Ancestors and Descendants of
 Michael Hammes, Jr
& Margaretha Hammen

Margaret Theresa Sondag

Female 1903 - 1988  (84 years)    Has 154 ancestors and 106 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Margaret Theresa Sondag 
    Birth 5 Nov 1903  Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 20 Feb 1988  Sigourney Care Center, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 23 Feb 1988  St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I365  Peter and Anna
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2016 

    Father Jacob Theodore Sondag,   b. 8 Jul 1873, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1908, Keota, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Mother Regina Anna Peiffer,   b. 19 Jun 1878, At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1974, At Home, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 15 May 1900  Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk, County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F79  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Peter Richard Merz,   b. 30 Jul 1903, Near Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1980, Harper, Keokuk County Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 8 Feb 1927  St. Elizabeth Church, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Jeanette Marie Merz,   b. 13 Nov 1927   d. 21 Apr 2021 (Age 93 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Burnita Ellen Merz,   b. 17 Jan 1929, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 2019, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Birth]
    +3. Mary Marlene Merz,   b. 7 Feb 1933   d. 17 Apr 2023 (Age 90 years)  [Birth]
    +4. Rose Mary Merz,   b. 17 Oct 1934, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 2020, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Birth]
    +5. Ronald Richard Merz,   b. 22 Nov 1938, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 2019, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Birth]
    +6. Living
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2015 
    Family ID F57  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 5 Nov 1903 - Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 23 Feb 1988 - St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • OBITUARY
      Margaret T Sondag

      Margaret T. Merz, 84, of Harper died on Sun., Feb. 20 at the Sigourney Care Center. She was born Nov. 5, 1903 in Harper to Jacob and Regina Peiffer Sondag. She farmed near Harper, Keota and What Cheer before retiring to Harper in 1965. She married Richard P. Merz Feb. 8, 1927 in Harper.

      She is survivied by a son, Ronald of Harper; five daughters, Jeanette Hammes and Rosemary Shannon of Sigourney, Bernita Besser of Lakewood, Colo., Marlene Hammes of Delta and Danita Pergeau of Glendale, Ariz; 27 grandchildren; 23 great­grandchildren; a brother, Joseph Sondag of Harper; and two sisters, Marie Herring and Elizabeth Stillner of St. Petersburg, Fla.

      Funeral services were held at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church in Harper with the Rev. Robert Harness officiating on Tues., Feb. 23 at 10:30 a.m. Burial was in St. Elizabeth's Cemetery.

      [Clipping from the Oskaloosa Herald ­ issue of February 24, 1988]

      OBITUARY

      MARGARET MERZ OF HARPER DIES