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Kuehl, Elmer Henry 1910-2004

HORSTMAN, KUEHL, VORWOLD, HERMAN, STOLTZ, SWANSON

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 6/3/2008 at 20:04:47

Elmer Henry Kuehl

Funeral services were held for Elmer Kuehl at 11:00 a.m. February 23, 2004 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Elkport, Iowa, with interment in the Mt. Harmony Cemetery, rural Garber, Iowa. Leonard Funeral Home of Elkader, Iowa was in charge of arrangements.

Elmer Henry Kuehl, 93, of Elkader, died Thursday, February 19, 2004 at the Elkader Care Center in Elkader, following a long illness. Elmer was born May 28, 1910, in rural Elkport, to John F. and Clara (Horstman) Kuehl. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Elkport, where he was a life long member, serving faithfully in many capacities. He received his education in rural Volga township school near his home and worked on the family farm many years.

On December 26, 1940, he was united in marriage to Iola Vorwald in Linn County. In 1963, Elmer and Iola were blessed with the adoption of two baby daughters from Seoul, Korea. Elmer was a herdsman for George Bechtel on Wyanett Dairy near Davenport, IA for some years before entering into partnership with brothers Marvin and LaVern on the family farm near Elkport. For many years he strove to develop a fine herd of purebred Holstein dairy cattle. Elmer was a life member of the Dairy Shrine Club, Fort Atkinson, WI. He was an officer, director, and president of Clayton County Dairy Testing Association for many years. In 1979, Elmer was honored with receiving the first Retired Dairyman Award of Clayton County. He and his wife, Iola, retired to a home on Davidson Street, Elkader, in September of 1988.

Those left to cherish his memory include his wife, Iola Kuehl, Elkader; two daughters, Lola L. (David) Herman, W. Bloomfield, MI and Kimberly R. (Aaron) Stoltz, Eldridge; three grandchildren, Jason Lee and Jamie Lea Hunt and Tyler Gene Boone; three brothers, Ralph (Virginia) Kuehl, Swisher, Raymond (Fran) Kuehl, Cedar Falls and LaVern (Cora Mae) Kuehl, Elkport; two sisters-in-law, Aldean Kuehl, Elkader and Grace Kuehl, Elkport; a brother-in-law, Harold Swanson and many relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Louis, John Jr., William and Marvin and a sister, Dorothy Swanson.

Extracted from a Leonard Funeral Home Brochure.
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