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Household of Gretchen Geraldine Rippentrop

She is married to Ronald Erwin Heetland.

They got married on March 12, 1946 at Lakota, Kossuth Co., IA, she was 19 years old.

Ronald Erwin Heetland oo Gretchen Geraldine Rippentrop

Marriage sources: Buffalo Center (IA) Trib., vol 104 # 50, pg. 3, col 4 7 Mar 1996 for dd/mm/yy & town of marriage.

"A 50th wedding anniversary open house honoring Ronald and Gretchen Heetland of Lakota will be held Sunday, March 17, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church, Lakota.

Ronald and Gretchen were married March 12, 1946 at the Lakota First Presbyterian Church and have lived in the Lakota area their entire married life. The couple has three children: a daughter, Kathy Sundig, Kiester, Minnesota; and two sons, Gary and Bruce, both of Lakota.

The couple requests no gifts, please."

Author: Mabus, Joan, et al., Title: «u»Germania-Lakota 1892-1992 Centennial«/u», (Publication location: Lk. Mills, IA, Publisher: Germania-Lakota Centennial Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pgs. 341-2, Repository: Dallas, TX pub. lib.
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Child(ren):

  1. Gary Erwin Heetland  1946-2008 
  2. (Not public)
  3. (Not public)


Notes about Gretchen Geraldine Rippentrop

Gretchen Geraldine Rippentrop

Sources: Author: Mabus, Joan, et al., Title: «u»Germania-Lakota 1892-1992 Centennial«/u», (Publication location: Lk. Mills, IA, Publisher: Germania-Lakota Centennial Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pgs. 341-2, Repository: Dallas, TX pub. lib.

Author: Ennen, Annie, Title: Letter to David A. Navorska, (Publication location: Lakota, IA, Publisher: ARE, Publication date: iii Feb MCMXCII)

Farmed near Lakota, then moved to the town of Lakota.

Buffalo Center [IA] Trib., vol 105 # 14, pg. 10, col. 1, 27 June, 1997

"Annie Ennen accompanied Ronald and Gretchen Heetland to Albert Lea, Minnesota on Saturday, June 22 to attend the wedding of Brenda Lynn Rippentrop and Todd Michael Meier at the United Methodist Church at 4:00 p.m. Following the weddinga reception and dance was held at the Albert Lea Armory."

This Brenda Lynn Rippentrop must be one of ours.

The Algona [IA] Upper Des Moines, Vol 140 # 38, 16 Sept 2004, pg A6 Col 5

"For the record ... Real Estate Warranty deeds ... Ronald Heetland and Gretchen G. Heetland convey to Gretchen G. Heetland, The SE 1/4, Sec. 4, T98N, R28, W 5 th P.M., EXCEPT that part of the S 1/2 SE 1/4, Sec. 4, T98N, R28, W 5 th P.M., Koss. Co., Ia., September 7, 2004, $236 TransferTax."

The Algona [IA] Upper Des Moines, Vol 141 # 28, 13 Jan 2005, pg A6 Col 3

"For the record Real estate Warranty deeds Ronald E. Heetland, a/k/a Ronald Heetland, and Gretchen G. Heetland, a/k/a Gretchen Heetland convey to Gary E. Heetland, that part of the S 1/2 SE 1/4, Sec. 4, T98N, R28, W 5th P.M., Koss. Co., Ia., December 27, 2004, #31.20 Transfer Tax."

Obituaries, Buffalo Center (Iowa) Trib., vol 118 # 4, pg. 4, col. 3, 2 Apr., 2009

"Gretchen Heetland, 82

Gretchen Heetland, age 82, of Titonka,, formerly of Lakota, died on Friday, March 27, 2009, at Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church in Lakota with PastorDonna Steven officiating. Music was furnished by organist Carol Evers and soloist Judy Junkermeier. Honorary bearers were Annette Gunerson, Heidi Olson, Sara Paal, Lisa Sunding, Shelby Heetland, Macy Heetland, Makayla Heetland and ShaylaHeetland. Active casketbearers were Terry Blome, Earl Westphal, Lyle Mabus, Donald Rippentrop, Richard Paulsen and Rod Smith. Burial was at Maple Hill Cemetery in Lakota. The Winter Funeral Home of Buffalo Center was in charge ofarrangements.

Gretchen Geraldine Heetland, daughter of Olvert and Minnie (Sleper) Rippentrop, was born on January 28, 1927, at Ramsey Township, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church in Lakota. Gretchen was a graduate of Ledyard High School.

On March 12, 1946, Gretchen was united in marriage to Ronald Heetland. Together they farmed and raised three children: Gary, Kathy, and Bruce. Gretchen was a life-long member of the First Presbyterian Church, serving in the Women's Circle and, with Ron, cleaned and cared for the church building.

Gretchen's grandchildren and great-grandchildren brought great joy to her life. She and Ron also liked to travel some during the winter months, visiting family in Arizona and Las Vegas. In June of 2007, Gretchen became a resident of theTitonka Care Center. She departed from this life on Friday, March 27, 2009, at the age of 82 at Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt.

Left to cherish her memory are her children: Kathy Sunding and her husband, John, of Kiester, Minnesota; Bruce Heetland and his wife, Dawn, of Lakota; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren; one brother-in-law Gerald Heetlandand his wife, Donna, of Las Vegas; and six sisters-in-law: Miriam Stafford of Colorado; Norma Smith of Lakota; Florence Paulsen of Lakota; Joan Mabus and her husband, Glen, of Lakota; Wanda Blome of Ledyard; and Adah Rippentrop of Titonka.

She was preceded in death by her parents, all of her brothers and sisters, husband Ron, son Gary, and grandson John. On line tributes or personal emails may be left at www.winterfuneralhome.com"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gretchen Geraldine Rippentrop

Johann Koerd Rippentrop
1853-1944
Mareka H. Willemssen
1853-1900
Evert John Sleper
1852-1923
Antje Kruithoff
1856-1944

Gretchen Geraldine Rippentrop
1927-2009

1946

Ronald Erwin Heetland
1920-2008

Gary Erwin Heetland
1946-2008
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    Birthday January 28, 1927

    • The temperature on January 28, 1927 was between 1.6 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
      • January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
      • February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
      • July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
      • August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
      • September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
      • December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.

    Day of marriage March 12, 1946

    • The temperature on March 12, 1946 was between 1.6 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
      • January 22 » In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister.
      • June 27 » In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
      • July 7 » Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
      • August 7 » The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
      • September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
      • December 7 » A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.

    Day of death March 27, 2009

    • The temperature on March 27, 2009 was between 4.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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    • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
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      • March 4 » The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
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      • November 5 » U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.
      • December 30 » A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000l (40,000USgal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.

    Day of burial March 30, 2009

    • The temperature on March 30, 2009 was between -0.4 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
      • January 24 » Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
      • February 1 » The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
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