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  1. Fürstenau church records, microfilm.
  2. Ibid., E-mail from Diane Sprehe, 5 March 2003. Baptismal record of Johann "Friedrich" Spree.
  3. Sprehe Family Records. Virtually all information on the SPREHE family has been checked, verified, or given by Velma or other members of the family from the official records of the SPREHE and JANSSEN families. These records are well researched.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Scott, Gloria Landwer, Hard copy on file:. E-mail dated 22 Nov 2003.
  6. Obituary.
  7. Ibid., The (Paxton) Record, January 17, 1929.
  8. Plot Map, St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Buckley, Illinois.
  9. Buckley Chronicle, The. Prints taken from microfilm. 4 Oct 1895.
  10. Sprehe Family Records. Full name given in obituary obtained from Velma Janssen Sprehe.
  11. Barlow, Loretta Krumwiede, et. al., Krumwiede Family Records. 10416 Clay Spring Pl., Fort Wayne, IN 46818.
  12. Buckley Chronicle, The, op.cit.
  13. Obituary. See general notes for very complete description of the nature and place of her death. Copy available from the Iroquois County Genealogical Society, Watseka, Illinois.
  14. Marriage Records, St. John's Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 6, Buckley, Illinois 60918, 1902.
  15. Gocken, Cheryl Wixon, Iroquois Co. Birth Records to 1916, I-L (Iroquois County Genealogical Society, 103 West Cherry Street, Watseka, Illinois, 1997).
  16. Buckley Chronicle, The, op.cit. 18 Dec 1895.
  17. Ekhoff, Hilda Krumwiede, Phone conversation 15 Aug 2005.
  18. Death Records, St. John's Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 6, Buckley, Illinois 60918.
  19. Ford-Baier Funeral Home, Buckley, Illinois, Memorial Funeral Folder.
  20. Iroquois Co. Birth Records to 1916, I-L op. cit. p. 41.
  21. Obituary. Copy available from the Iroquois County Genealogical Society, Watseka, Illinois.
  22. Barlow, Loretta Krumwiede, Attended funeral and burial.
  23. Krumwiede and Sprehe Family Records.
  24. Gocken, Cheryl Wixon, Iroquois County Birth Records to 1916, Q-S (Iroquois County Genealogical Society, 103 West Cherry Street, Watseka, Illinois, 1999), p. 72.
  25. Miller, Esther Sprehe.
  26. Marriage Records, St. John's Lutheran Church, Buckley, Illinois, 1911.
  27. Buckley Chronicle, The, op.cit. 13 Sep 1895.
  28. Memorial Stone.
  29. Kaufmann, Edna Waldschmidt, August 1, 1998, just 7 days before her death.
  30. Tombstone.
  31. Marriage Records, St. John's Lutheran Church, Buckley, Illinois, 1913.
  32. Obituary, Iroquois County Times, July 7, 1969. Copy available at the Iroquois County Genealogical Society, Watseka, Illinois.
  33. Marriage Records, St. John's Lutheran Church, Buckley, Illinois, 1915.
  34. Ibid., 1917.
  35. Sprehe, Thomas.
  36. Riley, James Fredrich, et. al., Luhrsen Family Records.
  37. Sprehe, Thomas, E-mail dated 25 Oct 1997.
  38. Certificate of Marriage. Shiawassee County Michigan. License No. 01879 for 1935. Certified Certificate of Marriage included.
  39. Document file SPREHE-1, p. 7.
  40. Minix, Victoria Sprehe.
  41. Knopf, Linda Rahdert, E-mail dated 3 Jun 2002.
  42. Londrigan, Velma Sprehe.
  43. Document file S-1. p. 1. Notations to descendancy chart obtained at Luhrsen Family Reunion. July 2000.
  44. Riley, Laurie Kreger.
  45. Sturm, Verda Irene Teske.
  46. Iroquois Co. Birth Records to 1916, I-L op. cit. p. 40.
  47. Barlow, Loretta Krumwiede, Present at funeral and burial.
  48. Gocken, Cheryl Wixon, Iroquois County Birth Records to 1916 T-Z (Iroquois County Genealogical Society, 103 West Cherry Street, Watseka, Illinois, 1999), p. 31.
  49. Barlow, Loretta Krumwiede, Personal Observation at wife's funeral.
  50. Social Security Death Index.
  51. Obituary, The Kankakee Journal, June 26, 1991. Copy available at the Iroquois County Genealogical Society, Watseka, Illinois.
  52. Ibid., Iroquois Co. Daily Times, June 20, 1973.
  53. Seggebruch, Madalyn Bauer.
  54. Iroquois County Birth Records to 1916, Q-S, op. cit. p. 48.
  55. Obituary, 9 Jun 1984, publication unknown. Copy available from the Iroquois County Genealogical Society, Watseka, Illinois.
