Obituary

  Dedham - George Willenborg, 78, of Dedham died at 11:55 a.m. Monday, Oct. 6, at St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll. He had been in failing health for two years and for the last six months had resided at the Carroll Manor nursing home. Requiem mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Joseph Church, Dedham, by the Rev. Henry Meyer. Interment will be in the parish cemetery, with military rites by De-Witt-Loustanau Post No. 20, American Legion, of Dedham, of which Mr. Willenborg was a member. Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 7 p.m. Tuesday. The rosary will be recited Tuesday at 8 and 8:45 p.m. and on Wednesday at 3, 8 and 8:45 p.m.
  Mr. Willenborg was born at Dedham Sept. 24, 1891, a son of Henry and Wilhelmina Willenborg. He spent his early years in the Dedham and Templeton communities. On Aug. 13, 1918, he was inducted into the United States Army and served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France in World War I, receiving his discharge March 18, 1919.
  He was married April 9, 1923, to Catherine Kettman at Sacred Heart Church, Templeton, by the late Rt. Rev. Msgr. F. H. Huesman. They lived three miles west of Dedham until 1926, when they moved to a farm one mile west and one mile north of Dedham, remaining there until r e t i r i n g and moving to Dedham in 1953. Mr. Willenborg was a member of St. Joseph Church here. Surviving with his wife are four children, Mrs. Joe (Emma) Mayer, Carroll; George H., Guthrie Center; Wil1iam J., Dedham; and Mrs. Leon (Betty Ann) Wurzer, Coon Rapids; also 14 grandchildren; two brothers, Ben of Templeton and Leonard of Bayard; and a sister, Mrs. Wendelin Feilmeier, Carroll. Three sisters and three brothers preceded him in death.
(Carroll Daily Times Herald, Iowa, Tuesday, October 7, 1969, p. 2)

Willenborg-Kettman

  A very pretty wedding was solemnized Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock in the Sacred Heart church when Rev. Father Huessman joined for life in the holy bonds of matrimony Miss Catherine Kettman and Mr. George Willenborg. A nuptial high mass followed the ceremony.
  The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Anna Kettman, and the groom by his brother.
  The bride was charmingly gowned in a wedding dress of white crepe with lace trimming. Her bridal veil was a beautiful silk embroidered net in three-pointed effect and she carried a shower bouquet of white bride's roses. Her maid wore a pretty dress of peach georgette also trimmed with lace and wore a picture hat of white georgette over peach with ostrich trimming and carried a large bouquet of pink carnations.
  The wedding reception was held at the home of the bride, only near relatives being present.
Both bride and groom are among the highly respected young people of this vicinity.
  The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Kettmann and was born and reared on a farm. She is a woman of estimable character with the qualities essential to the making of a happy and comfortable home.
  The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Willenborg and is an energetic and thrifty farmer and well worthy of the bride of his, choice.
  The happy couple will go to housekeeping on a farm and have the best wishes of all for success and unalloyed happiness in their new state of life.
(The Carroll Times, Iowa, Thursday, April 12, 1923, p. 4)