Herman Ludwig Heinrich TREPTOW

                   REFERENCE: REIM, Herman A. 1954-1972; genealogical file.
TREPTOW, fammily group record.
FUNERAL SERVICE PROGRAM, Ithaca United Methodist Church, Ithaca, Nebraska, 4
Dec 1982.

Ernest John TREPTOW married Elsie Rood, a school teacher from Wahoo, Nebraska
on October 9, 1933.  The government during World War II purchased the land they
farmed in order to establish the Nebraska Defense Corporation, Mead Ordnance
Plant, where they made aerial bombs.  They then bought the Dech farm, located
on an Indian burial mound just outside Ithaca, and the site of the first white
settler in Ithaca.  Ernest and Elsie had no children, but they raised two
orphans, Wilma and Betty.  Along with farming, Ernest was also the postmaster
of Ithaca for 16 years, and collected stamps as a hobby.  He loved communicating
with people, and had many pen pals around the world.  He would write people
featured in articles in magazines such as the National Geographic, if he had
something interesting to discuss with them.  Ernest was driving his wife and
mother to Wahoo one Sunday afternoon when they were involved in an automobile
accident in which both women were seriously hurt.  Elsie died July 8, 1962 at
the age of 65.  Katie, his mother died three days later.  Herman died November
30, 1982 at the age of 86.  These notes by Kathryn Rae (HANKE) STEVENS, June 4,
2000.
                  

                   REFERENCE: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
TREPTOW, fammily group record.
FUNERAL SERVICE PROGRAM; Ithaca United Methodist Church, Ithaca, Nebraska, 12
Jan 1972.
SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX; SNN 339-09-5886, birth 18 Dec 1896, death Jul
1962, last residence Nebraska.

Herman August Treptow was not an enthusiastic farmer.  He worked well with his
brother Arthur, and made investments with him.  One such investment was the
purchase of a threashing machine, which they would hire out to their neighbors
at harvest time.  Herman followed Art to Chicago to work, then served in the
Navy Seabee during World War II.  After the war, Art helped Herman find work as
a building engineer in a large office building in Chicago.  Herman married
Violet Sullivan February 15, 1958; this marriage was not a happy one, and ended
in divorce.  Notes by Kathryn Rae (HANKE) STEVENS, June 4, 2000.
                  

                   REFERENCE: REIM, Heraman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
TREPTOW, family group record.
Social Security Death Index; SSN 339-03-1486, last residence 60645, Chicago,
Cook County, Illionis.

Arthur Reuben Treptow was restless living on the farm, and moved to
Chicago to better himself.  On march 21, 1936, he married Edna Scior; they had
two children, Arlene and Richard.  Art becamme a plumber/engineer for a large
high rise office building downtown Chicago.  Arlene married Gus Santoro, and
their sons are John and Wayne.  Richard married Kristi Anderson, and their
are Matthew and Becca.  Notes by Kathryn Rae (HANKE) STEVENS, June 4, 2000.
                  

                   REFERENCE: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
TREPTOW, family group record.
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT; 27 Feb 1927, Ithaca, Nebraska.
SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX; SSN 505-44-2317, born 27 Feb 1901, died Sep 1976,
last residence 68503 Lincoln, Nebraska.

Ben TREPTOW farmed in the Ithaca Community, then moved the family to Greely,
Colorado.  Later they returned to Lincoln, where Ben worked for the University
of Nebraska as a building engineer.  They raised two sons, Kenneth and Keith.
Kenneth married Retha Hanke, and their sons are Warren, Doug and Craig.  Keith
married Pat Gleason, and their children are Mike and Christine.  Notes by
Kathryn Rae (HANKE) STEVENS, June 4, 2000.
                  

                   REFERENCE: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
TREPTOW, family group record; show date of birth 11 Dec 1902, where prior
reference show 23 Dec 1902.
MONUMENT, Indian Mound Cemetery, Ithaca, Saunders County, Nebraska; marked
"SAMUEL G. TREPTOW, DEC. 11, 1902 - JULY 30, 1934".

Samuel Treptow was a troubled boy who the family did not know how to help.
Two years prior to his death, he sustained a fractured skull, from which he
never fully recovered.  The hardest thing his mother, Katie, had to do was to
instituionalize him at the Lincoln State Hospital.  Sam died July 30, 1934 at
the age of 31.  Epilepsy was listed as the cause of death.  Notes by Kathryn
Rae (HANKE) STEVENS, June 4, 2000.
                  

