1926
Ingeborg
2016
Ingeborg Dorothea Thiel
August 1, 1926 — December 12, 2016
Ingeborg D. Thiel
Ingeborg Dorothea Anna (Barkhausen) Thiel, 90, passed away peacefully on December 12, 2016, in Fergus Falls. Inge was born August 1, 1926, in Bremerhaven, Germany, to Wilhelm and Martha (Bodmann) Barkhausen.
Inge grew up in difficult times in WWII Germany. She met her future husband, Robert E. Thiell in 1946. Robert was in the U.S. Army post war occupation forces based in Bremerhaven, Germany.
She immigrated to the United States in September, 1948, and married Robert Thiel on December 4, 1948, in the Lawrence Presbyterian Church, Wendell, Minnesota.
Inge proudly became a U.S. citizen in 1956, and lived and worked with her husband, Robert, on their farm near Wendell, Minnesota. She was known for her love of reading, classical music and opera, gardening and her hobby of knitting and crocheting for others.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert in 1986; and two brothers, Horst and Claus Barkhausen of Bremerhaven, Germany.
She is survived by two sons, Edwin and Darius (Terri) Thiel; two daughters, Nadine Thiel and Linda Thiel; two grandchildren, Goldy Thiel (Magan) and Calli Thiel; eight great-grandchildren, Ryce, Araea, Bailey, Isabella, Austin, Parker, Benji, and Brock. A sister, Ursela Nitsch and a brother, Heino Barkhausen, reside in Germany.
A memorial service will be at the Lawrence Presbyterian Church in Grant County at 11:00 AM, Saturday, December 17, 2016.
Ingeborg Dorothea Anna (Barkhausen) Thiel, 90, passed away peacefully on December 12, 2016, in Fergus Falls. Inge was born August 1, 1926, in Bremerhaven, Germany, to Wilhelm and Martha (Bodmann) Barkhausen.
Inge grew up in difficult times in WWII Germany. She met her future husband, Robert E. Thiell in 1946. Robert was in the U.S. Army post war occupation forces based in Bremerhaven, Germany.
She immigrated to the United States in September, 1948, and married Robert Thiel on December 4, 1948, in the Lawrence Presbyterian Church, Wendell, Minnesota.
Inge proudly became a U.S. citizen in 1956, and lived and worked with her husband, Robert, on their farm near Wendell, Minnesota. She was known for her love of reading, classical music and opera, gardening and her hobby of knitting and crocheting for others.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert in 1986; and two brothers, Horst and Claus Barkhausen of Bremerhaven, Germany.
She is survived by two sons, Edwin and Darius (Terri) Thiel; two daughters, Nadine Thiel and Linda Thiel; two grandchildren, Goldy Thiel (Magan) and Calli Thiel; eight great-grandchildren, Ryce, Araea, Bailey, Isabella, Austin, Parker, Benji, and Brock. A sister, Ursela Nitsch and a brother, Heino Barkhausen, reside in Germany.
A memorial service will be at the Lawrence Presbyterian Church in Grant County at 11:00 AM, Saturday, December 17, 2016.
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