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Alvina B. Fruechte 1910-2004

FRUECHTE, BENEKE, KOENIG, ASHBACKER, WUENNECKE, WEBER, HARTLEY

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Date: 12/16/2005 at 19:07:51

Alvina B. Fruechte, 94, formerly of Eitzen, MN, died Friday, August 13, 2004 at Caledonia Care and Rehab.

Alvina was born March 2, 1910 in Union City Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, to Henry and Caroline (Koenig) Beneke. On October 4, 1933, she married Franklin G. Fruechte at St. Luke’s United Church of Christ in Eitzen and he preceded her in death on May 20, 1974. Alvina was an active member of St. Luke’s United Church of Christ in Eitzen. She enjoyed traveling to her sons’ homes for visits and she enjoyed playing cards with her friends.

Survivors include three sons, Curt (Jo), Prescott, AZ, Roger (Carolyn), Rochester Hills, MI, and Larry (Marti), Ballwin, MO; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters, Irma Ashbacher, Caledonia, and Dorothy (Armin) Wuennecke, Cedar Rapids, IA; and a sister-in-law, Tillie Beneke, Waukon, Iowa.

In addition to her husband, Alvina was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Kenneth, two sisters, Lydia Weber, and Esther Hartley; and three brothers, Henry Beneke, and two in infancy.

Services will be Monday, August 16, at 11 a.m. from St. Luke’s United Church of Christ, Eitzen. Rev. Lane Zaffke will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the church on Monday from 9 a.m. until the time of service. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to St. Luke’s United Church of Christ, Eitzen, or the Franciscan-Skemp Hospice Program.

Haugen-Roble-Jandt Funeral Home, Caledonia, is in charge of arrangements.

from the Caledonia Argus (Caledonia, MN) 08/16/2004


 

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