REV. ZILLA GAWEHNThe Rev. Mrs. Zilla Gawehn, 90, died at 7 p.m. yesterday in her home, 513 East Suttenfield St., where she had been ill a week with pneumonia.
She was born in East Prussia, Germany, and came here in 1890. She was a member of the First Spiritualist Church.
Surviving are two sons, George and Erich J. Gawehn, Fort Wayne; and two daughters, the Misses Betty and Luella Gawehn, also Fort Wayne.
The body was taken to the C. M. Sloan & Sons Funeral Home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. today.
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Zilla was Lydia (Richter) Elsner's sister. Zilla was born Oct. 26, 1863 in Germany and married August F. Gawehn in about 1885. She immigrated to America in 1890 along with her husband and two children, George and Elizabeth. They settled in Fort Wayne, Indiana and they had two more children, Luella and Erich.
Zilla's husband August died October 20, 1929. Her sister Lydia died April 7, 1936 leaving behind her husband of more than 50 years, Albert Elsner.
Zilla married Albert Elsner on Dec. 28, 1936 just 8 months after her sister died. Zilla and Albert were married for 11 years before he passed away on July 5, 1947.
The only new information that this obituary provides is that Zilla was a Reverend. I was hoping there would be a mention of other Richter family members that were either surviving or had passed before her. Oh well, I'll just have to keep looking!
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