Almine Deling, 1900-2000

DELING, ANDRESSEN

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 1/29/2009 at 15:30:05

DUNNELL, Minn. -- Funeral services for Almine "Mamie" Deling, 99, of Dunnell, Minn., formerly of Estherville will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Dunnell with the Reverend David Wetmore officiating. Interment will be held at the Lake Fremont Cemetery in Dunnell. She died on Feb. 12, [2000] at the Good Samaritan Center in Estherville.

Visitation will be held from 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Saturday at the church in Dunnell.

She was born on June 5, 1900 in Wilhelmhaven, Germany the daughter of Edo and Elizabeth Andressen.

She came to the United States in 1913 with her family and settled in the Estherville area.

On April 23, 1921 she was united in marriage to John Deling in Estherville. In 1940, the couple moved to Dunnell and she was employed at the Hemp Plant in rural Sherburn, Minn. John died in 1963 and she lived in Dunnell until 1985 when she became a resident at the Good Samaritan Center in Estherville.

She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Dunnell.

She is survived by five grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and many great-great-grandchildren and other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John; three sisters; one brother; one son; one granddaughter and other relatives.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, February 16, 2000.