Krebill, Irma Eileen

Other Events:

• Residence: 1966, 717 West 3rd Street, Indianola, Iowa 50125.

Notes:

Belmond Independent, 214 E. Main St. , Belmond, IA
Irma Griffiths

January 7, 2004

Irma Eileen (Krebill) Griffiths, 87, of Belmond, formerly of Indianola, died on Thursday, January 1, 2004, at the Belmond Health Care Center.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday, January 6, at the United Methodist Church in Belmond, with Pastor Paddy Druhl officiating. Burial was in the IOOF Cemetery in Indianola.
Irma was born on August 15, 1916 in Donnellson, the daughter of Harry J. and Edna L. Krebill. After graduating from the Donnellson High School she attended Parsons College in Fairfield and Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. On June 10, 1939, she married Clement W. Griffiths.
Irma was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and son-in-law, Don Cleveland.
Irma is survived by her daughter, Dona Cleveland of Belmond; son, Denis (Linda) Griffiths of Braselton, Georgia; and five grandchildren.
_______________________________________________________________________
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier - (Jan/6/2004)
IRMA E. GRIFFITHS

BELMOND - Irma E. (Krebill) Griffiths, 87, of Belmond, formerly of Indianola, passed away Thursday (Jan. 1, 2004) at the Belmond Health Care Center in Belmond.

Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the United Methodist Church in Belmond, with Pastor Paddy Druhl officiating. Burial will take place at 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Indianola.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Dugger Ewing Funeral Home, 111 Luick's Lane South in Belmond, and one hour prior to services at the church on Tuesday.

Irma E. Griffiths was born on Aug. 15, 1916, the daughter of Harry J. and Edna L. Krebill, in Donnellson. After graduating from Donnellson High School, she attended Parsons College in Fairfield, and the Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. Irma then taught in country schools.

On June 10, 1939, she was united in marriage to Clement W. Griffiths in Donnellson. The couple made their home in Fairfield, where they were blessed with a daughter, Dona.

While Clem served in the military, Irma worked at Schaefer Pen Company in Fort Madison. With Clem's return, the family moved to Marshalltown and was blessed with a son, Denis. The family then lived in South Dakota and Minnesota for a time be-fore moving to Indianola in 1951.

Irma devoted her life to her family and church. She worked in various capacities at the Indianola elementary and high schools. She also served as a teachers aid at Slinker Opportunity School in Des Moines. Often Irma could be found at the First United Methodist Church doing volunteer work or participating with the Women's Society and Rebecca's Circle.

In 1978, the Indianola Business Professional Women named Irma "Woman of the Year." She moved to Belmond in 1995, and then to the Belmond Health Care Center in 1998.

Irma's hobbies included sewing, crocheting, gardening, walking and word jumbles. She loved children and often visited and babysat her grandchildren. To all that knew Irma, she was a devoted, sweet, caring and giving person.

Irma is survived by her daughter, Dona Cleveland, of Belmond; son, Denis and his wife, Linda, of Braselton, Ga.; five grandchildren: Daniel and his wife, Jodie, David and his wife, Terra, Dana and his wife, Laurie, John and Jane; six great-grandchildren, Alex, Sean, Kellen, Conner, Langley, and Max; sister, Wilma Bryant and her husband, Ernest, of Indianola; sister-in-law, Leotta Griffiths, of Albia; nieces, Judith Schneller and her husband, John, and Sandra McJimsey and her husband, George; and their children and families.

Irma is preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and her son-in-law, Don Cleveland.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to the First United Methodist Church in Indianola, or Belmond Health Care Center in Belmond.


Birth:
near Donnellson

Buried:
Belmond Cemetary

Died:
Belmond Health Care Center

Irma married Griffiths, Clement Walker on 10 Jun 1939 in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA. Clement (son of Griffiths, Hezekial and Walker, Alta) was born on 14 Mar 1915 in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, USA; died in Oct 1981 in Indianola, Warren, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

Other Events:

• Residence: 1966, 1004 West Salem Street, Indianola, Iowa 50125

Notes:

Birth:
near Donnellson

Buried:
Mennonite Cemetary

Harry married Krebill, Edna Lillian on 10 Jun 1914 in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA. Edna (daughter of Krebill, William H. and Weber, Klara Eliza) was born on 3 Jun 1896 in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA; died on 1 May 1963 in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA; was buried in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
near Donnellson

Buried:
Mennonite Cemetary

Died:
near Donnellson

Notes:

Married:
near Donnellson

Notes:

