Bessie Lillian (Dyer) Amelang of Ottumwa, Wapello County, IA was born on March 11, 1885 in Davis County. Bessie's partner was Robert Edward Amelang on September 13, 1905, and they were married until death separated them. They had children Albert Edward Amelang, Anna Edith (Amelang) Smith, William Franklin Amelang, Carl Henry Amelang, Marie Fay (Amelang) Boas, Fredrick Everett Amelang, Mary Lucille (Amelang ) Skinner, and Betty Jean (Amelang) Fowler. Bessie's partner was Robert Edward Amelang. Bessie Amelang died at age 89 years old on September 1, 1974 in Ottumwa, Wapello County, and was buried in September 1974 at Shaul Cemetery in Ottumwa.
Disco, polyester, Nixon and Watergate, equal rights, the "new right", the rise of terrorism . . . oh what a decade. Not much was resolved but a lot happened!