In Memory of PAULINE BARTEN
Born
May 17, 1888, Dettingen Wurttemberg, GermanyFriends and relatives are invited to join the family for lunch at the church following the committal services.
Mrs. Pauline Barten
Manning Monitor, June 30, 1977
Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Pauline Barten were held Friday, June 24, 1977 at Zion Lutheran Church at Manning at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Edward F. Heinieke officiating. Burial was in Manning Cemetery, Manning, Iowa, with Roger Barten, Eugene Von Tersch, Robert Barten, Jerald Barten, John Knudsen, and Clarence Barten as casketbearers.
Luise Pauline, daughter of Johann Georg and Marie Agnes Schneider Miller, was born May 17, 1888 in Dettingen an der Ems, Schwarzwald District, Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany. She came to the United States February 22, 1914, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and later to the Manning community. She was united in marriage with John Barten February 20, 1918. They farmed near Manning until retiring to town January 15, 1923. Her husband passed away December 31, 1936, after which she continued to make her home in Manning. She has been a resident of the Long Term Care Unit of the Manning General Hospital for a number of months where she passed away Tuesday morning, June 21, 1977 at the age of 89 years, 1 month, and 4 days.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Mrs. Lorraine Danner in 1967; by two step-sons, Richard and Walter; by her parents; 3 sisters in Germany and three sisters, Mrs. Magdalena Lieb, Mrs. Bertha Heyde, and Mrs. Caroline Mutschall; and by two brothers, George and John.
She is survived by one step-son, John Barten of Manning; 10 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great-grandchildren; and by one sister, Mrs. Elise Steffen, Linthicum, Maryland.
She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Manning, having been baptized as an infant and confirmed in 1902 in Dettingen, Germany, and was a member of the evening circle of the church.
Note for historians and genealogists:
Pauline's family anglicized their family name from Müller to Miller shortly after immigrating to the U.S. They emigrated in 1914 and were recent immigrants during the anti-German hysteria in 1917-1918