Birth:
near Franklin

Died:
near Donnellson

Henry married Lowenberg, Elise Mary on 2 Mar 1887 in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA. Elise (daughter of Lowenberg, Johannes and Strom, Katherine R) was born on 17 Dec 1864 in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA; died on 29 Aug 1940 in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA; was buried on 31 Aug 1940 in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Mennonite Cemetary

Notes:

Married:
near Donnellson

Notes:

Birth:
near Franklin

Buried:
Mennonite Cemetary

Died:
near Donnellson

William married Weber, Klara Eliza on 4 Dec 1888 in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA. Klara (daughter of Weber, Jr. Peter and Krehbiel, Maria) was born on 5 Nov 1866 in Franklin, Lee, Iowa, USA; died on 22 Aug 1948 in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA; was buried in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
near Franklin

Buried:
Mennonite Cemetary

Died:
near Donnellson

Notes:

Married:
near Donnellson

Notes:

______________________________________________________

Krebill, Peter, farmer, Section 19; P.O. Franklin Center; owns 190 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born Nov 7, 1827, in Bavaria, Germany; parents, Frederick and Anna Krebill, emigrated to what was then Richland Co., Ohio, in 1832, where the father died in March, 1849, and the mother Jan 17, 1856. Mr. Krebill married Magdalena Fox Feb 15, 1856; she was born April 6, 1833, in Bavaria, Germany. In the spring of 1857, they emigrated to Lee Co., Iowa, and located on his present farm. They have eleven children - Anna F., born Jan 15, 1857; David J., born May 11, 1858; Henry F., Nov 10, 1859; Margaret, April 29, 1862; Magdalena, Feb 15, 1864; Samuel, Jan 20, 1866; Peter, Dec 28, 1868; John, May 23, 1870; Edward, Feb 5, 1873; Laura, July 7, 1875; Frederick, March 9, 1878. Mr. Krebill is a member of the Mennonite Church; Democrat.

Source:

The History of Lee County, Iowa
Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879
Franklin Township, Page 780
_______________________________________________________

Peter was just a boy about six years of age when the Friedrich Krebills arrived at Hayesville, Ohio early in 1834. The fact that Peter was so much younger than his brothers was to his advantage for he had the opportunity to attend English schools fork a longer period of time.

In addition to growing up on a farm with its many chores for the young, he also learned about operating a farmer's saw-mill.

Early in 1856, about seven years after the father, Friedrich, had died, and about a year before the mother Anna's demise, Peter Krebill and Magdalena Fox (Fuchs) were married. During this summer, Peter and his brother Jacob and their brother-in-law Christian Eymann, decided to move to the Franklin Prairie vicinity near Franklin in Lee County, Iowa.

In the fall of 1856 the brothers Jacob and Peter bought 120 acres of land about three miles due west from the Village of Franklin Center. However, Peter did not move to Iowa until the following spring after their first child, a daughter Anna, had been born. They left Hayesville in April of 1857 and like his brother Jacob and Christian Eymann did on the previous fall, Peter traveled by covered wagon and team. They arrived on the 13th of June and moved into a log cabin which stood on a forty- acre tract, a part of the 120 acres which the brothers had acquired the fall before. About a half mile north from the new Zion Mennonite church, a lane extended eastward to the Peter Krebill's cabin.

The wives of Jacob and Peter were non-mennonites. There seemed to have been some conversation among the church dignitaries to the effect that the wives should be required to be baptised before being accepted as members. However, in view of the fact that both of them had been baptised in protestant faiths, Peter warned the Mennonites that they would prefer to join another church if they insisted that this was mandatory. Fortunately the Mennonites accepted the wives as members without any reservations.

Peter Krebills lived in their log-cabin until they moved into another one when in 1865 Peter purchased about 50 acres of land in the south-west quarter of the adjacent section 19. His home on this newly acquired place stood just one mile west from his brother Jacob's place. In 1867 and 1869 Peter added two more tracts of land next to his first 50 acres. In 1883 he purchased still another piece of .farm-land which gave him title to the entire south-west quarter of section 19.

He also owned two wooded tracts across the road from his farm in Harrison Township which brought his holding up to about 200 acres. Peter followed a diversified type of farming, specialized in horse and cattle breeding and operated a grain threshing rig for many years. At first he used a horse-power and later a steam engine to run the grain separator.

The following pages contain excerpts from letters which Peter Krebill wrote from Lee County, Iowa to his brother John Grabill at Hayesville, Ohio.

These letters were written over a period of years from the time when Peter first arrived in Iowa in 1857 to the time of his brother John's demise in Ohio
in 1887.

The full text of these letters may be found at the Musselman historical library at the Bluffton College in Bluffton, Ohio.

