Mrs. HARLAN C.(Evelyn Luara Dickens) SCHARA

OHNESORGE, DICKSEN, DICKENS, SCHARA, ORTH

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Date: 3/19/2005 at 12:29:19

Mrs. HARLAN C.(Evelyn Luara Dickens)SCHARA

Services were conducted Monday, February 10, 1975, at 2:00 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Postville, for Mrs. Harlan Schara, who died at the Community Memorial Hospital, Postville, Saturday, February 8, 1975. The Rev. Norman Ullestad officiated.

Evelyn Luara (sic) Dicksen (sic) Schara, the daughter of Clayton and Blanch Ohnesorge Dicksen (sic), was born January 15, 1920 in Clayton County, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed into St. Paul Lutheran Church on July 19, 1942 and remained a lifelong member. She was also a member of the West Post Project club.

On February 19, 1941 she was united in marriage with Harlan Schara and to this union six children were born.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister and a granddaughter.

Survivors include her husband, her children, Ronald of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Mrs. Richard (Mary Jane) Orth of Geneva, Minnesota; Richard of Ames; Robert, Roger and DeAnn of Postville; eight grandchildren; four brothers, Edward, Janesville, Wisconsin; Lawrence, Sioux City, Iowa; Harvey, McGregor and Robert of Beloit, Wisconsin.

Interment was in the Postville cemetery.

Postville Herald - contributed by Mary Durr

Notes:
1. "Laura is misspelled ... the last name of my mother was DICKENS, not Dicksen." - from Rick Schara, Evelyn's son, 4/21/2003.
2. The original obit was checked by the submitter, the noted errors all appear in the original. - from S. Ferrall, Allamakee Co. Coordinator.