 However, following the death of wife Luise in May 1876, she went back to live in Althaldensleben in order to look after Heinrich's younger children.Johanne spent her final years living with her elder sister in Althaldensleben and was still unmarried in 1885 when she died aged 56.Johanne Nethusius was only 14, still living with her parents in Althaldensleben, when she started to care for the needy.