Carolina Augusta "Lena" DAHLEM was born on 1 Aug 1876 in NiederwÃ1/4rzbach, Saarland, Germany. (63) She emigrated in 1889 from NiederwÃ1/4rzbach, Saarland, Germany. (63) She immigrated in 1889 to Beatrice, Gage Co., Nebraska. She died on 5 Nov 1934 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma. (63)
Obituary
Lena Augusta, daughter of Fred and Katherine Dahlem, was born in Saar Valley, Germany, on August 1, 1876 and died at the General hospital at Enid, Okla, on November 5, 1934, at the age of 58 years, 3 months and 5 days.
At the age of twelve years she came to this country and lived with her parents near Beatrice, Nebraska, later moving to Oklahoma, where they resided five miles east of Wakita. On March 13, 1902 she was united in marriage with Henry W. Schuermann, of Jefferson, and to this union four children were born.
Early in childhood she was united with the Methodist church living in this faith the remainder of her life.
She was a member of the Liberty Methodist church east of Jefferson. Mrs. Schuermann is survived by her husband, Henry W. Schuermann, two sons, Fritz C., of Medford, and Laverne, Of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Lorena Biby, of Gentry, Ark., and Mrs. Millicent Hime, of Medford. Also four step-children, Mrs. Gertrude Berg, of Helena, Okla., Edgar, of Jefferson, Henry A., of Pond Creek and W. C., of Medford. One sister, Mrs. Louise Schlingmann, of Tulsa, and six brothers, Fred, Chas. F. and Henry Dahlem, all of Wakita; Rev. Wm. A. Dahlem, of Berger, Missouri; John Dahlem, of Jefferson; Jake Dahlem, of Tulsa and six grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, November 7, at the Liberty M. E. church and interment was made in the Liberty cemetery. Rev. G.A. Strouse was assisted by Rev. J? and Rev. Butler, of Pond Creek in the services.
She was buried on 7 Nov 1934 in Liberty Cemetery, Grant Co., Oklahoma. She was Methodist in Liberty M.E., Medford, Grant Co., Oklahoma. As remembered by her daughter Lorena Biby:
My mother was a farmer's wife. She married my Dad who had five children. The oldest - a girl - was only ten years younger than she was. My Dad's wife died in 1900 when my brother Bill was born on Feb 2, 1900. My parents were married March 13, 1902, but I don't know when they brought Bill home. A middle-aged couple took him when his mother died, who lived near by. Dad's mother-in-law lived with him and cared for the other kids. Then when my parents were married, she lived there with them. My mother was a quiet person, worked hard, keeping house, gardening, canning, baking bread and, of course, washing and ironing. My Dad had the five kids and there were four of us, but you never heard the word "step" in our family. We were just brothers and sisters. I'm sure they loved her. I can remember when Edgar got married, he lived a mile away, but I can remember him coming down and sitting in the kitchen visiting with Mamma while she was doing something or other. And after horse and buggy days when we had a car, it was always Henry who drove Mamma to town.
My mother died too young, only 58 years old, following surgery.
Carolina (Lena) Augusta Dahlem 
