Eleanora Marie Jensen House 1893-1972

HOUSE, JENSEN

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 1/30/2014 at 23:08:17

Rites Set for Mrs. House Saturday
Mrs. Eleonora Marie House, 78, died at 8:50 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, 1972, at Holy Family Hospital.

Mrs. House was born July 17, 1893, at Weston, the daughter of Christian and Marie Jensen. She received her schooling at Neola and attended Iowa State Teachers College at Cedar Falls.

She taught school in Potawattamie county rural schools until her marriage to Maurice House on June 14, 1926, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua.

Mr. House was a railroad telegrapher and they lived in various towns in Colorado until moving to Estherville in June, 1935.

Mrs. House was a member of Estherville Lutheran Church and of the ALCW organization of that church.

Surviving are two sons, Paul and Meredith, both of Estherville. Her parents, her husband who died Jan. 1, 1938 [1958], a daughter and two sisters preceded Mrs. House in death.

Funeral services will be held at the Estherville Lutheran Church with the Rev. Stephen Engelstad officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran cemetery.

Friends may call after 9 a.m. Friday at Reese-Henry Funeral Home in Estherville. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, May 4, 1972)