Saathoff, Elsie A. (1930-2012)

SAATHOFF, DAVIS, HOYER, WATERMAN, LEDEZMA, KRUEGER, WYNIA, PORTH, JACOBS, KRAFT, BROWN

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 4/10/2012 at 13:04:22

Elsie A. Saathoff
April 8, 1930 - March 28, 2012

Elsie A. Saathoff, age 81, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa, died March 28, 2012, at the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake.

Elsie Alice Davis, the daughter of Gilbert L. and Regina M (Hoyer) Davis, was born in Manson, Iowa, on April 8, 1930. She lived her youth in Manson and was a 1948 graduate of the Manson High School. Elsie was baptized in 1930 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Dayton, Iowa, and was later confirmed at St. Paul’s American Lutheran Church in Manson in 1945.

On November 5, 1948, Elsie married Donald G. Saathoff at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Manson. They were blessed with eight children: Larry, Linda, Julie, Janet, Susan, Dale, Nancy, and Rodney. Throughout their married life, Elsie and Don resided in Fort Dodge, Manson, Clarion, Woolstock, Rockwell City, and Plover before making their home in Sioux Rapids in 1974. Elsie had been employed as a factory worker, a nurse’s aide, a home health care aide, and a custodian.

Elsie was an active member of the First Lutheran Church of Sioux Rapids where she served on the Church Council and the Altar Guild. She was also a member of the WELCA.

Elsie's special passions included gardening and baking. Her family, however, was the loving focus of her life, and she cherished the times she could spend with all of them, especially playing with and reading to her grandchildren. She will also be remembered by her family and friends as the best letter writer ever.

Elsie’s family will always honor and cherish her life. They include her husband of sixty-three years, Don Saathoff, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa; her children: Linda Saathoff, of Pocahontas, Iowa, Julie (David) Waterman, of Alta, Iowa, Janet (Carlos) Ledezma, of Storm Lake, Iowa, Susan (Don) Krueger, of Aurelia, Iowa, Dale (Debra) Saathoff, of Peterson, Iowa, Nancy (Glenn) Wynia, of Sioux Center, Iowa, and Rodney Saathoff, of Linn Grove, Iowa; twenty-one grandchildren; twenty-three great grandchildren; three sisters: Lois Porth, of Ankeny, Iowa, Norma (John) Jacobs, of Manson, Iowa, and Anna (Harry) Kraft, of New York Mills, Minnesota; as well as other extended family and her many friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her son, Larry; her granddaughter, Stacy; and a sister, Ruby Brown.

Funeral services will be held Monday, April 2, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Sioux Rapids. Visitation with the family present will take place from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the church on Monday. Burial will be at a later date in Lone Tree Cemetery in Sioux Rapids. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids is in charge of the arrangements.

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