Dorothy Marie Ficken

B: 15 April 1927 at State Center, Marshall, Iowa
D: 18 June 2017 at Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa

Parents

Father: Arthur Ficken

Mother: Bertha Sophia Wilhelmina Probst

Siblings

1.) Floyd William Gerhard Ficken

2.) Earl Wilber Dwight Ficken

3.) Ervin Elwood Ficken

4.) Paul Wilmer Ficken

5.) Ralph Herman Ficken

6.) Delores Mildred Ficken

7.) LaVon Paula Ficken

Spouse
Paul Morris
M: 15 June 1948 in Melbourne, Marshall, Iowa

                               
Children
1.) Paulette Morris
2.) John Morris
3.) Joseph Morris

Ralph Herman Ficken

B: 30 July 1924 in Rhodes, Marshall, Iowa

D: 

Parents

Father: Arthur Ficken

Mother: Bertha Sophia Wilhelmina Probst

Siblings

1.) Floyd William Gerhard Ficken

2.) Ervin Elwood Ficken

3.) Paul Wilmer Ficken

4.) Earl Dwight Wilhert Ficken

5.) Dorothy Marie Ficken

6.) Delores Mildred Ficken

7.) LaVon Paula Ficken

Ervin Elwood Ficken

B: 21 August 1921 in Rhodes, Marshall, Iowa
D: 14 September 2020 in West Des Moines, Polk, Iowa

Parents

Father: Arthur Ficken

Mother: Bertha Sophia Wilhelmina Probst

Siblings

1.) Floyd William Gerhard Ficken

2.) Earl Wilber Dwight Ficken

3.) Paul Wilmer Ficken

4.) Ralph Herman Ficken

5.) Dorothy Marie Ficken

6.) Delores Mildred Ficken

7.) LaVon Paula Ficken

Spouse
Anna Beikert
M: March 10, 1950 in Greene, Iowa

Children
1.) Richard Ficken

2.) Randy Ficken

3.) Carol Ficken

Earl Dwight Wilhert Ficken

B: 19 October 1919 in State Center, Marshall, Iowa
D: 5 February 2000 in Melbourne, Marshall, Iowa

Parents

Father: Arthur Ficken

Mother: Bertha Sophia Wilhelmina Probst

Siblings

1.) Floyd William Gerhard Ficken

2.) Ervin Elwood Ficken

3.) Paul Wilmer Ficken

4.) Ralph Herman Ficken

5.) Dorothy Marie Ficken

6.) Delores Mildred Ficken

7.) LaVon Paula Ficken

Spouse
Bernice
M:

Children
1.)

Floyd William Gerhard Ficken

B: 17 February 1918 in Rhodes, Marshall, Iowa
D: 27 April 1994 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri

Parents

Father: Arthur Ficken

Mother: Bertha Sophia Wilhelmina Probst

Siblings

1.) Earl Wilber Dwight Ficken

2.) Ervin Elwood Ficken

3.) Paul Wilmer Ficken

4.) Ralph Herman Ficken

5.) Dorothy Marie Ficken

6.) Delores Mildred Ficken

7.) LaVon Paula Ficken

Spouse
Katherine
M:

Children
1.) Theresa Ficken

2.) Rodney Johnson

Cathy Smith

B: 14 December 1955 in 

D: 

Parents

Father: 

Mother: 

Siblings

1.) 

2.) 

Spouse


Children
1.)

2.)

Spouse

Don Eugene Ficken

M: 15 June 2019 in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, USA

Wilhemina (Mina) Leifheit

B: 15 March 1826 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
D: 22 June 1896 in Marshall, Iowa

Parents
Father: Frederick Johann Leifheit
Mother: Hattie Borchas

Siblings
1.

Spouse
George Heinrich Christian Nolta

Children
1. Ellen Nolta

 2. William Nolta

 3. Aaron H Nolta

 4. Henry Nolta

 5. Maria Nolta

 6. August Nolta

 7. Fred Nolta

 8. George Nolta

 9. Ernest Nolta

10. Wilhelmina Elenor Sophia Nolta

11. Hermann Nolta

George Heinrich Christian Nolta

B: 2 February 1818 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
D: 22 April 1905 in Marshall, Iowa

Parents
Father:
Mother:

Siblings
1.

