Obit for Miss Lena WIEDENMANN (b. 1865 d.1948), Brown Co., MN

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Journal, December 10, 1948
MISS LENA WIEDENMANN SUCCUMBS
Oldtime Resident Taken at 83; Rites To Be Held Sunday
  Miss Lena Wiedemann, 88, sister of Otto Wiedemann and Mrs. Herman 
Pfaender of this city, and a native of Milford township, died at a New 
Ulm hospital at 1:20 a.m. today.  She had been a patient there since Nov. 4.
  Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Minnesota Valley Funeral 
home.  Burial will be in City cemetery.
  The body will be at the funeral home Saturday afternoon and evening and 
until the funeral hour Sunday.
  Lena Wiedenmann was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wiedenmann, pioneer 
settlers of Milford township, where she was born Jan. 27, 1865.  She grew 
to womanhood on the homestead and then was employed for a number of years 
at Redwood Falls and Mankato. Later she was housekeeper in the home of Mrs. 
Theodore Crone, Sr. After Mrs. Crone's death she continued as housekeeper 
for Ferdinand Crone, until he died. Then Miss Wiedenmann for a number of 
years was engaged in private baking for many families in New Ulm in her 
apartment in the Henry Durbahn home.
  
  DURING THE past 2 1/2 years Miss Wiedenmann made her home in a cottage 
near the Otto Wiedenmann home, 414 North Franklin street.  She was active 
all her life.
  Miss Wiedenmann was a member of the Junior Pioneers, and for many years 
was an active member of the Ladies' Hecker circle, G.A.R.
  She was well known by a large number of the older residents of New Ulm 
for many of whom she did private baking.
  Miss Wiedenmann is survived by one brother, Otto Wiedenmann, New Ulm, 
and two sisters, Mrs. Herman Pfaender, New Ulm, and Mrs. Alma Gareis, 
South Gate, Calif.