Vera M. Dammann Frederick 1906-2003

FREDERICK, DAMMANN, ANDERSON, KILGORE, BOELMAN, HICKEY

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 11/12/2012 at 19:36:51

Vera Frederick
Estherville – Funeral services for Vera Frederick, 96, of Estherville will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 11 in the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Chapel in Estherville with Pastor Mark Gabbard officiating. Interment will be held at East Side Cemetery in Estherville. She died on Tuesday, July 8, 2003 at the Good Samaritan Center in Estherville.

Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, July 10 at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville.

Vera was born on Aug. 19, 1906 in Grimes, the daughter of Herman and Maude (Anderson) Dammann. Vera graduated from Fenton High School in 1924. Following high school, she taught in country schools from 1925 – 1932. Later she graduated from Mankato State University in Mankato, Minn. in 1967.

On Aug. 9, 1933, Vera was united in marriage to Lester Frederick in Emmetsburg. She returned to teaching in 1958 and continued teaching until she retired in 1971. Lester died Sept. 6, 1961.

Vera was a member of First Presbyterian Church; V.F.S. Auxiliary and Holy Family Hospital Auxiliary.

Vera is survived by her children, Dolores Kilgore of Estherville; Duane “Sam” Frederick of Superior; Darwin Frederick and his wife, Becky of Spirit Lake; Daryld “Kernal” Frederick and his wife, Esther of Superior; Deanna Boelman of Redondo Beach, Calif.; fourteen grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; sister, Elizabeth Hickey of Emmetsburg; and sister-in-law, Eva Dammann of Lake Park.

She has been preceded in death by her husband; two infant grandchildren; one son-in-law, Charles Kilgore; one daughter-in-law, Phyllis Frederick; parents; two brothers, Harold and Waldo Dammann; one sister, Louise Dammann; and one sister-in-law, Laura Dammann. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, July 9, 2003)