Jakob Friedrich (Jacob Fredrick) Flegler, son of Johannes Flegler & Katharina Elisabeth Deines, was born 25 February 1882 in Neu-Dönhof. He migrated to America in 1902 and settled in Burlington, Iowa.
He attended Wittenburg College in Springfield, Ohio. Jacob married on 10 August 1916 to fellow Wittenburg student Lillian Bockelman. He graduated from Hamma Divinity School also in Springfield in 1918.
The Rev. Flegler served the following parishes: St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Brookville, Indiana (1915-1922), Zion Lutheran Church in Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania (1922-1924), and St. James Lutheran Church in Altoona, Pennsylvania (1924-1949).
Pastor Flegler died 9 September 1957 and is buried in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
- Rev. Jacob Fredrich Flegler (FindAGrave)
- Schlager, Lee Ann. The Deines Family: From the German Colony of New Gololobovka and Their Cousins from Old Gololobovka, Russia (2005): 32-44.
Photo of Jacob F. Flegler in Springfield, Ohio.
Source: E. Middleton via FindAGrave.com.