Ardina Luella "Luella" Kuen 1916-1998

KUEN, SCHEMPP, KOEMER, SOUZA, ENGLAND, KANGAS, WOLLMAN

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 12/31/2012 at 21:42:18

Luella Kuen
Estherville – Funeral services for Luella Kuen, 82, of Saint Paul, formerly of Estherville, will be held at 2 pm. Sat., Dec. 5, at the First Presbyterian Church in Estherville with Rev. Mark Gabbard officiating. Interment will be at East Side Cemetery, Estherville. She died Mon. Nov. 30, 1998 at Saint Paul.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville.

She was born on Sept. 14, 1916 in Menno, S.D., the daughter of Christian and Lydia (Koemer) Schempp, was baptized on Nov. 5, 1916 and confirmed on June 21, 1930 at Grace Lutheran Church in Menno. She received her education in the Menno schools. Luella was united in marriage on Jan. 14, 1945 to Vernon Kuen at Omaha. They lived in Cedar Rapids, where she was employed at Montgomery Wards. They moved to Estherville in 1947, where she was employed in the lunch room for the Estherville Community Schools. Luella later was employed by L.M. Christensen’s in Estherville until her retirement. She moved to Saint Paul in 1981. She was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church I Saint Paul.

Survivors include one daughter, Donna Souza, and special friend, Roger England, both of Saint Paul; a son-in-law, Harvey Kangas, of Afton, MN.; a sister, Mrs. Harold (Lucille) Wollman, Longmont, CO.; three brothers, Ervin Schempp of Menno, Erhardt Schempp, San Marcos, CA. and Leo Schempp of Hurley, SD; sister-in-law Arletta Schempp, Menno; two granddaughters, many nieces, nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by a son, daughter, her parents and a brother. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, December 4, 1998)