  56. Person Him/Herself.
  57. Bulletins and Newsletters of churches, Personal file Bulletins, Set 10. St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
  58. Barlow, Loretta Krumwiede. Persons at the bedside at death: George Krumwiede, Loretta Krumwiede Barlow, Barbara Krumwiede Nord, James and Linda (Bultemeyer) Krumwiede, DorThea Barlow, Peter Barlow, Jonathon Jacob, Valarie Jacob Messerschmidt, Steve Messerschmidt.
  59. Bulletins and Newsletters of churches, Personal file Bulletins, Set 2. Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana 15 Dec 1999.
  60. Obituary, Personal file Theesfeld-1, p. 2. The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana 13 Dec 1999.
  61. Bulletins and Newsletters of churches. Set 2. Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, 1636 St. Mary's, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Funeral Service Folder.
  62. Gocken, Cheryl Wixon, Iroquois Co. Birth Records to 1916, E-H (Iroquois County Genealogical Society, 103 West Cherry Street, Watseka, Illinois, 1997), p. 11.
  63. Obituary, Kankakee Journal, August 29, 1994.
  64. Ibid., Kankakee Daily Journal, 30 Jun 2004.
  65. Iroquois County Birth Records to 1916 T-Z , op. cit, p. 36.
  66. Obituary, Personal file W-1, p.m 16.
  67. Kankakee Daily-Journal Online at http://www.daily-journal.com, 3 Jan 2003.
  68. Pantagraph, The (Bloomington, Illinois), 4 Jan 2003.
  69. Commemeratives, Personal file E-1, p. 3. Commemorative folder for 60th Wedding Anniversary celebration, which took place 9 Apr 2000.
  70. Gerdes, Deloris Hilda Ekhoff.
  71. Lone Tree Leader, The, Onarga, Illinois, 18 Feb 2005, p. 2.
  72. Obituary, Kankakee Daily Journal, 23 Feb 2004. The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 23 Feb 2004.
  73. Iroquois County Birth Records to 1916, Q-S, op. cit. p. 73.
  74. Kankakee Daily-Journal Online, op. cit. Feb. 27, 1997.
  75. Hargrave, David, Personal file H-1, p. 5. e-mail from David Hargrave.
  76. Sprehe, Velma Janssen.
  77. Document file SPREHE-1, p. 5.
  78. Sprehe, Raymond, in a phone conversation on 28 Dec. 1999.
  79. Iroquois County Birth Records to 1916 T-Z , op. cit, p. 28.
  80. Pantagraph, The.
  81. Kankakee Daily-Journal Online, op. cit. 10 August 1998.
  82. Iroquois Co. Birth Records to 1916, I-L op. cit. p. 21.
  83. Krumwiede, Ruth Hull.
  84. Iroquois Co. Birth Records to 1916, E-H, op. cit. p. 118.
  85. Paxton Record, The. (Often used interchangeably with Record/Times, the weekly edition), vol 131 no 35 August 28, 1996.
  86. Kankakee Daily-Journal Online, op. cit. 27 Aug 2001.
  87. Ibid., October 25, 1998.
  88. Ibid., 12 Feb 2002.
  89. Document file P-1, p. 2.
  90. Riley, James Fredrick, E-mail dated 20 July 2003.
  91. Kankakee Daily-Journal Online, op. cit. Summary read 18 Jan 2000.
  92. Pantagraph, The, 13 Jan 2000.
  93. Document file SPREHE-1, p. 4.
  94. Ibid., p. 1. Communication from Vicki Sprehe Minix, 1 Oct 1999.
  95. Barlow, Loretta Krumwiede, Personal observation at grandmother's funeral.
  96. Yergler, Kenneth Wayne.
  97. Obituary, Personal file X-Z 1, p. 7.
  98. Ibid., Iroquois County Daily Times, Dec. 31, 1975.
  99. Kankakee Daily-Journal Online, op. cit. October 30, 1998.
  100. Heimlich, Verna Krumwiede.
  101. Barlow, Loretta Krumwiede.
  102. Ibid., Present at Burial.
  103. Journal Gazette, The, 31 May 1980.
  104. Hargrave, David.
  105. Kruse, David Herman.
  106. Hull, Selma Sprehe.
  107. Calzone, Tiffany Scheiwe, Hard copy on file: Sprehe 1, p. 19. Notations to Website received by mail 13 Feb 2004, correcting errors in material provided by Selma Sprehe Hull.
  108. Ibid., Hard copy on file: Sprehe 1, p. 19. Notations to Website received by mail 13 Feb 2004, correcting errors in material provided by Selma Sprehe Hull.
  109. Sprehe, Roxanne Fuller, E-mail dated 13 July 2005.
  110. Memorial Folder.
  111. Document file Q-R 1, p. 14.
  112. Jacob, Jonathon A.K. Was at the hospital when she died.