Christina Boepple Ziegler  --  1963

      Funeral services were held for Mrs. Christina Ziegler, 87, Friday, Nov. 22, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Bethune, conducted by the Rev.  Herbert J. Schauer.  Burial was in the cemetery of Immanuel Lutheran Church.
     Mrs. Christina Ziegler, daughter of Christina and Johanna Boepple, was born at Deniwitz, Russia,  Jan. 14, 1876.  She was baptized in the Lutheran faith as an infant.  Before she was a year old she came to America with her parents in the fall of 1876.  The family settled on a farm near Scotland, S.D. There she spent her youth.  Church and home cooperated in giving her a Christian training. She was confirmed in the Lutheran Church of Scotland on March 30, 1890.
      On Nov. 14, 1895, she was united in marriage with John Ziegler of Scotland.  This union was blessed with a long wedded life of 68 years.  To this union was born 10 children, 4 sons and 6 daughters, 8 of whom are still living.
      In April, 1899, Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler moved to the Settlement north of Bethune where they homesteaded.  Not fully satisfied, in 1903, they decided to move to Oklahoma, but after a year returned to their homestead north of Bethune.  For a short time, from May until September, 1935, they lived in Newberg, Ore.  Once more they returned to the family farm near Bethune and lived there until November 1950.  At that time they moved to Burlington.  Here they lived at the time of Mrs. Ziegler's death.
       Mrs. Ziegler became ill and was taken to the Memorial Hospital in Burlington Nov. 8, 1963.  Here she passed away Nov. 19, at the age of 87 years, 10 months, 5 days.
      Mrs. Ziegler is survived by her husband, John, and by three sons and five daughters: William Ziegler and Mrs. Emma Dobler of Burlington; Mrs. Lena Strobel, Otto Ziegler, Mrs. Anna Strobel, Fred Ziegler, Mrs. Elma Stahlecker and Mrs. Esther Arends, all of Bethune.  A son Richard and a daughter Clara and a grandson, Charles Dobler, preceded her in death.
    Mrs. Ziegler came from a large family of seven brothers and four sisters.  She is survived by a brother, Benjamin Boepple, of Enid, Okla., and a sister Mrs. Louise Kroeger, of Marshall, Okla.  Also among the survivors are 28 grandchildren, 37 great grandchildren, many other relatives and friends.
  Out-of-town relatives here for Mrs. Ziegler's funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Aug Ziegler, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ziegler, Miss Katie Ziegler, all of Kaylor, S. D.; Mrs. Regina Schultz and son Willis, Richard and Gerhart Geissler, Fredonia, N. D.; Mr. and Mrs. Reinhold Boepple, Enid, Okla.; Mrs. Lydia Fairchild of Drummond, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Strobel and Curt of Fort Collins; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Strobel of Haxtun; Mr. and Mrs. Vantura Linfau and children of Elbert.