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Alfred heiratete Lacina, Blanche Mary am 18 Aug 1926. Blanche wurde geboren am 22 Dez 1905; gestorben am 29 Jul 2007 in ,,, USA; wurde beigesetzt am 2 Aug 2007 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

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Blanche Klein, 101 formerly of the Hills area died Sunday, July 29, 2007, at Bickford Cottage in Iowa City.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 2, 2007, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hills with the Reverend Louis Leonhardt officiating. Burial will be at St. Stanislaus Cemetery near Hills. Visitation will be from 3 to 7pm Wednesday at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City, and after 9am until services on Thursday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in her memory to any of the following, St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Bickford Cottage, or Amenity Hospice. Online condolences may be sent for her family through the web @ www.gayandciha.com.
The former Blanche Mary Lacina was born on December 22, 1905, to Frank and Mary (Kearney) Lacina. She graduated from St. Patrick's High School and the Irish Business College in Iowa City, and was employed at the University of Iowa Hospital until she married Alfred J. Klein on August 18, 1926.
Blanche was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hills and was active in the Altar & Rosary Society, the Catholic Daughters of America, and the NAIM club. She was also a long-time member of the Rural Women's club. After retiring from full-time farming, Blanche became bookkeeper and ran the office of the Sharon Mutual Insurance Association (from her kitchen) while her husband Alf was a Director and Secretary of that company. They retired when the company celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1966.
Her family includes three sons, Joseph Klein of Perrysburg, OH, Paul Klein and wife, Eileen of Monterey, CA, and Edmund Klein and wife, Beverly of Fallbrook, CA; 7 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; and 2 great great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred "Alf", and one son, Robert.
The family would like to acknowledge the friendship and assistance provided to Blanche in her later years by relatives and friends and by her care-givers at Bickford Cottage and through Amenity Hospice.

Aloysius heiratete Link, Philomena in 1899. Philomena (Tochter von Link, William und Breitbach, Maria Josephine) wurde geboren am 22 Nov 1877 in ,, Iowa, USA; gestorben am 2 Aug 1957 in ,,, USA; wurde beigesetzt in Balltown, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

William heiratete Breitbach, Maria Josephine in 1877. Maria (Tochter von Breitbach, Jacob und Sigwarth, Philomena) wurde geboren am 5 Feb 1858 in Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA; gestorben am 3 Mai 1946 in Balltown, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA; wurde beigesetzt in Balltown, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

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Jacob Breitbach, one of the oldest and best know residents of Dubuque county, died last Thursday evening [3 Dec 1908] at 8 o'clock at the family residence at Balltown, aged 84 years, death resulting from a stroke of apoplexy, with which he was stricken two weeks ago.
Mr. Breitbach was born in May 1824 at Chluehserrath [Klüsserath], Rheine province of Germany, near Trier. In 1846 he came to America, settling at Pittsburgh, Pa, where he engaged in the mercantile business. In 1851 he was united in marriage to Philomena Siegworth, who passed away in February, 1896. In the spring 1855 he moved to Iowa and settled on a farm near Balltown, where he remained until 1873, when he moved to Sherrill Mound and engaged In the mercantile business, three years conducting what is now known as the Kiefer place. In 1876 he moved to Lattnerville, where he engaged in the same business, during which time he was appointed postmaster at that place, a position he held for several years. He also served as justice of the peace of Center township.
In 1902 his eyesight became impaired and later was stricken with total blindness, which necessitated discontinuation of active work, at which time he transferred his business to he son, Joseph, and retired to the homestead at Balltown, where he passed his declining days with his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Link [Maria Josephine]. Mr. Breitbach was a lifelong member of the Catholic church, and his life was lived in accordance with its teachings. Honest and upright during his long and useful life, he passed to his reward with the consciousness of having fought the good fight.
Thirteen children survive him. They are: Jacob and Louis of Cascade; Frank, of Wapello, Ia; Peter, or Balltown, Ia; John of Peosta, Ia; Joseph C, of Lattnerville; Mrs. Louisa Utzig, Dubuque; Mrs. Wm. Link, Balltown; Mrs. Paul Lattner [Philomena A], Lattnerville; Mrs. R. A. Vanzile [Mary Anne], Epworth; Mrs. Paul Smith [Schmitt] [Catherine], Epworth; Mrs. H. N. May [Barbara P], Masonville; Mrs. Peter Wolfe [Caroline], Bankston. He is also survived by ninety-three grandchildren and twenty-five great grandchildren, nearly all of whom reside in this county.
The funeral was held Sunday morning [6 Dec 1908] to St. Francis' church at Balltown. Rev. J . J. Breitbach, a member of St. Joseph [Loras] college faulty, Dubuque, and a grandson of the deceased conducted the service.

Jacob heiratete Sigwarth, Philomena geschätzt 1851. Philomena wurde geboren am 17 Mai 1832 in ,,, Deutschland; gestorben am 14 Feb 1896 in Lattnerville, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA; wurde beigesetzt in Balltown, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]