Mina Diefenthäler
b. November 1899, d. 7 June 1961
- Father: John Diefenthäler b. 9 March 1859, d. between 1910 and 1920
- Mother: Mary Hartmann b. April 1863
- Mina Diefenthäler was born in November 1899 in Rhine, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
- John Diefenthäler and Mary Hartmann appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Rhine, Wisconsin, and one young male farm laborer.. Other members of the household included Mina Diefenthäler, Wanda Elizabeth Diefenthäler, Anna Diefenthäler, Ida Diefenthäler and William Diefenthäler.
- John Diefenthäler and Mary Hartmann appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Rhine, Wisconsin, living next to Mary's parents.. Other members of the household included Mina Diefenthäler, Anna Diefenthäler, Ida Diefenthäler and William Diefenthäler.
- Mary Hartmann appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Rhine Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Other members of the household included Mina Diefenthäler, William Diefenthäler, Anna Diefenthäler and William Schmahl.
- She married Rudolph F. Neumann, son of William August Fred. Neumann and Katherine Ruh, on 14 December 1929 in Elkhart Lake, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
- Mina Diefenthäler and Rudolph F. Neumann appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Rhine Township, Wisconsin.
- Mina Diefenthäler died on 7 June 1961 at age 61 in Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, at St. Nicholas Hospital.
- Rudolph F. Neumann became a widower at her death.
- She was interred at Eaton Cemetery, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
- The following appeared on 8 June 1961 in The Sheboygan Press: Mrs. Rudolph F. Neumann, 61, R. 1, New Holstein, died Wednesday evening at St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan. She had been a patient there for the last four weeks. /P/ Mrs. Neumann was born Minnie Diefenthaler, a daughter of the late John and Mary (Hartman) Diefenthaler, in the Town of Rhine. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter's United Church of Christ in the Town of Rhine and attended district school there. /P/ She married Rudolph Neumann at Elkhart Lake on Dec. 14, 1929. The couple operated a farm in the Town of Rhine until 1950, when they moved to their present farm in the Town of New Holstein. /P/ Mrs. Neumann was an active member of St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church in Kiel. /P/ Survivors include her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Allen Jeanette Wangemann; two sisters, Mrs. William Schmahl, Route 1, Elkhart Lake, and Mrs. William Storev of Milwaukee; a brother, William Diefenthaler of Appleton; and a granddaughter, Lori Lee. /P/ Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church, Kiel, with the Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg, pastor, officiating. /P/ Friends may call at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home in Kiel from 3 p.m. Friday until 11 a.m. Saturday, and at the church from 12 noon until time of services. Burial will be at Eaton Cemetery.
- The following appeared in a local newspaper: Rudolph F. Neumann, 72, of R. 1, New Holstein, died Friday morning at St. Nicholas Hospital where he had been a patient since Feb. 3. /P/ Born March 24, 1891, in the Town of Schleswig, he was a son of the late William and Katie Ruh Neumann, attended the Schleswig district school, and married the former Elsie Bosma of the Town of Eden on Nov. 2, 1915. /P/ The couple farmed in the Town of Rhine. /P/ Mrs. Neumann died in January, 1929. On Dec. 14, 1929, Mr. Neumann married the former Minnie Defenthaler [sic] of the Town of Rhine in Kiel. The couple farmed in the Town of Rhine until 1950 when they moved to their present home. She died in June, 1961. /P/ Mr. Neumann was a member of St. Peters United Church of Christ in Kiel. /P/ Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Allen (Jeanette) Wangemann of Sheboygan; two granddaughters; two brothers, Oscar and Adolph of the Town of Schleswig; and four sisters Mr. William Happel and Mrs. William Defenthaler, both of Kiel, Mrs. Walter Jung of rural Plymouth, and Mrs. Edwin Meinnert of rural Sheboygan. /P/ Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday at St. Peters United Church of Christ in Kiel. The Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg, pastor, will officiate and burial will be in Eaton Cemetery. /P/ Friends may call at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home in Kiel from 3 p.m. Sunday until 11:30 a.m. Monday, at the church from 12:30 p.m. until the services.
- Last Edited: 22 Mar 2010