Floyd Edwin Zarwell 1910 - 1989

ZARWELL, MYERS, MEYERS, STAGGEMEYER, HOFER, SIRES

Posted By: Errin Wilker (email)
Date: 1/27/2007 at 10:16:19

Floyd Edwin Zarwell, 78, Eitzen, Minn., died in Caledonia Health Care Center, Caledonia, Minn., Monday, Jan. 30, 1989.

He was born Feb. 8, 1910, in Jefferson Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, to Henry and Ella (Myers) Zarwell. On June 6, 1948, he married Malita Staggemeyer, in St. Peter's United Church of Christ, New Albin, Ia.

Zarwell lived in the Eitzen-New Albin area all his life. He was an­ Army veteran of World War II, and a member of Caledonia Veter­ans of Foreign Wars, and St. Luke's United Church of Christ, Eitzen, Minn.

Survivors are his wife; his mother of New Albin; a son, David of Anoka, Minn.; a daugh­ter, Diane Hofer of Phoenix, Ariz.; two grandchildren; a brother, Herbert of New Albin, Ia.; and a sister, Gladys Sires of New Albin, Ia.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in St. Luke's United Church of Christ, Eitzen, Minn. The Rev. Lane Zaffke will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Haugen-Roble Funeral Home, Caledonia, Minn. Friends also may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the church.

Source: La Crosse Tribune, La Crosse, WI, 31 January 1989
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added by Paul Moritz 8/16/2010:
He was born in Jefferson, MN, a small settlement formerly located a few miles north of New Albin, IA. It has since disappeared.