John S. Grabill, Hayesville, 0. July 5, 1857, Franklin Center, Iowa.

The Jacob Krebill and Agnes Eymann families are all well. We arrived here on June 13th. We moved Agnes into one of Mrs. Strohm's
houses west from the church. I left brother Henry at brother Abraham's place. He said he would be traveling towards Peoria, and would write me when he found
a job. I have not heard yet. I went with Fred Fuchs to Montrose on the sixth. Goodbye
Peter Krebill.
___________________________________________________
John S. Grabill, Hayesville. September 23, 1857, Franklin Center.

David Risser offered to sell his eighty acre farm to sister Agnes Eymann and take her house at Franklin in trade. He asked $27/00 an acre and offered $672/00 for her house. Agnes bought the land. It is described as the west half of the northeast quarter of section 29 in Franklin township.

I sold my iron gray horse for $170/00 to John Rupp, a brother-in-law of Reinrich Hirschler. Brother Jacob bought the roan mare for $150/00 without an argument. Today was the first day of the three day fair at West Point.

Tell Fred Fox (Fuchs) I will write him before long.

Your brother Peter Kreebill.
____________________________________________________
John S. Grabill, Hayesville. January 18, 1868, Franklin Center.

The last one of two letters from you came from Philadelphia.

I got first premium on the large horse and second on the colt. Pork is worth $3/50 to $3/75, corn 15$, or 20# at Keokuk. I often think of the time when you took your first trip to the west, when we were all gathered around the table. Mother would say in german, "I wish John would come and eat some now."

Now you are there and the rest of us are scattered from here to Pikes Peak! We had hoped to see Henry last fall but have not seen anything of him yet.

Your brother Peter Krebill.
____________________________________________________________

John S. Grabill, Hayesville. June 1, 1868, Franklin, Iowa.

John Hertzler and wife have been here. After they got back to Burlington he found the garden plow and he took it to their shop. He will send it to us as soon as possible. I still keep their plows here for sale. I sold my stallion to John Haffner, a son of Fred Haffner, for $300/00.

I have 50 acres of small grain and 50 acres of corn. Our Anna had a letter from brother Abraham's little girl.

Peter Krebill.
____________________________________________________________

John S. Grabill, Hayesville. October 2, 1881, Primrose, Iowa.

We did not hear from Henry all summer, if we do hear from him we will let you know right away.

Our Peter was baptized with six others last sunday September the 25th.

John, Edward and Laura are still in school. Little Freddie is only three years old.

Peter Krebill.

________________________________________________________________________
John S. Grabill, Hayesville. November 17, 1886, Primrose, Iowa.

I would like to hear that you are feeling better. Perhaps next summer you may feel like visiting us again.

I am feeding 23 steers. Our son Henry will start out for himself next summer. He rented a farm about a mile north from the Dover crossroads. So
by next year there will be four out of our eleven children out on their own. We haven't heard from brother Henry yet.

Peter Krebill.
___________________________________________________________________________

John S. Grabill, Hayesville. January 1, 1887, Primrose, Iowa.

Happy New Year! As I wrote the date I thought of the time fifty years ago on a new years day how you taught me to write the new date. It was on that big old chest by the old cook-stove.

Henry will marry a daughter of John Lowenberg who lives close to the church, and are preparing for their home by spring-time.

"Nephew Samuel'; Looking at the picture of your four children, that little girl standing by the tree reminds me so much of the little boy I used to see riding the dog around the house!

Tell them to be kind to their grand-pa when he is sick.
Peter Krebill.
_____________________________________________________________________________

John S. Grabill, Hayesville. January 17, 1887, Primrose, Iowa.

I miss your letters so much since you are not able to write.

For the past thirty years we have exchanged letters every year. On the 23rd of this month brother Jacob's daughter Charlotte and Elias Weber are to be married. Then on the 30th our Lena and Emil Leisy are to be married.

"Dear nephew Samuel"; Our Freddie wants to tell your boys Howard and John the little speach he gave in school:

"If older boys can make a speach
we.little boys can too
And though we may not say so much
Yet here's a word for you.
This world's large and full of room
There is a place for all
The rich, the poor, the wise, the good
The large as well as small
So give the little ones a chance
To show off what they know
And shun us not because we're small
For little boys will grow
Your uncle Peter Krebill.
______________________________________________________________________________________

Samuel H. Grabill, Hayesville, 0. March 13, 1887, Primrose, Iowa.

Dear Nephew;

I did not get around to answering your last letter before we received the sad news af your father's death. At the time Laura and Freddie were down with the measles and I could not leave at such a time to attend the funeral. At such a time one wonders "Why didn't I go and see him while he was still alive?" "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, even so saith the spirit, for they rest from their labor."

