Felten, Gloria M. (1927-2015)

FELTEN, HARDEN, GOETTSCH, KOOPMAN, PETERSON, GUSTAFSON, MCGEE, HOOPS, LAURSEN

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 1/24/2015 at 14:05:37

Gloria M. Felten
May 7, 1927 - January 9, 2015

Gloria Mae Felten, 87, of Aurelia, died on Sunday, January 4, 2015, at the Sunset Knoll Care and Rehab Center in Aurelia.

Gloria Mae Harden, a daughter of George and Alice (Goettsch) Harden, was born on May 7th, 1927, at Cherokee, Iowa. After graduating from Aurelia High School in 1944, she worked for Janzen’s Department Store in Storm Lake.

On February 25, 1947, Gloria married Alfred William Felten at the St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church at Brooke. To their union, four children were born, Alvern, Byron, Audrey, and Galen. Alfred and Gloria had a dairy farm north of Aurelia. As a farm wife, Gloria raised chickens and packed two cases of eggs every day. Later, she helped raise the baby calves for the dairy operation.

A member of the St. John’s Church, Gloria participated in the Ladies Aid Society for many years. A member of the C.A.B. Birthday Club and the neighborhood 500 card groups, she also enjoyed gardening, tending both her vegetables and flowers, babysitting her grandkids, visiting family and friends, and writing letters to her four sisters.

Preceding Gloria in death were her parents; her husband, Alfred, on June 5, 2001; one son, Galen Felten; one brother, Virgil Harden; and two sisters, Berniece Koopman and Norma Peterson.

Survivors include her children: Alvern Felten, Byron, and his wife, Deb Felten, and Audrey, and her husband, David Gustafson, all of Aurelia; seven grandchildren: Amanda, Nathaniel, Neal, and Nicholas Felten; and Keith, Neil, and his wife, Nichole, and Tyler Gustafson; two sisters, Thelma McGee, of Columbus, Nebraska, and LaVonne Hoops, of Holstein; one brother-in-law, Gilbert Peterson, of Peoria, Arizona; and one sister-in-law, Betty Laursen, of Aurelia; as well as nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

Funeral services for Gloria will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, January 9, 2015, at the St. John’s Church, rural Peterson, with Pastor Donald Andrews officiating. Burial will take place in St. John’s Church Cemetery. Visitation will be on Thursday from 4:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M., with the family present from 5:00 to 7:00 P. M. at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia.

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