Irene Elnora Wahl

1918 - 2008  (89 years)

• Name	Irene Elnora Wahl
  Born	28 Oct 1918	Alpena, Jerauld County, South Dakota, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	30 May 2008	Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I86815	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	John Wahl,   b. 1 Apr 1891, Emery, Hanson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 10 Jan 1972, Alpena, Jerauld County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Amelia Sophie Dietrich,   b. 6 Jan 1894, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 23 Jul 1956, Beadle County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Married	18 Jan 1913	Redig, Harding County, South Dakota, USA
  Family ID	F38997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Walter Daniel Neuharth,   b. 19 Oct 1917, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 16 Jan 2009, Bixby Knolls Towers Rehab Center, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	18 Aug 1940
  Children	1. Loren Neuharth
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F38996	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Irene Wahl Neuharth, Long Beach California Ancestral villages: Kassel and Neudorf (Glückstal District), Rosenfeld and Worms (Beresan District) Irene Elnora (Wahl) Neuharth was born at Alpena, South Dakota, on a farm on October 28, 1918, to Amelia Sophie (Dietrich) Wahl and John Wahl. Mother, Amelia Sophie Dietrich, was born in Scotland, South Dakota on January 6, 1894. Father, John Wahl, was born in Emery, South Dakota on April 1, 1891. My paternal grandfather was Michael Wahl, born June 17, 1861, in Kassel, Ukraine, South Russia. Migrated in February 17, 1880, to Emery, South Dakota, and died March 21, 1944. My paternal Grandmother was Caroline Heckel, born August 16, 1859, in Neudorf, South Russia, and died March 21, 1944 in Alpena, South Dakota. My maternal grandfather was John Dietrich, born August 14, 1861, in Rosenfeld, South Russia. John Dietrich migrated to USA in 1872 and to Yankton County, South Dakota, on September 26, 1886. He died July 9, 1930. My maternal grandmother was Elizabeth Orth, born in Worms, South Russia, on August 30, 1867. She immigrated to Lesterville, South Dakota, August 1873. She died January 14, 1941, at Alpena, South Dakota. My great-great ancestors were born in Sinsheim, Eppingen and Baden, Germany, and migrated to various villages in the Ukraine, South Russia. I attended rural grade school through 8th grade, then attended Alpena High School, Alpena, South Dakota. In 1936, I attended nurses training at Anchor Hospital, Saint Paul, Minnesota. I married Water D. Neuharth on August 18, 1940, and lived in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Later I moved to Deadwood, South Dakota where Walter was assistant manager for Montgomery Ward. Walter spent three years in Europe in the US Air Force in World War II. We owned and operated Neuharth's mens wear clothing store in Wessington Springs. I helped organize a 20 bed hospital in Wessington Springs, South Dakota. We moved to Long Beach, California in 1953, where I worked for McDonnel-Douglas Corp. for 20 years as an industrial nurse, before retiring in 1981. Currently, Walter and I make jams and jelly to benefit the Shrine Children's Hospital and a Mexican orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico. We have enjoyed working on family genealogy for more than 25 years. We have traveled to 5 of the many countries of the world and the USA. One son, Loren, born May 17, 1943, and currently living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is manager of a television station. We have two grandchildren, Julie, born January 22, 1970, and John, born September 17, 1972.

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] 1920 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Irene E Wahl Home in 1920: Dale, Jerauld, South Dakota Age: 1 year 2 months Estimated Birth Year: abt 1918 Birthplace: South Dakota Relation to Head-of-house: Daughter Father's Name: John Father's Birth Place: South Dakota Mother's Name: Amalia S Mother's Birth Place: South Dakota Marital Status: Single Race: White Sex: Female Image: 601 [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Irene W. Neuharth SSN: 503-32-9961 Last Residence: 90807 Long Beach, Los Angeles, California Born: 28 Oct 1918 Died: 30 May 2008 State (Year) SSN issued: South Dakota (Before 1951)