Morningside Cemetery
Roscoe, SD

Spitzer Stone

John D.
14 Dec 1892-
14 Jul 1961

Rosina
6 Feb 1895-
3 Jan 1971

Roscoe- Services for Mrs. Rosina Spitzer Hieb, 75, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul Lutheran Church here.  She died Monday, Jan. 4, at Dakota Midland Hospital in Aberdeen.

The Rev. Gerhard Geiger will officiate and burial will be in the Morningside Cemetery.

The body will lie in state at the deMalignon-Miller Funeral Home in Bowdle until 10 a.m. Wednesday and at the church from 11 a.m. Wednesday to time of service. The casket will not be opened after the service.

Mrs. Hieb was born Feb. 6, 1895, in South Russia and came to the Eureka area as a child.  She married John Spitzer Oct. 22, 1916, at Eureka and the couple lived northeast of Roscoe until 1920 when they moved into Roscoe where Mr. Spitzer operated and owned an implement company.  He died July 14, 1961.  She married Fred Hieb at Roscoe Feb 3, 1966. He died March 18, 1967.

Survivors include one son, Erwin Spitzer, Roscoe; three daughters, Mrs. Joe (Ann) Prisbe, and Mrs. Ervin (Adeline) Bader, both of Roscoe; and Mrs. George (Alma) Keisner, Harlingen, Texas; two stepsons, Herbert and Erwin Hieb, both of Roscoe; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Lawrence (LaVerne) Hettich, Java; nine grandchildren; one brother, Theodore Kapp, Ludden, N.D.; and one sister, Mrs. Freida Arndt, Roscoe.

In addition to her husbands, she was preceded in death by one brother and three sisters.

Bernard
7 Apr 1901-
16 Feb 1991

Katherina
2 Jul 1901-
16 Jan 1987

Christian V.
24 Mar 1882-
27 Sep 1962

Katherine
28 Oct 1884-
23 Sep 1966

Funeral services were held Tuesday, September 27 at the First Presbyterian Church in Roscoe at 2:00 p.m. for Mrs. Matt (Katherine) Forkel of Roscoe [SD]. She passed away at the Ipswich Community Hospital on Friday, September 23 at the age of 81 years, 10 months and 25 days. She had been in ill health for the past year.

The Rev. Donald Stoebner, pastor of the Congregational Church of Ipswich and the Powell Presbyterian Church officiated. Organist was Mrs. Robert Scherr of Roscoe. "Nearer my God to Thee" was sung by a trio, Mrs. Kap Scherr, Patty and Bob Kiesz. The Forkel family sang a German hymn.

Interment was made in Morningside Cemetery at Roscoe. Arrangements were in charge of the Hein Funeral Home of Ipswich. Pallbearers were Jim Kolb, Lester Forkel, Marvin Lout, Robert Kiesz, Marvin Rohrbach and Raymond Forkel.

Mrs. Forkel, nee Katherine Kapp, was born on October 28, 1884, at Gleicksthal [Glueckstal], Russia, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Kapp. She received her education in schools in Russia. She married to Christ V. Voegele on January 22, 1908 at Glicksthal [Glueckstal],. In 1909 they came to the Untied States and settled in Edmunds County. They farmed near Hosmer for eight and then moved to a farm five miles northwest of Roscoe. In 1941 she retired to Roscoe to spend the remainder of her life.

Mr. Voegele passed away on September 27, 1962. On September 5, 1965 she was remarried to Matt Forkel, Sr. Mrs. Forkel was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Ladies Aid. She was regular with the church attendance while able to attend.

Surviving are: her widower, Matt Forkel, Sr.; two sons, Herman Voegele, Sacramento, Calif.; Leonard Voegele, Aberdeen; nine daughters, Mrs. Charlie (Katherine) Keim, Ashley, N. Dak.; Mrs. Herbert (Christine) Sullivan, Boise, Idaho; Mrs. Henry (Bertha) Aman, Ione, Wash.; Mrs. Art (Pauline) Kolb, Java; Mrs. Don (Alvina) Frederickson, Tacoma, Wash.; Mrs. Willie (Esther) Williams, Beale Air Force Base, Calif.; Mrs. Reinhold (Matilda) Kiesz, Hosmer; Mrs. Cecil (Adelia) Danielson. Toole, Utah; and Mrs. Howard (Ann) Goehring, Deadwood, S. Dak.; 35 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren.

Her first husband, Christ V. Voegele; three daughters and one great grandchild preceded her in death. [also two grandchildren]

John
22 Jan 1859-
26 Sep 1955

Elizabeth
24 Mar 1866-
2 Oct 1945
 

9 Aug 1936-
5 Feb 1965

* Death Certificate posted on Records Page