Hans Heinrich (Henry H.) WESTPHALEN

                   Plot 8H
Gravestone:
Martha C. Westphalen
9 Jan 1893 - 2 Aug 1953


Tauf-Schein
Martha Christine geb. den 9ten Januar 1893 in Ridgeley, Nebr., Tochter von Heinrich Westphalen und seiner Ehefrau Elise geb. Roemer ist am 12ten März 1893 in der Ev. Luth. St. John. Gemeinde zu Ridgeley, Dodge Co, Nebr. in Namen des Dreieinigen Gottes getauft worden. Taufpathen waren: Frau Christine Westphalen, sen.; Fritz Marquardt. Ludwig Frank, Ev. Luth. Pastor, Ridgeley, Nebr.

[Baptism Certificate: Martha Christine, born the 9th of January 1893 in Ridgeley, NE, daughter of Heinrich Westphalen and his wife Elise geb. Roemer was baptized the 12th of March 1893 in the Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Church of Ridgeley, Dodge Co, NE, in the name of the Triune God. Baptismal sponsors were:  Mrs. Christine Westphalen, senior; Fritz Marquardt. Ludwig Frank, Evangelical Lutheran Pastor, Ridgeley, NE.]

The certificate is in the possession of Barry Hempstead, grandson of Heinrich and Elise Roemer Westphalen.
                  

                   Sylvia Egelston Schroeder remembers her family going to Nebraska and the Black Hills in 1949. In Scribner, NE, they visited "Uncle Adolph," who lived with a maiden sister. This was undoubtedly Adolph Theodore and his sister Meta Westphalen who never married and lived together on the Westphalen family farm.


Adolph T. Westphalen
Born April 8, 1896
Departed this life March 5, 1959

Services from the Ridgeley Lutheran Church
Clergyman: Rev. Harlan Brei

Pallbearers: B. Havekost, H. Roemer, G. Lamberty, J. J. Lamberty, H. Porter, O. Koester

Laid to rest Ridgeley Lutheran Cemetery
March 9, 1959
Arrangements by the Spear Funeral Home


Plot 8F
Gravestone:
Adolph T. Westphalen
8 Apr 1896 - 5 Mar 1959


St. John's Lutheran Church, Ridgeley, Dodge Co, NE
Taufen 1896
Pathen: Adolph Kurth, Louise Roemer, George Theodor Meister
                  

                   An old bachelor, Charles Henry lived with his sister Meta in the family home throughout his life. At time he took an angus calf to the basement of the house to bottle feed. Unfortunately, he kept the calf in the basement too long, until, having grow into a yearling, the calf was too big to get up the basement stairs. Consider also the aroma of a calf living in the basement for over a year The dilemma was resolved when Charles Henry butchered the young steer in the basement.


Plot 8G
Gravestone:
Charles H. Westphalen
8 Nov 1899 - 1 June 1974
                  

                   Meta D. Westphalen

Funeral services for Meta D. Westphalen, 91, of 450 W. 10th St., Fremont,, will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at Moser Memorial Chapel in Fremont.

Ms. Westphalen died Thursday, Feb. 20, 1992, at Hooper Care Center.

She was born Jan. 28, 1901, near Scribneer and attended school at Ridgeley.

Ms. Westphalen lived on a farm near Ridgeley until 1986 when she moved to Fremont. She recently moved to the Hooper Care Center.

She waas a member of St. John Lutheran Church at Ridgeley.

Survivors include a brother-in-law, George Hempstead of Fremont; two nephews, Barry Hempsteead and Dewey Stiver of Fremont; and one niece, Ramona Stiver of Omaha.

Ms. Westphalen was precedeed in death by her parents, Henry and Leisa (Roemer) Westphalen, two brothers and two sisters.

The Rev. Dana Markk of St. Timothy Lutheran Church will officiate at Monday's services.

Burial is at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery at Ridgeley.


Fremont Funeral for Meta Westphalen, 91

Meta D. Westphalen, 92, of Fremont died Thursday, Feb. 20, 1992 at the Hooper Care Center in Hooper.

She was born Jan. 28, 1901 southwest of Scribner, Nebr. to Henry and Leisa (Roemer) Westphalen. She attended school at Ridgeley near Scribner and lived on a farm near Ridgeley until 1986 when she moved to Fremont. She was a homemaker. She moved to the Hooper Care Center last week. She was a member of St. John's Ridgeley Lutheran Church near Scribner.

She is survived by a brother-in-law, George Hempstead of Fremont; nephews, Barry Hempstead and Dewey Stiver of Fremont; and niece, Ramona Stiver of Omaha.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Charles and Adolph Westphalen; sisters, Martha Westphalen and Nora Hempstead.

Services were held Monday, Feb. 24, 1992 at 1:30 -.m. at Moser Memorial Chapel, Fremont. The Rev. Dana Mark of St. Timothy Lutheran Church officiated. Burial was in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery at Ridgeley with arrangements by Moser Memorial Chapel, Fremont.

She is buried in Westplalen plot 8E. There is no gravestone, only a flush metal marker which may be covered by grass.


St. John's Lutheran Church, Ridgeley, Dodge Co, NE:
Taufen 1901
Pathen: Matthes Lamberty, Mary Thomsen, Dora Dearinger
                  

                   Obituary
Nora Hempstead

Services for Nora Hempstead, 67, of 450 W. 10th St., will be 2 p.m. Monday at Salem Lutheran Church. The Rev. J. W. Berry will officiate.

Mrs. Hempstead died Thursday morning in the Fremont hospital.

She was born April 13, 1911, in Scribner. She had lived in Fremont since 1953. She had formerly lived in Hooper and Scribner.

She married George Hempstead Dec. 24, 1952, in Tekamah. He survives.

Other survivors include husband, George; sons, Dewey Stiver of Ames and Barry Hempstead of Fremont; daughter, Ramona Stiver of Omaha; sister, Meta Westphalen of Scribner; and five grandchildren.

Burial will be in Memorial Cemetery.


St. John's Lutheran Church, Ridgeley, Dodge Co, NE:
Taufen 1906
Pathen: Carl Westphalen, Mrs. Anna Westphalen, Mrs. Lizzie Schomshor