                   REFERENCE: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
TREPTOW, family group record.
MONUMENT, Indian Mound Cemetery, Ithaca, Saunders County, Nebraska; marked
"FREDA W. TREPTOW, 1ST LT US ARMY, WORLD WAR II, APR 30, 1904 MAR 12, 1988".
SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX; SSN 320-28-7186, last residence 60610 Chicago,
Cook County, Illinois.

Freda Treptow was the oldest daughter.  She took an active role in managing
the home and raising the youger children.  She trained as a professional nurse
at Lincoln General Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska.  During the 1930s
depression, Freda moved to Chicago and worked at the Cook County Hospital for
room and board.  Freda served 2-1/2 years in the U.S. Army in England as a
trauma center surgical nurse during World War II.  While there she sewed a
friend's wedding dress from a silk parachute.  Freda returned to Chicago,
earned a Master's Degree, taught nursing students, and evenetually became
director of nursing in a hospital.  Her last position before retiring to
Florida was Director of Nursing, Illinios Department of Registration and
Education, which required frequent traveling.  She recieved an outstanding
merit award from the Governor.  Notes by Kathryn Rae (HANKE) STEVENS, June 4,
2000.
                  

                   REFERENCE: REIM, Herman A., 1954-72; genealogical file.
TREPTOW, family group record.
SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX; SSN 360-05-0955, last residence 68033, Ithaca,
Saunders County, Nebraska

Werner TREPTOW was in the U.S. Army during World War II and was stationed in
Germany and Iran.  On April 23, 1945, he married Clara Hageman.  She had been
working as a home manager for a wealthy family in Lincoln, Nebraska.  Werner
farmed near Ithaca, and also owned the Ithaca Grain Elevator for a short time.
They raise two daughters, Joan and Janet.  Janet married Orville Friesen, and
their daughter is Shellie Renee.  Notes by Kathryn Rae (HANKE) STEVENS, June 4,
2000.
                  

                   REFERENCE: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
TREPTOW, family group record.
WAHOO HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENT; graduate 28 May 1929.
SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX; SSN 507-09-1680, last residence Ithaca, Saunders
County, Nebraska.

Ralph Treptow farmed near Ithaca, and also developed a hybrid seed corn
business.  They had a son Ronnie, who married Sherry, and their children are
Robert and Rhonda.  Ronnie is now married to Linda.  Notes by Kathryn Rae
(HANKE) STEVENS, June 4, 2000.
                  

                   REFERENCE: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
TREPTOW, fammily group record.
MONUMENT, Indian Mound Cemetery, Ithaca, Saunders County, Nebraska; marked
"RICHARD H. TREPTOW, JAN 14, 1912 - JULY 2, 1931".

Richard TREPTOW died in a farming accident while harvesting wheat with a team
of horses at the age of nineteen, on July 2, 1931.  He was attending college in
Illionis at the time, and home on summer vacation.  Notes by Kathryn Rae
(HANKE) STEVENS, June 4, 2000.
                  

                   REFERENCE: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
TREPTOW, family group record.
SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX; SSN 562-26-5903.

OBITUARY AND FUNERAL SERVICES PROGRAM; Alma Luthern Church, Mead,
Nebraska, 6 July 1999.  Confirmed 11 May 1930, Evangelical Church,
member of the Alma Church on 19 December 1948.  Attended District #50 for 10
years, and graduated from Mead High School in 1934.  After school, he farmed
with his father.  During World War II, he worked in a California aviation plant
for 2 years.  Upon the death of his father, he returned to Ithaca to resume
farming the Treptow home place, and continued untill his death.  Katie Treptow
was able to live in her home until her death, with Gerald and Doris near by to
see to any of her needs.  Gerald and Doris built a new home on the site of the
original home in which all of Herman and Katie Treptow's children were born, and
farmed the Treptow land that had been in the family for over 100 years.  He also
sold insurance for many years.  He enjoyed working with the youth as a Boy Scout
leader.  He was also on the Wahoo Precinct Road Board for 12 years.  Despite
physical challenges in his latter years, he enjoyed visiting with his many
friends and participating in activities at the Wahoo Senior Center.