DEVANTIER, Minnie
1889 - 1996 (106 years)-
Name DEVANTIER, Minnie Birth 18 Jul 1889 Effingham County, IL 
Gender Female Death 5 Jun 1996 Effingham County, IL Person ID I52195 Laur from Germany Last Modified 1 Oct 2016
Father DEVANTIER, Gustavus, b. 12 Mar 1863, Buffalo, Erie County, NY d. 7 Sep 1942, Fayette County, IL (Age 79 years) Mother SCHMEIDBERG, Auguste, b. 13 Sep 1867, Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany d. 13 Feb 1901, Altamont, Effingham County, IL (Age 33 years) Marriage 29 Aug 1886 Effingham County, IL Family ID F18643 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SOLTWEDEL, Louis, b. 1878, Effingham County, IL d. 1949 (Age 71 years) Marriage 14 Jun 1908 Effingham County, IL Children 1. SOLTWEDEL, Dorothy, b. 23 Jul 1909, IL d. Yes, date unknown2. SOLTWEDEL, Orville Louis, b. 2 Nov 1911, Effingham County, IL d. 25 Sep 1996, Altamont, Effingham County, IL (Age 84 years)3. SOLTWEDEL, Laura E, b. 20 Jan 1914, IL d. 24 Oct 2004, Effingham County, IL (Age 90 years)4. SOLTWEDEL, Mamie, b. 25 Nov 1916, IL d. 12 Jun 2000, Effingham County, IL (Age 83 years)Family ID F18648 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Feb 2025
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Notes - Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - June 7, 1996
Minnie Soltwedel, 106, of Effingham died 10:10 P.M. Wednesday (June 5, 1996) in Lakeland Health Care Center, Effingham.
Services will be 1:30 P.M. Saturday in Johnson Funeral Home, Effingham, with visitation 6 to 8 P.M. Friday. Burial will be in Blue Point Lutheran Cemetery, rural Altamont. Memorials: donor's choice.
Mrs. Soltwedel was born July 18, 1889, in Effingham County, the daughter of Gustav and Augusta Schmiedeberg DeVantier. She was a homemaker and a member of St. John's Lutheran Church of Effingham. She married Louis Soltwedel in 1908 in Altamont. He died in 1949.
Surviving are her sons, Orville Soltwedel of Effingham; daughters, Dorothy Wenthe, Laura Hill and Mamie Ewald, all of Effingham; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; five great-greatgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers and four sisters
- Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - June 7, 1996