Matilda Crim (dates: 5 Apr 1901 - 20 Oct 1969)
Daughter of Arthur J. Crim (No 06) and Frances "Fannie" Oeschger (No.  07) on Family Chart
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MRS. EDWARD OFFERMANN -- MONTICELLO - Funeral services for Mrs. Edward (Matildal) Offermann, 68, will be held today (Thursday) at 10:30 o'clock at Sacred Heart Catholic church. The Rev. Joseph Kirk will officiate. Interment will be in Sacred Heart cemetery.
A Rosary was recited Wednesday evening at Devaney funeral home. Mrs. Offermann died Oct. 20 at John McDonald hospital following a brief illness. She was born April 5, 1901, in Monticello the daughter of Arthur and Fannie Oeschger Grim. She attended Monticello high school and taught in rural schools. She married Edward Offermann Jan. 19, 1922, in Monticello. The couple farmed in the Delhi, Earlville and Buck Creek areas before retiring. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sept. 23, 1962, and two brothers. Survivors include seven children: Orville of Coggon, Robert of Monticello, Virgil of Marion, Andrew and Lyle of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Victor (Helen) Wilson of Delhi and Mr Joe (Vornamae) Thole of Arlington.

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This obituary mentions that she was predeceased by "two" brothers - however, she was acutally predeceased by three brothers: Silas (1969), Leland (1968), and Ralph (1965). Since Ralph was not mentioned in either Silas's or Leland's obituary perhaps Ralph is being omitted in Matilda's obituary as well. Whether this is by omission or design is left to question. Ralph however, was no longer a member of the Catholic Church and was buried in the Oakwood cemetery with services conducted from the Peace United Church of Christ. He was the first of Fannie and Arthur's children to die.

~MONTICELLO (IOWA) EXPRESS, OCTOBER 23,1969 A-15