Surnames: STEFFEN HAHN SCHUH WITTLINGER DUMLER BOETTCHER FURMAN

----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark County, Wis.) 08/17/1983

Steffen, Lena (1896 - 1983)

Services were held for Mrs. Emil (Lena) Steffen, 87, of Colby, at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 1983, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Riplinger. The Rev. R.A. Rakow officiated. She died Saturday morning, Aug. 13, 1983, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.

Lena Hahn was born on Feb. 3, 1896, in Green County and received her education there. She was married to Emil Steffen on Nov. 7, 1914, at Monroe. After their marriage, they farmed for many years near Loyal, Clark County in the Town of Beaver. For the past several years she had been residing at the home of a grandson at Route 2, Colby.

She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Henry (Helen) Schuh of Curtiss, Mrs. Irene Wittlinger of Rice Lake, Mrs. Jack (Rose) Dumler of Riplinger, Mrs. Walter (Caroline) Boettcher of Athens and Mrs. Orlo (Iris) Furman of Loyal and one son, Harry Steffen of Germantown, N.Y. She is also survived by 18 grandchildren 16 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, two daughters, one son and two grandchildren.

Pallbearers were all grandsons.