Kluss, Johanna Sophia Dorothea b. 15 Jun 1884 Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 9 Jun 1957 Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA: The Thoma Family

1884 - 1957 (72 years)

Name	Kluss, Johanna Sophia Dorothea
Birth	15 Jun 1884	Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Female
Death	9 Jun 1957	Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA [1, 2]
Burial	Aft 9 Jun 1957	Lutheran Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA [1, 2]
Person ID	I15002	The Thoma Family
Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

Father	Kluess, Friedrich Johann H "Fred", b. 4 Oct 1856, Mecklenburg, Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany d. 13 Jul 1922, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA (Age 65 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Tatge, Emma, b. 29 Nov 1863, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 23 Sep 1929, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA (Age 65 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	4 Feb 1883	St Paul Lutheran Church (destroyed), Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA [3, 4, 5]
Family ID	F5653	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Niebuhr, William Herman, b. 18 Nov 1877, Hannover, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany d. 1948, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA (Age 70 years)

Marriage 17 Dec 1902 Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA [1, 6]

Children

	1. Niebuhr, Victor, b. 19 Dec 1903, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 6 Jul 1982 (Age 78 years) [natural]
	2. Niebuhr, Albert Frederick "Burt", b. 13 Jul 1905, Joliet, Will, Illinois, USA d. 17 Aug 1981, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA (Age 76 years) [natural]
	3. Niebuhr, Waldo John Frederick, b. 20 Feb 1907, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 16 Apr 1984, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA (Age 77 years) [natural]
	4. Niebuhr, Luella, b. 28 Mar 1909, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 9 Apr 2012, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA (Age 103 years) [natural]
	5. Niebuhr, Neoma, b. 21 May 1911, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 11 Feb 2015, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA (Age 103 years) [natural]
	6. Nebuhr, William C "Bill", b. 18 Apr 1913, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 18 Apr 1990, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA (Age 77 years) [natural]
	7. Niebuhr, Emmalena J, b. 12 Apr 1915, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 1993 (Age 77 years) [natural]
	8. Niebuhr, Edwin Henry August, b. 25 Sep 1917, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 14 Mar 2005 (Age 87 years) [natural]
	9. Niebuhr, Ilene Estella, b. 21 Jun 1921, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA bur. Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Victor, Iowa, Iowa, USA [natural]
	10. Niebuhr, Kenneth, b. 9 Jan 1926, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 24 Feb 1933, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA (Age 7 years) [natural]

Family ID F6985 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 20 Sep 2023

Event Map

	Birth - 15 Jun 1884 - Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA
	Marriage - 17 Dec 1902 - Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA
	Death - 9 Jun 1957 - Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA
	Burial - Aft 9 Jun 1957 - Lutheran Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA

Notes

She was the oldest of six sisters and three brothers. She attended Luzerne lUtheran parochial school where she and William met. Johanna was a caregiver all of her life, probably starting at home with her nine siblings. She also cared for her ten children, her mother-in-law and William when he became ill. Having lived on a farm all of her life, Johanna was quoted in a newspaper article in 1928 as saying she wouldn't care to live in a city. "I wouldn't think of trying to rear a family in town. Think what an array of milk bottles one would have on his porch each day for a family of twelve persons. Grandma Niebuhr's chickens were a familiar site of the farm. Story has it that she once broke her arm while gathering eggs - but didn't break one egg. When a newspaper reporter asked her, in 1928, what had she done in the last year that she had never done before, she answered, "I spent the night at a hotel. It was when the Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa met at Cedar Rapids as as Mr. Niebuhr is a director, he attended. I mentioned that I never had stayed at a hotel and the children coaxsed me to go. We stayed at the Montrose. I also never had seen girls smoke before, but they seemed to puff away quite unconcernedly there."

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