REKAU, Anna Marie - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Mrs. Anna Marie Rekau, 69, of 3630 Chicago road, Steger, died Saturday at St. James hospital. Final rites are set for 1:30 p.m. today at the Spindler-Koeling chapel. The Rev. Carl Schneider, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran church, Steger, will officiate, and burial will be at Evergreen Hill cemetery. Mrs. Rekau was born September 17, 1884, at Crete. Surviving are her husband, Julius; five daughters, Mrs. Mildred Savage and Mrs. Ruth Ross of Warren, Ohio, Mrs. Adeline DeLohey and Mrs. Clara Phipps of Steger and Mrs. Marie Riley of Veedersburg, Ind.; three sons, Henry and Julius of Steger and Robert of Chicago Heights; one sister, Mrs. Amanda Scheldt, of Chicago Heights; one brother, Walter Niemeyer of Homewood; 24 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two daughters, Mrs. Lillian Lang and Mrs. Geralda Anderson.   --kbz