER HUSBAND, FIVE CHILDREN, SAM, CHRIS, ALPHA, CLARA AND EZRA; FIVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS, FRED, NICHOLAS AND MRS. ROBERT BAHLER, OF REMINGTON, IND., GOTTFRIED, OF FORREST, AND MRS. LOUIS KOEHL, OF THIS CITY.
HTE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE SOUTH CHRISTIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH AND WERE CONDUCTED BY REV. M. MANGOLD.
THE RELATIVES FROM A DISTANCE WHO ATTENDED THE SERVICES WERE, MR. AND MRS. ROBEERT BAHLER AND SON CHRIS AND DAUGHTER TILLIE, MRS. WILLIAM BAHLER, MR. AND MRS. NICHOLAS WAIBEL AND SON GEORGE AND DAUGHTER MINNIE, MR. AND MRS. FRED WAIBEL AND SON AND DAUGHTER, HERMAN AND LOUISE, MR. AND MRS. JOHN CLAUSS, ALVIN CLAUSS, OF REMINGTON, IND.
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LOUISE (WAIBEL) STEFFEN 1871 - 1920
(HUSBAND) ANDREW STEFFEN 1867 - 1942
(SON) SAMUEL STEFFEN 1904 - 1983
(SON) CHRIS STEFFEN 1906 - 1971
(SON) ALPHA STEFFEN 1907 - 2000
(DAUGHTER) CLARA STEFFEN 1909 - 1974
(SON) EZRA STEFFEN 1911 - 1999
AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE SOUTH SIDE CHURCH, IN 1949. THE CLOCK WAS GIVEN BACK TO A SON OF LOUISE WAIBEL, ALPHA STEFFEN. THE CLOCK HUNG ON HIS WALL UNTO HIS PASSING.
ALPHA STEFFEN 1907 - 2000
ALPHA LOUIS STEFFEN
THE FUNERAL FOR ALPHA LOUIS STEFFEN, 92, OF FAIRBURY WILL BE AT 10 A. M. TODAY AT APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH, FAIRBURY, WITH MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN SOUTH APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, RURAL FAIRBURY. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 9 TO 9:45 A. M. TODAY AT THE CHURCH. DUFFY-PILS MEMORIAL HOME, FAIRBURY, IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
HE DIED AT 3:15 P. M. SATURDAY, OCT. 21, 2000, AT FAIRVIEW HAVEN NURSING HOME, FAIRBURY.
HE WAS BORN NOV. 4, 1907, AT CROPSEY, A SON OF ANDREW W. AND LOUISE WAIBEL STEFFEN. HE MARRIED FANNIE MAE ZEHR ON JAN. 3, 1937, AT FAIRBURY. SHE SURVIVES.
ALSO SURVIVING ARE FOUR SONS, HENRY STEFFEN AND J. CHRIS STEFFEN, BOTH OF FAIRBURY; WAYNE STEFFEN, HUDSON; HERBERT STEFFEN, CROPSEY; 13 GRANDCHILDREN; AND 18 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS PRECEDED IN DEATH.
MR. STEFFEN FARMED IN THE CROPSEY AREA ALL HIS LIFE.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH, FAIRBURY.
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TODAY THE OLD CLOCK HAS BEEN PASSED TO ALPHA’S SON, WAYNE STEFFEN.
THE WAIBEL FAMILY
THADDAUS WAIBEL
BORN SEPTEMBER 21, 1826, NESSELWANGEN, BADEN, GERMANY
PARENTS KONRAD AND KATHARINA (MAYER) WAIBEL
DIED APRIL 20, 1884, FAIRBURY
BURIED IN GRACELAND CEMETERY, FAIRBURY
(WIFE) JOSEPHINE (BILLER) WAIBEL
BORN MARCH 5, 1827, GERMANY
DIED DECEMBER 17, 1896, STRAWN
BURIED IN SOUTH APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY
(DAUGHTER) MATHILDA "TILLIE" (WAIBEL) BAHLER
BORN MARCH 5, 1862, UBERLINGEN, GERMANY
MARRIED ROBERT BAHLER, FAIRBURY
CHILDREN: WILL, MARY, ROBERT, TILLIE, CHRIS AND HARRY
DIED APRIL 29, 1932, REMINGTON, IND.
BURIED IN APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, REMINGTON, IND.
(DAUGHTER) MARY (WAIBEL) KOEHL
BORN AUGUST 15, 1863, UBERLINGEN, GERMANY
MARRIED LOUIS KOEHL, FAIRBURY
CHILDREN: PAUL, LOUIS AND LOUISE
DIED APRIL 19, 1929, FAIRBURY
BURIED IN GRACELAND CEMETERY, FAIRBURY
(SON) NICKOLAS "NICK" WAIBEL
BORN DECEMBER 6, 1865, UBERLINGEN, GERMANY
MARRIED LEAH KEMPF, FAIRBURY
CHILDREN: GEORGE, MINNIE, LYDIA AND SAMUEL
DIED JUNE 22, 1927, REMINGTON, IND.
BURIED IN APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, REMINGTON, IND.
(SON) GOTTFRIED WAIBEL
BORN OCTOBER 23, 1867, UBERLINGEN, GERMANY
MARRIED MARGARET "MAGGIE" CLAUSS, FAIRBURY.
CHILDREN: MARY, CARL, MARTHA, HILDA AND JOHN
DIED MARCH 27, 1924, FAIRBURY
BURIED IN GRACELAND CEMETERY, FAIRBURY
(SON) FRED WAIBEL
BORN FEBRUARY 14, 1869, UBERLINGEN, GERMANY
MARRIED CAROLINE "CARRIE" LEHMANN, FORREST
CHILDREN: HERMAN, LOUISE, PAUL, ANNA, ANDY, EUNICE, SARAH AND ARNOLD
DIED AUGUST 19, 1929, REMINGTON, IND.
BURIED IN APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, REMINGTON, IND.
(DAUGHTER) LOUISE (WAIBEL) STEFFEN
BORN APRIL 19, 1871, UBERLINGEN, GERMANY
MARRIED ANDREW STEFFEN, CROPSEY
CHILDREN: SAMUEL, CHRIS, ALPHA, CLARA AND EZRA
DIED DECEMBER 12, 1920, BLOOMINGTON, IL.
BURIED IN SOUTH APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, FAIRBURY
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THE REMINGTON AND WOLCOTT, INDIANA CHURCHES.