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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Frances Louise 
    Born 25 Jun 1902  Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Territory, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Residence Jan 1968  North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • In her mothers's 1968 obituary, she was identified as "Mrs. Reuben J. Claussen (Louise)," of North Platte, Nebraska.
    Died 19 Apr 1992  North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 

    • The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Frances Louise (Fiegenbaum) Claussen. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 21 April 1992 in the North Platte Telegraph, of North Platte, Nebraska.

           F. Louise Claussen, 89, resident of North Platte since 1926, and World War II Canteen worker, died 19 April 1992 at a local nursing home. She was born 25 June 1902 at Lawton, Oklahoma to Henry and Nell Montgomery Fiegenbaum and at the age of 2 moved to Springfield, Nebraska where she graduated from high school in 1918. She taught school at Springfield and Otoe before attending the University of Nebraska. On 12 July 1921 she married Reuben J. Claussen at Springfield. He died 11 October 1955. Mrs. Claussen was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Church Circle I and was a member and past president of Chapter EB PEO. Survivors include two sons, Richard L. of Denver, Colorado and Dr. Bruce F. and wife Georgann of North Platte; a sister, Roberta Martin of Omaha; 12 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. A son, R. Jerome, also preceded her in death 14 November 1986. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. James E. Clarke officiating. Burial will be in the North Platte Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the church. The casket will not open at the church. Adams and Swanson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
    Buried 22 Apr 1992  North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Services were held in the First Presbyterian Church; burial was in the North Platte Cemetery.
    Person ID I437  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2008 

    Father Fiegenbaum, Heinrich F.,   b. 10 Jan 1868, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1954, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Montgomery, Nellie Blanche,   b. 1 Apr 1876, Berlin Cross Roads, Jackson County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1968, Millard, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 3 Oct 1900  Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17] 

    •      The following is a transcription of an article published in The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri) on Friday, 5 October 1900.

                Merry Marriage Bells.

           Decidedly one of the leading and pleasant society events this season was the marriage Wednesday forenoon, October 3, 1900, of Miss Nellie Blanche, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Montgomery, and Mr. Henry Fiegenbaum, of St. Joseph, Mo.
           The ceremony took place at the Presbyterian church, and was performed by the pastor, Rev. H. A. Sawyers, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, Mrs. R. C. Kunkel, of St. Joseph, presided at the piano, and, in time with Mendelssohn's wedding march, the bridal party, preceded by the ushers, Messrs. Charles Bunker and Sol Zachman, passed up the aisle and stood under a floral monogram in red and gray. Miss Gertrude Stock sang "Oh, Promise Me," and Miss Leona Schulte sang "I Promise Thee."
           Rev. Sawyers spoke the words that made these two most excellent young people, husband and wife.
           At the conclusion of the ceremony the bridal party and relatives in attendance, repaired to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery, where an elegant luncheon was served, after which the bride and groom left for Colorado points. After a short stay, they will return to St. Joseph, where the groom has arranged for their going to housekeeping, and hence will be at home to friends.
           Miss Maud, sister of the bride, was the maid of honor, and the groom's best man was his brother, W. E., of Geneva, Nebraska.
           The bride never appeared to better advantage, Her gown was of apple green silk, with white tucked silk front and appliguie [sic] trimming, picture hat of panne velvet. She carried bride's roses. Her maid of honor wore a tailor made suit of brown cloth with pink trimmings, with hat to match and carried pink roses.
           The church was elaborately and beautifully decorated for the occasion, in ferns, potted plants, festoons of green and monogram, "F. M.," in gray and red flowers.
           On Tuesday evening a reception was tendered by the prospective bride to her most intimate young friends, and following musical numbers by Mrs. Roy Kunkel, Misses Maud Crampton, Effie Proud, Leona Schulte, and Gertrude Stock; elegant refreshments were served. The occasion was one of the happiest occuring [sic] in our little city for a long time.
           Mrs. Fiegenbaum was raised in our community, and has ever been one of our most popular young ladies, possessing many accomplishments, fully equipped to fill in the highest degree every obligation that comes to her by reason of her new relatives.
           The groom is a gentleman of excellent standing and holds a position of much responsibility in one of the general offices of the Burlington route in St. Joseph.
           The presents received by her were of the rarest and most costly description, which was additional evidence of the high esteem in which she was held by a large circle of friends.
           Those present from abroad in attendance were: Mrs. M. Sexauer, of Des Moines, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Miller and family, of Wathena, Kansas; Mr. W. E. Fiegenbaum, Geneva, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Montgomery, of Skidmore, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Niel [sic] Hoblitzell, of Rock Port, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Will McRoberts, Miss Ethel Bordeaux, of Mound City; Miss Anna Fiegenbaum, of St. Joseph.
           The Sentinel joins with the many friends of the happy contracting parties in extending congratulations and well wishes for their future happiness.
    Residence (family) Apr 1902  Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Territory, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    • "Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fiegenbaum" of Lawton, Oklahoma attended the celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of Henry's parents at Oregon, Missouri in April, 1902. Henry was identified as engaged in the hardware business.
    Family ID F27  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Claussen, Rueben J.,   b. 28 Feb 1898, Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1955, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 12 Jul 1921  Springfield, Sarpy County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20, 21, 22] 

    •      The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of a notice of the wedding of Reuben J. Claussen and Frances Louise Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 14 July 1921 in the Springfield Monitor, of Springfield, Nebraska.

