Ehmen, Mildred (1921-2015)
EHMEN, BECKFIELD, SIEVERS, SIDLES, RAMIREZ, LASHLEY, SUNDERMAN, HELMICK
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 6/5/2015 at 11:16:56
Mildred Ehmen
April 28, 1921 - May 11, 2015Mildred Ehmen, age 94, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa, died on Monday, May 11, 2015, at North Lake Manor in Storm Lake.
Mildred Margaret Beckfield, a daughter of Louis and Martha (Sievers) Beckfield, was born on April 28, 1921, in Albert City, Iowa. Baptized at Zion Lutheran Church in rural Storm Lake, Iowa, and confirmed in her faith in 1935, she attended country school until the eighth grade.
On January 14, 1945, Mildred married John Edward Ehmen at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Newell. Subsequently, they were blessed with five children: Carol, Patricia, Clarice, Paul, and Jon.
An active member of Zion Lutheran Church, Mildred, also, belonged to the LWML within the church.
Mildred enjoyed doing crafts with the ladies, playing cards, going to barn dances, collecting clowns, and solving puzzles. Moreover, she liked to spend time in her garden tending her flowers. Most of all, however, she loved spending time with her family and friends. She will be remembered as a devoted mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend.
Those left to cherish her memory include her children: Carol (Ron) Sidles, of Emmetsburg, Iowa, Patricia Ramirez, of Des Moines, Iowa, Clarice Ehmen, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa, Paul (Jan) Ehmen, of Curlew, Iowa, and Jon Ehmen, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa; her grandchildren: Jenessa and Devan Ehmen, Dawn (David) Lashley, and Anthony Ramirez; her great grandchildren: Alaina, Antonio, Caleb, Carson, Cassie, George, Haley, Jesse, Jonathon, Jordyn, Kobe, Mariah, and Romeo; and her sister, Lorraine Sunderman, of Villisca, Iowa; as well as extended family members and friends.
Mildred was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John; her grandson, Jerod; her great grandchildren: Anthony Thomas, David Isaiah, and Reily Michelle Lashley; her sons-in-law: David Helmick and Joseph Ramirez; her siblings: Clara, Dora, Leo, Otto, Albert, Edna, Leona, Irene, Walt, and Norma.
Memorial services will be held Saturday, May 23, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in rural Storm Lake, Iowa. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids is in charge of the arrangements.
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