OBITUARY: Martha Logemann, Mitchell County, Iowa

(St. Ansgar Enterprise-Journal, St. Ansgar, Iowa; 10 OCT 1991)


               Martha Logemann [1901-1992]

Surnames: Aurdal Weiland Johnson Brackey Logemann Ringleb

     Funeral services for Martha Logemann, 89, formerly of Northwood, who
died Wednesday, October 2 at the Good Samaritan Center here in St. Ansgar,
were held Monday, October 7 at Deer Creek Valley Lutheran Church, Northwood,
with the Rev. Kevin Olson officiating.

     Martha Logemann was born November 15, 1901 in Ulvik, Hardanger, Norway,
to Lars and Carrie Pederson Aurdal.  She was baptized into the Lutheran faith
in Norway.

     In 1902 at the young age of six months she and her parents sailed for
America.  Landing in New York City, they then set out for Northwood where they
lived for one year.  At the age of one and a half the family made their final
move to Deer Creek Township, Worth County.

     She attended Sunday School and was confirmed in the Deer Creek Valley
Lutheran Church, rural Northwood by Rev. David Toeve May 28, 1916.

     After attending the eight grades of Deer Screen School No. 3, she attended
Northwood High School where she graduated in 1920.

     After graduation she attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls.
Upon completion of her college education she began her teaching career that
extended eleven years.  She was the last teacher in the old Deer Creek Schoolhouse,
and the first teacher in the new Deer Creek No. 3.  She enjoyed the challenge
of preparing her students for the state exams they were required to take before
entering high school.

     In May 1924, as leader, she helped found and organize the Deer Creek Wohelo
Girl's 4-H Club which was the first club in the county and remains ever strong today.

     March 14, 1931, Martha was united in marriage  to J. Barney Logemann at the
Silver Lake Lutheran Parsonage, Worth County, by Rev. Hans Fosness.  They lived
their entire life in Deer Creek Township minus the nearly six years she lived at
the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar.

     Martha was always a willing and participating member of her church and
community.   Her activities included her favorites, Circle and Ladies Aid and
the offices she held.  As A.L.C. district treasurer, she attended the National
ALCW Convention in Dallas as a delegate.  She was a long time and respected
Sunday School teacher for over 30 years and was a lifelong Republican worker
and Iowa Farm Bureau member.

     Martha was preceded in death by her parents in 1952 and 1953, her husband in
1978, one foster brother, Bill Aurdal.

     She is survived by her daughters, Bernice and husband Bud Weiland, Storm
Lake; Marilyn and husband Harold Ringleb of Waverly; a son, Kenneth and wife
Becky; three grandchildren, Rhonda Brackey, Joice, Renae and husband Tim Johnson of
Carpenter, Brian and wife Kris Weiland, Des Moines; two great grandchildren,
Kayla Lynn and Kally Kathleen Johnson; two nieces and a nephew.

     Burial was in London Deer Creek Cemetery.


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