OWEN, MRS. ROY (EMMA ZIEGENBEIN)
Ashland Gazette, Oct. 21, 1971

Mrs. Roy Owen Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Roy Owen, 80, of Crete died suddenly at her home Sunday, Oct. 17. 
Funeral services were held at the Kuncl Funeral Home at Crete Wednesday 
afternoon, Oct. 20, with the Rev. Jim Tomlinson of Grace United Methodist 
Church of Crete officiating. Pallbearers were her seven surviving brothers: 
Harry Ziegenbein of Lincoln, Dr. O. H. Ziegenbein of Ashland, Dr. Rudolph 
Ziegenbein of Norfolk, James Ziegenbein of Omaha, Carl Ziegenbein of 
Rt. 2, Ashland, and Walter Ziegenbein of Denver. Burial was in Lincoln 
Memorial Park Cemetery.

Emma Ziegenbein, daughter of Charles H. and Martha Humboldt Ziegenbein, 
was born on a farm west of Memphis Feb. 4, 1891.She married Roy Owen 
of Memphis and one son, Herbert E. Owen, was born to them. He has been 
head of the music department at Mankato State College, Mankato, Minn. 
for the past seven years. Mrs. Owen is a retired state Game Commissioner 
worker. Mrs. Owen was church school superintendent at Memphis, and at 
Crete was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, P. E. O., O. E. S., 
and Priscilla Club. In recent years she had devoted a good deal of time to 
being a hospital volunteer worker. Besides her husband, son, and seven 
brothers, Mrs. Owen is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary Baer of 
Lakewood, Colorado, and Mrs. Ella Lillibridge of Crete, by three 
grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.