Mrs. RALPH E. (Wanda Jacobs) EGGEN 1908-2005

EGGEN, JACOBS, PESCH, HOENIG, WOLTER, NELSON

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Date: 5/6/2005 at 12:52:35

Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Apr 4, 2005

Wanda M. Eggen

Wanda Mae Eggen, 96, of Stonehill Care Center, formerly of 232 East 26th St., died Friday, April 1, 2005, at the care center.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Siegert-Casper Colonial Funeral Home, 390 N. Grandview Ave., where friends may call after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Dubuque Memorial Gardens, south of Dubuque.

She was born on Sept. 14, 1908, in Clayton, Iowa, daughter of Freeman and Pauline (Pesch) Jacobs.

She married Ralph E. Eggen in 1936, in McGregor, Iowa; he died on Aug. 17, 2000.

Surviving are a son, Bruce M. (Rita) Eggen, of Arlington, Va.; a brother, Charles Jacobs, of South Dakota; and a sister, Edna Jacobs, of Clinton, Iowa.

She also was preceded in death by her parents and three sisters, Clara Hoenig, June Wolter and Pearl Nelson.

A Wanda Eggen Memorial Fund has been established.

Copyright 2005 Telegraph Herald

Note: Wanda's husband, Ralph M. Eggen, was the son of Martin Olous and Hilda Anna (Durr) Eggen of McGregor, Iowa.