           Out-of-town guests attending the Claussen-Fiegenbaum wedding Tuesday evening were Mrs. R. P. Claussen, mother of the groom and Don Van Arsdale, Beatrice; Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Fiegenbaum and Miss Martha Fiegenbaum, Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Fiegenbaum and daughter, Frances, and little son, Billy of Geneva, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller, daughters Kathryn, Wilma and son, of Wathena, Kansas; Mrs. S. O. Lovell and daughter Genevieve of Lincoln and Mr. Paul Griswold of Omaha.

           The following notice was published in the Sunday World-Herald, of Omaha, Nebraska, on 10 July 1921, in a column titled "In Cupid's Net."

      Claussen-Fiegenbaum.

           The wedding of Miss Louise Fiegenbaum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Fiegenbaum of Springfield, Neb., and Reuben J. Claussen of Beatrice, will take place Tuesday evening at the home of the bride's parents. Miss Fiegenbaum, who is an accomplished pianist, is well known here, where she has often visited. Mr. Claussen is a University of Nebraska graduate. The couple will be at home at Beatrice after a honeymoon trip to the Minnesota lakes.
    Residence (family) Dec 1954  North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    • In her father's 1954 obituary, she was identified as Mrs. Reuben J. Claussen, of North Platte, Nebraska.
    Children 
    +1. Claussen, Bruce F.,   b. 12 Jun 1925, Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1997, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +2. Claussen, Reuben Jerome,   b. 1 Dec 1926, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1986, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    +3. Claussen, Richard L.,   b. 15 Apr 1932, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1999, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F152  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 83-84.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Henry Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 9 December 1954 in the Springfield Monitor, of Springfield, Nebraska.
           "On 3 October 1900 he was united in marriage with Miss Nellie Montgomery of Oregon, Missouri. Following their marriage the couple lived for a short time in Kansas City, Missouri; later moving to Lawton, Oklahoma where Mr. Fiegenbaum was engaged in business, and where their daughter Louise was born."
           "He is survived by ...two daughters, Mrs. Reuben J. Claussen of North Platte and Mrs. Clyde W. Martin of Omaha;...."

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 85, 126.
      Frances Louise Fiegenbaum, child of Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Nellie Blanche Montgomery, was born on 25 June 1902 at Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma.

    3. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 126-127.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Frances Louise (Fiegenbaum) Claussen. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 21 April 1992 in the North Platte Telegraph, of North Platte, Nebraska.
           "F. Louise Claussen...was born 25 June 1902 at Lawton, Oklahoma to Henry and Nell Montgomery Fiegenbaum...."

    4. [S211] Article or notice, The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 27 June 1902; Page 8, Column 3.
      Digital copy of birth announcement accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (The Library of Congress) at ( http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1902-06-27/ed-1/seq-8/ ) in December 2011.
           "Born, to Henry Fiegenbaum and wife, at Lawton, Okla., June 25, 1902, a girl." This is in reference to the birth of Frances Louise Fiegenbaum (1902-1992), daughter of Heinrich F. Fiegenbaum (1868-1954) and Nellie Blanche Montgomery 1876-1968).

    5. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 84-85.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Nellie Blanche (Montgomery) Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 25 January 1968 in the Springfield Monitor, of Springfield, Nebraska.
           "Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Reuben J. Claussen (Louise) of North Platte and Mrs. Clyde Martin (Roberta) of Omaha...."

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 85, 126.
      Frances Louise (Fiegenbaum) Claussen died on 20 [sic] April 1992 at North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska.

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 126-127.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Frances Louise (Fiegenbaum) Claussen. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 21 April 1992 in the North Platte Telegraph, of North Platte, Nebraska.
           "F. Louise Claussen, 89, resident of North Platte since 1926, and World War II Canteen worker, died 19 April 1992 at a local nursing home. ...."

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 127.
      The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Frances Louise (Fiegenbaum) Claussen. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 23 April 1992 in the North Platte Telegraph, of North Platte, Nebraska.
           "F. Louise Claussen; services for F. Louise Claussen were Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. James. E. Clarke officiating. Music was by Neal Baxter and Marjorie Christianson. Pallbearers were Dirk, Richard, Stuart and William Claussen, Rex Richardson and Robert Van Buskirk. Burial was in the North Platte Cemetery. Mrs. Claussen, 89, died April 19, 1992, at a local nursing home. Memorials are suggested to the church. Adams and Swanson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements."

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 126-127.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Frances Louise (Fiegenbaum) Claussen. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 21 April 1992 in the North Platte Telegraph, of North Platte, Nebraska.
           "Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. James E. Clarke officiating. Burial will be in the North Platte Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the church. The casket will not open at the church. Adams and Swanson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements."

