Her funeral will be at the Manning Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday, with interment in the Manning Cemetery. The Rev. Andrew Stewart-Morris will officiate. Friends may call at the Ohde Funeral Home here after 6 p.m. Monday.
Mrs. Schelldorf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Reimers, was born in Germany September 12, 1873, and at the age of 1 1/2 years came to the United States, settling in Crawford County. She attended rural school. In 1898, she was married to John Richter, and they were the parents of one son, Gerald. Both are deceased. For 45 years she worked as a practical nurse. In 1943, she married John H. Schelldorf, who died in 1953. She was a member of the Methodist Church, a charter member of the Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service, and also belonged to the Women's Relief Corps and the Bible Readers.
Mrs. Schelldorf is survived by a brother, Herman Reimers of Omaha; a sister, Mrs. Betty Ohm, Manning; a granddaughter, Mrs. Geraldine Gernherndt of Lakeside, California; two nephews and two nieces including Dolores (Mrs. Ed H.) Ramsey of Manning.
Besides her husbands and son, she was preceded in death by a brother, John Reimers.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, January 22, 1968
MRS. EMMA SCHELLDORF
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Emma Schelldorf, 94, on January 23 at 2
p.m. at the Manning Methodist church, with Rev. Andrew Stewart-Morris officiating. Burial was in the Manning Cemetery.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Reimers, she was born September 12, 1873, in
Germany and came to the United States at the age of one and one-half years,
settling in Crawford County where she attended rural schools.
She was married to John Richter in 1898 and they had a son, Gerald, born in 1900. Both are deceased.
Mrs. Schelldorf worked as a practical nurse for about 45 years. She married
John H. Schelldorf in 1943 and he died in 1953.
She was a member of the Methodist Church and a charter member of the WSCS. She
was also a member of the Women's Relief Corps and the Bible Readers.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, her son and a brother, John Reimers.
She is survived by a brother, Herman of Omaha, a sister, Mrs. Betty Ohm of
Manning, a granddaughter and two great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Schelldorf died January 21, 1968, at the Manning Plaza where she had resided for some time.
Denison Bulletin, January 26, 1968
Emma Schelldorf
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Schelldorf, 94, a retired practical nurse, were
held at the Manning Methodist Church Tuesday with burial at Manning.
Mrs. Schelldorf died at the Manning Plaza Sunday.
She is survived by a brother, Herman Reimers of Omaha, end a sister, Mrs. Betty Ohm of Manning.
Daily Nonpareil, January 23, 1968