LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Friday, July 26, 1912, Page 1, Col. 4.

WAS A NONOGENARIAN - Mrs. Elizabeth Diediker Dies At Advanced Age

Mrs. Elizabeth Diediker passed away at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Sarah Schweppe, on Wednesday, July 24, at the advanced age of
91 years, after a brief illness. The funeral will be held on Saturday
morning at 8:30 from the Schweppe residence on Fifth street. Mrs. Diediker
was one of the pioneer residents of Plymouth county, coming here in the
early seventies with her husband, who preceded her in death more than twenty
years ago. She was a native of Switzerland, where she was born in the year
1821. She and her husband emigrated to America and settled near Madison,
Wis., where they lived some years before coming to Plymouth county. For the
past few years she had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. H. Schweppe,
and part of the time with her son, Sam Diediker, who lives near Crathorne.
Two other sons and daughters survive her. They are John Diediker, of Paola,
Kan.; Geo. Diediker, of Leeds; Mrs. Kate Hermann and Mrs. Mary Pfaff of
Sioux City. The remains will be taken to Lincoln township and interred
beside those of her husband. Mrs. Diediker was well known among the early
settlers of the county and was highly esteemed by many neighbors and
friends.