Martha Hertha Pranschke 1913 - 1974

PRANSCHKE, MICHAELOUS, HINZMANN

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Date: 7/7/2022 at 23:49:57

The Mapleton Press
Mapleton, Iowa
21 November 1974

Funeral Services Held at Ute

Martha Hertha Pranschke, daughter of Herman and Amelia (Michaelous) Hinzmann was born September 1, 1913 at Brazilmills, Nebraska, and died Saturday, November 16, 1974 at a Sioux City, Iowa hospital. She had reached the age of 61 years, 2 months and 15 days.

Mrs. Pranschke moved to Bloomfield, Nebraska, with her parents when she was a small girl. She married William Johnson in February 1933.

In 1943 she moved to Oto, Iowa, where she worked as a telephone operator and also operated a cafe there. Later she operated a cafe in Smithland, Iowa.

On March 31, 1961 she married Martin Pranschke at Ute, Iowa, and they lived on a farm three miles east of Ute. Mrs. Pranschke was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Ute.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters and one brother.

Survivors include her husband, Martin of Ute; two daughters; Mrs. James (Helen) Mullican of Anaheim, California, and Mrs. Edith Gotto of Oto, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Loeding of Columbus, Nebraska, and Mrs. Herta Horstmann of Creighton, Nebraska; three brothers, Bernard Hinzmann in Washington, Charles Hinzmann in Nebraska and Helmuth Hinzmann of Minneapolis, Minnesota; and 8 grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, November 19, 1974 at 10:30 a. m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Ute, Iowa. Pastor Robert Leege officiated and burial was in St. Clair Cemetery at Ute.

Pallbearers were: Larry Wilson, Bob Creese, Clifford Carman, Gale Carstens, Herman Neddermeyer, Jr., and Ervin Kiepe.