OBITUARY: Gladys Elfrieda Ulricke (Knoll) Rieck, 1909-1982, Mitchell Co., Iowa

[Adapted from: St. Ansgar Enterprise -- 6 May 1982]





                              Mrs. Elmer Rieck

Funeral services for Mrs. Elmer Rieck, 72, of Grafton, who died Sunday,
May 2 at her farm home near Grafton, were held Tuesday May 4, 1982 at the
Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton, with Rev. Gary Panko officiating.

Gladys Elfrieda Ulricke Knoll was born on a farm near St. Ansgar, Iowa,
on November 24, 1909, the daughter of William and Emma (Krueger) Knoll.
She was baptized December 19, 1909 by the Rev. Paul Brammer in her
parent's home.

She lived on the farm, and moved with her parents to St. Ansgar in May of
1924.  She was confirmed at First Lutheran church in St. Ansgar on June
14, 1925  by Rev. M. E. Waldeland.  She graduated from St. Ansgar high
school in 1929.

On February 1, 1942 she was married to Elmer Rieck of Grafton, in the
Salem Lutheran church in Albert Lea, Minnesota, by Rev. W.J. Stromberg.
They made their home on his father's farm near Grafton, where they lived
all their married life.

Mrs. Rieck was preceded in death by her parents.  She is survived by her
husband, Elmer.

Burial was in the Immanuel Lutheran cemtery in St. Ansgar, with the Rev.
Panko in charge of committal services.





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