J. Fred and Bertha Riser Imboden of Iowa
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J. Fred and Bertha Riser Imboden of Iowa
Fred and Bertha Imboden
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in “The Ancestors and Descendants of Johnannas Feuz and Margaret Gertsch Feuz” by F. Richard Imboden, p.75
Joseph Fred Imboden was born July 4, 1875, at the farm of his parents Louisa (Fites) and Frederick Sr. Imboden, in Penn Township, Madison County. Fred attended No. 8 school in Penn Township, through the 8th grade. He was in the Penn Center Band along with Ed Cox, Asa Moore, Bruce Moore, Clarence DeVault, O.J. DeVault, Everett Cox, William Scar, Charlie Scar, Albert DeVault, Clyde Renshaw, Harry Leeper, Ray Leeper, and others. Fred was on the rationing board during W.W.II, for Madison County. He also helped build the Penn Center Church.
Bertha Riser was born March 8, 1881, to Maria (Hunziker) and John Riser, Sr., in Clermont, Fayette County, Iowa. After finishing high school, she attended Drake, in Des Moines, to be a teacher. She taught at Pitzer school.
Bertha’s family consisted of 10 children: Alfred, John, Albert, Caroline, Julia, Edward, Bertha, Lydia, Johnny II and Evangeline. Fred’s family consisted of 7 children: Julius, Ed, Lovie, Mary, Joseph Fred, Cora and Roy.
Bertha and Fred were united in marriage in Earlham, April 9, 1905. To this union were born 5 children: Mabel Iris born October 30, 1906, married John D. Callison July 11, 1935. He passed away April 27, 1957. She then married James Verl Smith, June 24, 1964. Iris passed away August 26, 1976, of cancer. Clifford Clarence born April 2, 1909, married Helen Haines August 6, 1932. Erma Louis born April 22, 1911, married Maurice Thrailkill June 3, 1936. Ona Eleanor born March 1, 1914, married Warren K. Nelson June 1, 1938. He passed away September 3, 1969. Fred Richard born May 11, 1924, married Lois Dougan February 27, 1944. Bertha and Fred were blessed with 15 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
They were members of Penn Center Church. Bertha was a member of the Ladies Aid and she taught Sunday School for a number of years. Fred had the first car in Jackson Township; a friend, Fred Leeper had the first car in Penn Township. Fred, along with his son Clifford, built a sawmill.
Bertha and Fred were farmers of 160 acres in Jackson Township, all their lives, except one year spent in California. They retired to Winterset in 1936. Then daughter Erma and her husband Maurice, moved there and operated the farm. Some of Bertha’s hobbies were sewing, crocheting, and embroidering. Fred’s hobbies were making things from wood.
Fred passed away March 10, 1958. Bertha then moved to live with her daughter, Iris. Bertha passed away April 28, 1971. Most of the Imboden ancestors were buried at the Penn Center Cemetery.
If you can identify the source of this biography, please let me know. Also I am interested in any information about this family and its descendants.
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in “The Ancestors and Descendants of Johnannas Feuz and Margaret Gertsch Feuz” by F. Richard Imboden, p.75
Joseph Fred Imboden was born July 4, 1875, at the farm of his parents Louisa (Fites) and Frederick Sr. Imboden, in Penn Township, Madison County. Fred attended No. 8 school in Penn Township, through the 8th grade. He was in the Penn Center Band along with Ed Cox, Asa Moore, Bruce Moore, Clarence DeVault, O.J. DeVault, Everett Cox, William Scar, Charlie Scar, Albert DeVault, Clyde Renshaw, Harry Leeper, Ray Leeper, and others. Fred was on the rationing board during W.W.II, for Madison County. He also helped build the Penn Center Church.
Bertha Riser was born March 8, 1881, to Maria (Hunziker) and John Riser, Sr., in Clermont, Fayette County, Iowa. After finishing high school, she attended Drake, in Des Moines, to be a teacher. She taught at Pitzer school.
Bertha’s family consisted of 10 children: Alfred, John, Albert, Caroline, Julia, Edward, Bertha, Lydia, Johnny II and Evangeline. Fred’s family consisted of 7 children: Julius, Ed, Lovie, Mary, Joseph Fred, Cora and Roy.
Bertha and Fred were united in marriage in Earlham, April 9, 1905. To this union were born 5 children: Mabel Iris born October 30, 1906, married John D. Callison July 11, 1935. He passed away April 27, 1957. She then married James Verl Smith, June 24, 1964. Iris passed away August 26, 1976, of cancer. Clifford Clarence born April 2, 1909, married Helen Haines August 6, 1932. Erma Louis born April 22, 1911, married Maurice Thrailkill June 3, 1936. Ona Eleanor born March 1, 1914, married Warren K. Nelson June 1, 1938. He passed away September 3, 1969. Fred Richard born May 11, 1924, married Lois Dougan February 27, 1944. Bertha and Fred were blessed with 15 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
They were members of Penn Center Church. Bertha was a member of the Ladies Aid and she taught Sunday School for a number of years. Fred had the first car in Jackson Township; a friend, Fred Leeper had the first car in Penn Township. Fred, along with his son Clifford, built a sawmill.
Bertha and Fred were farmers of 160 acres in Jackson Township, all their lives, except one year spent in California. They retired to Winterset in 1936. Then daughter Erma and her husband Maurice, moved there and operated the farm. Some of Bertha’s hobbies were sewing, crocheting, and embroidering. Fred’s hobbies were making things from wood.
Fred passed away March 10, 1958. Bertha then moved to live with her daughter, Iris. Bertha passed away April 28, 1971. Most of the Imboden ancestors were buried at the Penn Center Cemetery.
If you can identify the source of this biography, please let me know. Also I am interested in any information about this family and its descendants.