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Source - Year: 1930; Census Place: Calmar, Winneshiek, Iowa; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 2340423

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Source - Year: 1940; Census Place: Illyria, Fayette, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01160; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 33-21

Monday at 9 a. m., in Immaculate Conception Catholic church Miss Donna Richmond, daughter of Ralph Richmond, became the bride of Herbert Schollbrock, son of Herman Schollbrock, Fayette. Rev. Fr. Herman J. Dietz read the single ring ceremony. Miss Margaret Corkery was the organist.

The bride, given in marriage by her father, chose for her wedding a gown of white ninon trimmed with Chantilly lace. It was styled with a high neckline with a bertha edged in lace and puff sleeves with lace inserts. The full skirt was joined to the bodice with a double row of lace inserts. Her fingertip veil of illusion net was edged with lace matching that on the gown and it tell from a tiara of pearls and orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of pink carnations and the only jewelry was a gold lavalier, which had belonged to her mother.

Betty Lou Reicks, cousin of the bride from Cresco, was maid of honor, and Miss Mary Huber, Hawkeye, was bridesmaid.

Gene Samek, Fayette, was best man, and George Richmond, brother of the bride, was groomsman.

A wedding breakfast was served 25 guests at the Ritz cafe and in the afternoon was a reception in the bride's home With Mrs. Leonard Kadera, sister bf the bride, Mrs. Ed. O'Brien, Mrs. Ross Woodward, aunt of the bride, and Mrs. E. E. Ladwig, as hostesses. In the evening was a wedding dance in West Union.

The bride has been a rural school teacher in Fayette county the past year. They will be at home on a farm near Maynard where the groom and his lather are engaged in farming.

Source - Waterloo Courier - Jun 15, 1948

A Funeral Mass for Herbert F. Scholbrock, 85, of West Union, formerly of Hawkeye, was celebrated Wednesday, June 25, at Holy Name Catholic Church, West Union. The Rev. Dale Rausch was the Mass celebrant; the Rev. John Purtell was concelebrant.

Interment was in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, rural West Union. Casket bearers were Kenneth Scholbrock, Dennis Scholbrock, Charles Scholbrock, Steve Scholbrock, Jeremy Scholbrock and Bradley Scholbrock.

Burnham-Wood Funeral Home, West Union, was in charge of arrangements.

Herb's death from age-related causes occurred Friday, June 20, 2008, at Palmer Lutheran Health Center, West Union.

Herbert Frank Scholbrock, son of Herman and Regina (Thuente) Scholbrock, was born April 1, 1923, on a farm east of Calmar. When Herb was 8 years old, his family moved to the Scholbrock homestead north of Festina.

He attended school at St. Mary's School in Festina until the eighth grade, when the family moved to a farm near Wadena. The Scholbrocks later moved to a farm between Fayette and Maynard.

On June 14, 1948, Herb was united in marriage with Donna Richmond at Immaculate Conception Church in Sumner. Seven children were born to this union.

Herb worked for his father for six months before going to work on the Albert Boess farm near Hawkeye. For 35 years, he worked and managed this farm of crops and livestock. He semi-retired in 1984 and moved to Adams, Minn., where he continued to raise and sell feeder pigs until moving back to Hawkeye.

Due to health reasons, Herb and Donna left their home to live at Eagle Ridge near Clermont. They became residents of the West Union Good Samaritan Center in March 2005.

Through the years Herb was active in Farm Bureau and the Pork Producers. He was a pioneer of IPLA Cattle Marketing Association in northeast Iowa.

Herb was a member of Holy Name Church and a lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus.

Preceding him in death were his parents and two sons, Donald in April 1997 and Randy in May 2005.

Herb is survived by his wife, Donna; his children Barbara (Ronald) Voshell of Oelwein, Dennis (Debra) Scholbrock of Arvada, Colo., Kenneth (Chris) Scholbrock of Hawkeye, Steve (Inez) Scholbrock of London, England, and Charles (Joan) Scholbrock of Waucoma; 22 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

Also surviving are a brother, Walter (Mary) Scholbrock of Rice Lake, Wis.; two sisters, Rita Manderfield of Fayette and Irene Swenka of Strawberry Point; many nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Source - Fayette County Union - Jul 2, 2008