Emil and Lena Leisy live in Kansas now. Henry and Elise moved on to their farm last Tuesday. Katharine Latschar and Henry Sander are to be married next Sunday the 20th.

Well, Howard; Freddie was delighted to receive your nice letter. Freddie's English school will be out this week and then he will go to German school again. If you were here you could learn to talk and write german letters. Last wednesday was Freddie's birthday and his mother baked a big cake for him.

Does your mother bake one for you on your birthday? When I saw her she was a little girl, I think about two years old.

I wish I could see you all for I like children when they are good and mind their mothers.

Peter Krebill.
___________________________________________________________________________________________

Source:
Olga A. Krebill Hirschler, The Altleiningen Krebills 1730-1966 (Paul and Olga Hirschler, 020 Lassen Street, Richmond, CA: 1966), Newberry Library, Chicago, also personal collection of Michael Hervey

Buried:
Mennonite Cemetary

Died:
near Donnellson

Peter married Fuchs, Magdalena on 15 Feb 1856 in Hayesville, Ashland, Ohio, USA. Magdalena (daughter of Fuchs, Casper and Kraupner, Margaret) was born on 6 Apr 1833 in Neiferheim, Germany; died on 8 Mar 1908 in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA; was buried in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Mennonite Cemetary

Died:
near Donnellson

Notes:

Married:
near Hayesville

Johannes married Strom, Katherine R on 24 May 1863. Katherine (daughter of Strom, Peter and Schowalter, Barbara) was born on 15 Sep 1845 in Schwaig, Germany; died on 30 Aug 1918 in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1880, Franklin, Lee, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1885, Lee County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1900, Franklin, Lee, Iowa, USA

Notes:

10 October 1907, p 6-7
Krebill -
September 21, 1907, in Donnellson, Iowa, Jacob Krebill, at the age of 84 years, 9 months, and 23 days. He was born in Friedelsheim, Rheinpfalz, Bavaria. In the year 1832 he came with his parents to America, who settled in Ashland County, Ohio. On April 6, 1846 he was joined in marriage, which was blessed with 11 children, of whom 2 sons and 3 daughters survive. His wife preceded him in death on August 4th of this year. He leaves 5 children, 3 brothers and sisters, 43 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren. In the year 1857 he came with his family to Lee County, Iowa, where they have lived since that time. The congregation has appreciated his life and influence to such an extent that he was elected many years to the board of directors. Funeral sermons were preached by Elders Treftzer of Franklin (German) from John 11:28, and P.P. Hilty (English), from Hebrews 4:9.

________________________________________________________

Jacob Krebill - Third Generation by Olga A. Krebill Hirschler, 1966

Jacob> the fourth son of Friedrich and Anna, was a lad of eleven years when they arrived in Ohio. Jacob had attended public schools in Germany and probably did so for a Period
of time in their new home vicinity in America.

On a farm in those days a boy of eleven did not only do his share of the daily chores, he also took the place of a grown man with the field work.

Johannes Risser, an educated ordained minister, served the newly founded congregation of Mennonite pioneer families in the Hayesville community. The Rev. Risser was an uncle of Jacob's and conducted catechismal classes. Jacob attended these classes and ultimately, like his older brothers, was baptized in the Mennonite Christian faith and accepted as a member of the church.

At the age of 24 years Jacob married Eliza Ann Strickland and in the following ten years that they lived in the Hayesville community their first six children were born. Their first child lived but a few weeks and their third child lived about two and a half years.

In the fall of 1856 Jacob and Eliza with their children Frederick, Amanda, Nancy and Mary left their Ohio home and traveled by covered wagon and horse teams across the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois to Lee County, Iowa.

A Mennonite colony had been established here some years before and a church building had been built several miles due west from the town of Franklin.

On November 13 in 1856 two deeds were filed at the local court house by Jacob and Peter Krebill for 120 acres of land which they had purchased on the 5th of the month. One deed was for 80 acres described as the East 1/2 of the Southwest1l/4 of section 20 in Franklin Township of Lee County.

The other deed was for 40 acres described as the North 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the same Southwest 1/4 Of section 20.

Jacob and his family moved on to his farm right away but Peter remained at Hayesville until the following spring.

About 25 years later, on February 4th, 1881, Jacob filed a deed for 80 acres of land for which he had obtained the title on January 20th. It was described as the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of section 27 in Franklin Township.

On June 17, 1884, he filed another deed for the adjacent 80 acres for which he had obtained the title on March 12th, and described as the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the same section 27.

