{"id":4427,"date":"2024-12-13T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=4427"},"modified":"2026-01-22T20:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:02:52","slug":"happy-birthday-cecilia-fedler-menke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=4427","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday Cecilia Fedler Menke!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cecilia Fedler was born on December 13, 1919 in West Point, Iowa. She is connected on the Wellman side of the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cecilia Fedler was born on December 13 to Theodore and Theresa Pieper Fedler in West Point, Iowa. She was the fourth child born to the family, but only the second to survive. I wrote about her brother Joseph in this <a href=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=4278\">post<\/a>. The family were farmers near West point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On January 2, 1941, Cecilia Fedler married Lawrence Menke. They farmed in Marion Township in Lee County. They had ten children altogether. Cecilia helped on the family farm and was active in church and the community. She was a founding member of St James Quilters. Of course, that endears me, and I would love to see some of her work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/headstone.png?resize=629%2C472&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/headstone.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/headstone.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cecilia Fedler Menke died on January 12, 2011. She is buried in St James Cemetery in St Paul, Iowa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cecilia Fedler was born on December 13, 1919 in West Point, Iowa. 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