Magdalena Kathryn (Schlenker) Pietz (1919 - 2017)

Born 28 Jan 1919 in South Dakota

Ancestors

Wife of Ruben Pietz — married [date unknown] in South Dakota

Died 25 Aug 2017 at age 98 in South Dakota

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Biography

Obituary from Goglin Funeral Home, South Dakota https://www.goglinfh.com/Obituary/630/Magdelena-Kathryn-Pietz

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Magdelena Kathryn Pietz was born on January 28, 1919 to August and Kathryn (Jochems) Schlenker in Delmont, South Dakota. She attended country school through the 7th grade at which time she remained home to help her family on the farm. On November 28, 1943, she was united in marriage to Ruben Pietz in Tripp, SD. For many years, Magdelena cooked at Hink’s Café and the bowling alley until she retired in 1980.

Magdelena loved embroidery, quilting, and serving in the Women’s’ Guild at Frieden’s Reformed Church in Tripp. She especially cherished her family. She looked forward to cooking for her grandsons and loved spending time with her great-grandchildren.

At the age of 92, due to her health and advanced age, Magdelena was no longer able to live on her own. At that time, she moved in with her daughter’s family in rural Wentworth, SD. The family was blessed and able to enjoy the next 6 years alongside each other.

Magdelena passed away on Thursday, August 24, 2017 at home in rural Wentworth, SD while surrounded by her loving family. She had attained the age of 98 years, 6 months, and 27 days.

She is survived and remembered by her daughter Lourine (Gary) Vostad of Wentworth, SD; grandsons: Scott (Lisa), Shannon, Ryan, and Andrew; and great-grandchildren: Henry and Katelyn. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1980, parents, 7 brothers, and 3 sisters.

Sources

"South Dakota, School Records, 1879-1970," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK7Q-C55J : accessed 24 February 2019), Lena Schlenker, 1933; citing School enrollment, Agar, Sully, South Dakota, United States, State Historical Society, Pierre; FHL microfilm .

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQVV-G8W : accessed 21 February 2019), Lena Schlenker in household of August Schlenker, Hartford, Sully, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 1B, line 53, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2231; FHL microfilm 2,341,965.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V192-RKH : 15 March 2018), Lena Schlenker in household of Clarabelle Mathewson, Tripp City, Tripp, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34-25, sheet 7A, line 10, family 139, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3858.

"South Dakota State Census, 1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPZ1-J44 : 31 July 2017), Lena Pietz, Fair, Hutchinson, South Dakota; citing p. 32, State Historical Society, Pierre; FHL microfilm 2,371,848.

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"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL25-NQJF : 12 September 2017), Magdalena Kathryn Schlenker Pietz, 2017; Burial, Tripp, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States of America, Friedens Reformed Cemetery; citing record ID 182771944, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.