There seems to be some indication that Jacob may have farmed this land prior to the time when he filed these deeds.

Perhaps he may have rented the land or possibly bought it on contract, before he obtained title to it.

In the year 1871 Jacob's son Frederick married Elizabeth Rings. Frederick and Elizabeth were the first to live on the west half of this 160 acre farm.

The house stood at the end of a short lane leading in from the road about midway between the town of Franklin to the east and the Green Tree crossroads to the west. In 1882, after five children had been born to the Frederick Krebills, Elizabeth the mother died following a serious tuberculosis illness. About a year later Frederick married a cousin of his former wife.

Up until this time Jacob had been living on his farm near the church. He had replaced the old house with a red brick one, enclosed it with an attractive front Yard, built a large bank barn and other improvements. He had a bearing apple orchard and grape vineyard. After Frederick's children had reached school age, which was about the time when he married the second time, he and his father Jacob exchanged farms. It has been reported that this was done so that the young children were closer to church and schools.

In 1884 Jacob built a small frame house on the east half of his 160 acre farm. This house stood close to the main road s.s well as to the lane which lead to the larger old home. When his son Joseph and Selma Weber were married they moved into this new house, which they occupied for about four years. When Jacob and Eliza's son William married Clara E. Weber, the parents moved into the smaller home near the road and Joseph and his brother William shared the old house.

Josephs occupied the south part and Wills the north part of this old house.

By 1894 the brothers Joseph and William rented the adjacent farm to the west and since their families had been expanding, William with his family moved into the house nearby which stood on the rented farm. However, the two brothers continued to farm the several farms together.

Jacob was a deacon at the Zion Mennonite Church for many years. After moving to their farm near Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Krebill would come to the church services driving a brown horse hitched to a top-buggy. They were honored with a reserved.space for their rig along the hitching rack in front of the church. After Jacob was no longer able to drive himself his son Joseph's family would bring them to the service.

These grandparents continued to live by themselves up until after their 61st wedding anniversary. A bell was mounted conveniently so they could call for help as the Joseph Krebill family still lived nearby in the old house. When the old folks retired early, their son Joseph would make it a routine of his to go up and sit on the porch by their bedroom window to talk.

In August 1907 Eliza became very ill and in a few days was called home by her Lord. In order that the aged Jacob might remain in his home environment, his son William's widow and children moved in to care for him. Only seven weeks after Eliza's demise, Jacob too was called to his eternal home.

________________________________________________________

Jacob Krebill - Third Generation by Olga A. Krebill Hirschler, 1966

In the fall of 1857 Jacob added a postscript to a letter vritten by his brother Peter to their brother Johennes Grabill at Heyesville, Ohio.

Dear brother;

I must write you briefly how we are getting along. I am sorry to report that our little Mary has been ill nearly all summer. She is presently so poorly that we are in doubt that she will be with us very long.

She is suffering with tuberculosis and the doctor says nothing can be done to help her. The rest of us are quite well.

Christian Hirstein says he is sorry that he does not hear from anyone in Ohio. He did not know that I had left there until he had almost arrived at our place here. He did not mention about receiving a letter from you. Write again,

Your brother Jacob.
______________________________________________________

Buried:
Mennonite Cemetary

Died:
near Donnellson

Jacob married Strickland, Eliza Anna on 6 Apr 1846 in Hayesville, Ashland, Ohio, USA. Eliza (daughter of Strickland, Joseph and Harper, Mary) was born on 21 Jan 1827 in Ashland, OH; died on 4 Aug 1907 in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA; was buried in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1850, Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio
• Residence: 1880, Franklin, Lee, Iowa, USA

Notes:

22 Aug 1907, p. 6
Krebill -
On August 4th in Lee County, Iowa, Elise nee Strickland, wife of Jacob Krebill, passed away at the age of 80 years, 6 months, and14 days. Her parents came in their youth from New Jersey and Virginia to pioneer in Ashland County, Ohio. On April 6, 1846, she was married, and lived with her now-bereaved husband 61 years in happy marriage, which was blessed with 4 sons and 7 daughters, of whom 2 sons and 4 daughters are yet alive. In 1857, they left Ohio to come to this area where they have lived ever since.

In April of 1896, they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. She leaves behind 43 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. The funeral was held by S. M. Musselman of Wayland, who took his text from 1st Corinthians 15:57, and P. P Hilty, who spoke from Job 5:26.


Birth:
near Ashland

Buried:
Mennonite Cemetary

Died:
near Donnellson

Notes:

Married:
near Hayesville

Peter married Krehbiel, Maria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]