Spouse
Wilhemina (Mina) Leifheit

Children
 1. Ellen Nolta

 2. William Nolta

 3. Aaron H Nolta

 4. Henry Nolta

 5. Maria Nolta

 6. August Nolta

 7. Fred Nolta

 8. George Nolta

 9. Ernest Nolta

10. Wilhelmina Elenor Sophia Nolta

11. Hermann Nolta

Here is the link for where I got the obituary:

https://statecenter.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=nolta&i=f&by=1909&bdd=1900&d=04291909-04291909&m=between&ord=k1&fn=enterprise_usa_iowa_state_center_19090429_english_8.0000&df=1&dt=1

Life History of Paul Wilmer Ficken

Life History of

Paul Wilmer Ficken

Written by:

Paul Wilmer Ficken

     I was born March 27, 1923 South West of Melbourne, Iowa.   ?? 6 foot  snow banks from a snow storm they had the day before.

     When I was three years old we moved 4 miles North East of State Center, Iowa and lived there until 1939 when we moved to a farm 4 miles North East of Melbourne and lived there until 1942.  Then moved to a farm my folks bought 2 1/2 South and 1 1/4 East of Melbourne.

     When I was a boy we would have to go to the hog pen every day to pick up corn cobs for my mother to burn in the cook stove.  We also cut wood by hand with a cross cut saw, to get the  wood we would drive a team of horses 1 mile to bear grove and cut a tree down then cut in short enough pieces to load on the bob sled box.  Sometimes it would be zero or below when we did this.  When I was in sixth grade I milked 8 cows each morning before going to school then at night also.

     Each night as long as I can remember we had to help pick corn by hand each fall.  In the summer for fun we would throw racks at bumble bee nests and see if we could out run them.  Sometimes we didn't.

     We would get to go to town maybe once every two weeks and if we got a nickel to spend.  We were lucky if they had free movies in town, but they didn't have sound with them.

     We kept our butter, milk, and cheese in a sack hanging on the end in the well to keep it cool.  Some people had ice blocks????

     We would have home made ice cream once or twice a year.

     The farthest I had been from home by the time I was 20 years old was to Des Moines and that was 45 miles away.

     When we went to Sunday School I had to wear knee pants with long stockings and alot of times made over brothers ?? until 7 years old.

     When I started to school for the first year, I rode 4 1/2 miles in either a horse drawn school bus or a bob sled, according to the weather.

     When I was 16 years old I started to drive our Model 6 Ford car.  One Sunday I went to church with my three sisters and we were coming home, we had to cross a railroad track in State Center, Iowa.  I started across the track and just then a train passed and caught the front bumper of the car, turned it sideways and came within inches of killing all four of us.  That was one of my first close calls with death in my lifetime.  There were many more as I went through life.

     I went into the Army and was in for 3 years. I came back and met Pearl and we were married Sept. 4, 1946 and we started up farming.  We lived a good married life for 43 years before she was taken from me with a car accident on Nov. 6, 1989.

     Now I have a good life with my friends, children, and grandchildren, I just love every one.

Visiting Cemetery

Before we left to come home from Iowa, we stopped at the cemetery.  We went with my mom and dad, cousins Ken and Jody, James, Jennifer, Jared, Emily, and our family.  While we were there we had the privilege to dedicate my grandpa Paul Ficken's grave.  My dad asked Ken to do the dedication prayer and it turned out really nice.  Then I had my kids sit by the gravestone to take a picture.  Matthew was being so cute and curious.  He kept going over by the gravestone to check it out.  I am glad we were able to make it back for the funeral.

Visiting the grave.

Sight Seeing in Melbourne, Iowa

While we were back in Iowa, we went looking around town a little like we usually do.  I love to take pictures of the town where my dad grew up.  It is so interesting to me to see the places he used to go as a child.

Top row of photos: a sign for one of the parks in town, city hall building, Melbourne town sign, one of the old gas stations in town.  Bottom row of photos: Melbourne Cemetery, water tower, old elementary school where my dad went to school.

Philippina Frank

B: 24 September 1831in
D: 21 May 1911 in Hill City, , Tennessee

Parents
Father:
Mother:

Siblings
1.) Johann Phillip Frank
2.) Elizabeth Doll Frank
3.) Jackob Frank
4.) Barbara Frank
5.) Johann Heinrich Frank
6.) Kathrina Frank

Spouse
Johann Heinrich Becker
M: 5 September 1851 in

Children
1.) Catherine (Kate) Becker
2.) Philippina Becker
3.) Henry Mark Becker
4.) Ludwig Becker
5.) Amelia Becker
6.) Phillip Becker
7.) Karl Becker
8.) Frank Becker