    10. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Nellie Montgomery; married 3 October 1900 in Oregon, Holt County, Missouri.

    11. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 83.
      Heinrich (Henry) Fiegenbaum and Nellie Blanche Montgomery were married on 3 October 1900 at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri.

    12. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 83-84.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Henry Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 9 December 1954 in the Springfield Monitor, of Springfield, Nebraska.
           "On 3 October 1900 he was united in marriage with Miss Nellie Montgomery of Oregon, Missouri."

    13. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 84.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an account of the wedding of Henry Fiegenbaum and Nellie Blanche Montgomery. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared in the Holt County Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "Decidedly one of the leading and pleasant society events this season was the marriage Wednesday forenoon, 3 October 1900, of Miss Nellie Blanche, neice of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Montgomery, and Mr. Henry Fiegenbaum of St. Joseph, Missouri. ...."

    14. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 84-85.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Nellie Blanche (Montgomery) Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 25 January 1968 in the Springfield Monitor, of Springfield, Nebraska.
           "...on 3 October 1900 was united in marriage to Henry Fiegenbaum, Principal of the Oregon High School."

    15. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), Henry Fiegenbaum-Nellie Blanche Montgomery; 1900; Holt County.
      Accessed in April 2016. A marriage license issued at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri on 3 October 1900 to Henry Fiegenbaum, of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, who was over the age of 21 years and Nellie Blanche Montgomery, of Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, who was over the age of 18 years.
           The return certified that Rev. Henry A. Sawyers, pastor of Oregon, Missouri Presbyterian Church, did marry the above name persons at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri on 3 October 1900 and the Certificate of Marriage was filed for record at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri on 3 October 1900.

    16. [S279] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 (formerly titled Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937) (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8823 in December 2017), Martin-Fiegenbaum 1923.
      Accessed in May 2016. Original data from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–37 (microfilm record group 048); Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 2. The following data has been taken from a digital image of the source.
           Return of a Marriage to the Clerk of District Court. Number of license: [no entry]. Date of License: [no entry]. Who made Affidavit: [no entry]. Who gave consent to marriage: [no entry]. Bride's full name: Roberta Fiegenbaum. Bride's maiden name if a widow: [no entry]. Bride's place of residence: Peru, Nebraska. Bride's age at NEXT birthday: 19. Bride's birth place: Springfield, Nebraska. Bride's father's full name: Henry Fiegenbaum. Bride's mother's full maiden name: Nellie Montgomery.
           By calculation from this data, Roberta Fiegenbaum, age 18 at the time of the marriage in 1923, would have been born about 1904-1905. For full details of this record, see the sources for the Martin-Fiegenbaum marriage.

    17. [S211] Article or notice, The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 5 October 1900 (Volume 36; Number 20); Page 4, Column 3.
      Digital copy accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (The Library of Congress) at ( http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1900-10-05/ed-1/seq-4/ ) in November 2011.
           The article, "Merry Marriage Bells," reported on the wedding of Nellie Blanche Montgomery (1876-1968) and Heinrich F. Fiegenbaum (1868-1954) at Oregon, Missouri on 3 October 1900.

    18. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 37.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an account of the 50th wedding anniversary celebration for Friedrich William and Louisa (Otto) Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts did not identify when and where this report was published, but it seems likely it appeared in the Holt County Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           From a list of the children of Friedrich and Louisa: "...Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fiegenbaum, Lawton, Oklahoma...." At another point in the account, it was mentioned that "...Henry is in the hardware business at Lawton, Oklahoma, married...."

    19. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 127.
      Reuben J. Claussen and Frances Louise Fiegenbaum were married on 12 July 1921 at Springfield, Sarpy County, Nebraska.

    20. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 126-127.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Frances Louise (Fiegenbaum) Claussen. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 21 April 1992 in the North Platte Telegraph, of North Platte, Nebraska.
           "On 12 July 1921 she married Reuben J. Claussen at Springfield."

    21. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 127.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an of the weddign of Reuben J. Claussen and Frances Louise Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 14 July 1921 in the Springfield Monitor, of Springfield, Nebraska.
           "Out-of-town guests attending the Claussen-Fiegenbaum wedding Tuesday evening...."

    22. [S211] Article or notice, "Claussen-Fiegenbaum." 1921.
      Sunday World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska). Sunday, 10 July 1921; Page E2, Column 4. Digital copy accessed in August 2014.
           "The wedding of Miss Louise Fiegenbaum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Fiegenbaum of Springfield, Neb., and Reuben J. Claussen of Beatrice, will take place Tuesday evening at the home of the bride's parents...."
           Tuesday, the day of the marriage, was 12 July 1921.

    23. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 83-84.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Henry Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 9 December 1954 in the Springfield Monitor, of Springfield, Nebraska.
           "He is survived by ...two daughters, Mrs. Reuben J. Claussen of North Platte and Mrs. Clyde W. Martin of Omaha;...."


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