MRS. MARGARET ZIEGLER DIES

Hannah Margaret Petersen was born November 18, 1873 in Moon Island, Denmark, and at the age of six came with her parents and family to this country, settling in this county in the Spiker community. Here she grew to womanhood and was educated in the Vacoma school.

On December 31, 1891 she was married to Julius Ziegler at Schuyler where they resided for eight years. To them six daughters and two sons were born. Following a few years on a farm near Herman in 1899 the family moved to Rose Hill in 1901 where they lived until 1912 when they purchased a farm near Calhoun. Due to Mr. Ziegler’s failing health, the family moved to Blair in December of 1915, and here Mrs. Ziegler lived until her death at her home on East Grant St. on June 11, 1948. The husband passed on December 12, 1925.

Mrs. Ziegler was a woman of sterling quality. She was one of those who placed her home first. Her children were her life and she was a mother of rare quality, and it goes without saying that she will leave a place that cannot be filled.

There survives her passing six daughters: Mrs. Minnie Jessen, Omaha; Mrs. Mattie Hunt and Miss Marguerite, both of Blair; Mrs. Julie Ackerman, Herman; Mrs. Emma Martin, Altoona, Iowa and Mrs. Louise Gummus of Stanton, Nebraska; one son, William of Blair; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Weber, Tekamah and Mrs. Emma Rogert of Blair; one brother, J. P. Petersen, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Also seven grandchildren and numerous friends. One son, Julius, Jr. preceded his mother in death in 1904.

Funeral services were held last Friday from the Methodist church, and interment was made in the Rose Hill cemetery.

#2-Pilot Tribune 19 June 1948 ?

Mrs. Ziegler Died Friday

Countian Nearly 70 Years, Blair Woman Buried Sunday; 74 Years Old

Mrs. Margaret Ziegler, 74, a resident of Washington County since 1880, died Friday at the family home, 110 East Grant St. She had been seriously ill for several months.

Funeral services, with arrangements in charge of the Fick Funeral Home, were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at First Methodist Church. The Rev. S. L. McCaig officiated. Interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery.

As Hannah Margaret Petersen, Mrs. Ziegler was born Nov. 18, 1873, on the Island of Moen, Denmark. At the age of six she came to America with her parents, Lars and Meta Peterson, and other members of the family. They settled in the Spiker vicinity in Washington County. Here she attended Vacoma School and grew to womanhood.

She and Julius Ziegler were married at Schuyler Dec. 31, 1891, and resided there for the next eight years. Then followed a short period on a farm near Herman and in 1901 the Zieglers moved to a farm in Rose Hill, where they remained until 1912. Then they moved to Fort Calhoun, but in 1915 came to Blair. Mr. Ziegler died Dec. 12, 1925.

Surviving Mrs. Ziegler are one son, William Ziegler of Blair; six daughters, Mrs. John Jessen (Minnie) of Omaha, Mrs. William Hunt (Mattie) and Miss Marguerite Ziegler, both of Blair, Mrs. Melvin Ackerman (Julia) of Herman, Mrs. R. A. Martin (Emma) of Altoona, Ia., and Mrs. Clarence Gummus (Louise) of Stanton; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Weber of Tekamah and Mrs. Charles Rogert (Emma) of Blair; one brother, J. P. Petersen of Plattsmouth; and seven grandchildren. A son, Julius Jr. died in 1904.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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