Blocked

                   REFERENCES: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
HENNIG, Erwin K., 17 Sep 1996; genealogical file on HENNIG and LANGE families.
MARRIAGE RECORD, Burt County Clerk, Tekamah, Nebraska; Book 6, page 617 (No.
3104).
BURT COUNTY CLERK, Tekamah Cemetery Records, 1 Oct 1996; buried Block 13, Lot
10.

Born 7 Sep 1899, at Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska to Scott H. ELLIOTT and Mary
Florence (SNYDER) ELLIOTT.  Willma lived with her parents and four sisters in
the Tekamah and Decatur area, graduating in 1918 as valedictorian at the
Decatur High School.

Willma married Frederick (Fred) Morris HENNIG 21 Aug 1918.  They lived on the
F.M. HENNIG homestead farm just west of the Riverside School District No. 6, 10
miles north of Tekamah, where two children were born, Robert Morris 5 Jul 1919,
and Erwin Kenneth 21 Nov 1921.  They lived there until 1926 when they moved to
Fred father's, Oscar Maurice HENNIG, farm 1/2 mile further west.  In 1948, they
moved to a farm they owned, located 1/3 mile north of the Riverside School on
U.S. Highway 73.  Fred died 19 Jan 1965, and Willma continued to live there
until 1967, when she moved to a new home in Tekamah.  She lived there until her
death on 29 Mar 1974.

She was a member of the Riverside Baptist Church and served in various offices
in the Women's Society and as church Secretary for 25 years.  Data provided by
her son Erwin K. HENNIG, 24 Dec 1998.