SECOND GENERATION

2. William Dowell (Billie Dow) RYHERD ⁽¹⁾ was born on 30 Dec 1900 in Monroe County, Kentucky. He was Moved to Iowa about 1919. He owned Bought Farm in 1940 in Alta, Iowa. He was Moved to Farm in 1941 in Alta, Iowa. He was Lost Right Hand on 2 Nov 1959 in Alta, Iowa. He died on 23 Jul 1982 in Alta Memorial Hospital, Alta, Iowa. He was buried on 26 Jul 1982 in Nemaha Delware Cemetery, Nemaha, Iowa. With his brother Clyde.

On Monday night, 2 November 1959, as he was opening a corn field north of the house, he had stoped to clear a stalk that was stuck when another pushed his right hand into the snapping rollers on the picker. His hand was amputated at the wrist, at the Suoix Valley Hospital in Cherokee Iowa He was married to Anna Marie HELLMANN on 16 Jul 1927 in Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa.

3. Anna Marie HELLMANN ⁽¹⁾ was born on 28 Mar 1905 in Hannibal, Missouri. She died on 10 May 2001 in East Town Manor, Independence, Iowa. ⁽²⁾ Anna Marie Ryherd


Funeral services for Anna Marie Ryherd, 96, of Independence, formerly of Alta, were held May 12, 2001 at Reiff Funeral Chapel, Independence.

Pallbearers were Roger Lohse, Donald Ryherd Jr., Dan Ryherd, Dennis Ryherd, Mike Ryherd, Patrick Ryherd, Randy Ryherd and Douglas Ryherd.

Burial was at Nemaha Delaware Cemetery, Nemaha. Mrs. Ryherd passed away Thursday, May 10, 2001 at East Towne Care Center, Independence.

Anna Marie, daughter of John and Sarah Richardson Hellman, was born March 28, 1905 in Warren, Mo. She moved as a small child with her family to the Nemaha area. She attended country school and graduated from Nemaha High School. She worked in the Early area after graduating.

On July 16, 1927 she married Billie D. Ryherd in Storm Lake. The couple farmed and lived around the Storm Lake and Alta area. Mrs. Ryherd was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking, sewing and crocheting. She enjoyed spending time with her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Billie in 1982; two sons, Ronald and Robert; one daughter, Margaret; one grandchild; three great-grandchildren; a brother, Roy Hellman; and a sister, Edna Combes.

She is survived by two daughters, Marjorie Seufferlein of Winthrop and Sara and husband Arlo Lorenzen of Rockford, Ill.; six sons, John and wife Pat of Fairbank, Bill and wife Geri of Cedar Falls, Floyd and wife Betty and Charles and wife Patricia, all of Alta, Donald and wife Jill of Madison, Mo. and Kenneth and wife Kate of Hillsboro, Ore.; one daughter-in-law, Geraldine Ross, Oelwein; 32 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; five step-great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was buried on 12 May 2001 in Nemaha Delware Cemetery, Nemaha, Iowa. In Memory Of Mrs Anna Marie Ryherd
Born
March 28, 1905
Hannibal, Missouri
Died
May 10, 2001
Independence, Iowa

Funeral Service
Saturday: May 12, 2001 - 10 A.M.
Reiff Funeral Home
Independence,Iowa

Clergy
Rev. Mary Green
First United Methodist Church
Fairbank, Iowa

Music
Mrs. Diane Brimmer, Organist

Casket Bearers
Roger Lohse, Don (Butch) Ryherd, Dan Ryherd,
Dennis Ryherd, Mike Ryherd, Patrick Ryherd,
Randy Ryherd, Ronnie Ryherd

Interment
Nemaha Delware Cemetery
Nemaha, Iowa Children were:

i. Marjorie Marie RYHERD⁽¹⁾ was born on 30 Jan 1928 in Buena Vista County, Iowa. She graduated about 1946 in Alta High School, Alta, Iowa.
ii. Robert William RYHERD Sr⁽¹⁾ was born on 2 Sep 1929 in Buena Vista County, Iowa. He died on 27 Jan 1980 in Elkader, Iowa 52043. He was buried in Nemaha Delware Cemetery, Nemaha, Iowa. He graduated in Alta High School, Alta, Iowa. He graduated in State College of Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
iii. John Henry RYHERD⁽¹⁾ was born on 20 Jun 1931 in Sac County, Iowa. He graduated in Alta High School, Alta, Iowa.
iv. Margaret Ann RYHERD⁽¹⁾ was born on 14 Dec 1933 in Sac County, Iowa. She died on 7 Apr 1954 in Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa. She was buried in Nemaha Delware Cemetery, Nemaha, Iowa. She graduated in Alta High School, Alta, Iowa. Margaret Ryherd

A popular 21 year old Alta girl, Margaret Ryherd, passed away Tuesday morning at a Storm Lake hospital, where she had been a patient for the past week. Doctors diagnosed her illness as a disease of the kidneys. However, her death came as a sudden shock. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B.D. Ryherd who live north of Alta.

Services for Margaret were held this (Thursday) afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Alta Presbyterian church. Rev. John Middents officiating. Burial was in the Nemaha cemetery. Jones Funeral home in charge.

Margaret graduated in 1951 from Alta high school where she participated in vocal music, Future Homemakers, dramatics and the annual staff. More recently she had been employed in Sioux City.

Surviving are her parents; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Lohse of Sioux City, and Sarah of Alta; seven brothers. Robert and John Henry of Waterloo, Floyd, Billy, Merlin, Donald and Kenneth of Alta; two grandmothers, Mrs. John Ryherd of Monroe county, KY. and Mrs. Henry Hellmann of Nemaha.
v. Floyd Edward RYHERD⁽¹⁾ was born on 8 Sep 1935 in Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa. He was baptized on 22 Feb 1963 in St. Paul Luthern Church, Alta, Iowa. He was confirmed on 22 Feb 1963 in St. Paul Luthern Church, Alta, Iowa.
vi. Billie Darwin RYHERD⁽¹⁾ was born on 10 Aug 1937 in Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa. He graduated in May 1956 in Alta High School, Alta, Iowa.
vii. Sara Elizabeth RYHERD⁽¹⁾ was born on 21 Sep 1939 in Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa. She graduated in May 1958 in Alta High School, Alta, Iowa. She was educated in 1959 in Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa. She graduated about 1962 in Buena Vista College, Storm Lake Iowa. She retired in May 2002 in Rockford, Illinois.
viii. Ronald James RYHERD⁽¹⁾ was born on 25 Sep 1941 in Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa. He died on 25 Sep 1941 in Buena Vista County, Iowa. He was stillborn on 25 Sep 1941 in Buena Vista County, Iowa. He was buried in Nemaha Delware Cemetery, Nemaha, Iowa.
ix. Charles Merlin RYHERD⁽¹⁾ was born on 22 Jun 1943 in Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa. He graduated in May 1961 in Alta High School, Alta, Iowa.
x. Donald Eugene RYHERD⁽¹⁾ was born on 24 Oct 1946 in Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa. He graduated in May 1966 in Alta High School, Alta, Iowa.
1 xi. Kenneth Ray RYHERD.