Marie T. Hovick Walen 1913-2002

WALEN, HOVICK, ANDERSON, SPAGG

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 2/14/2014 at 21:56:19

Marie Walen
Estherville – Funeral services for Marie Walen, 89, of Estherville will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 29 at the Estherville Lutheran Church in Estherville with Pastor Ray Miller officiating. Interment will be held at the Estherville Lutheran Cemetery in Estherville. She died on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002 at the Good Samaritan Center in Estherville.

Visitation will be held from noon until 7 p.m. today at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville.

Marie was born on May 28, 1913 in Dolliver, the daughter of Thomas and Anna Helena (Anderson) Hovick. She received her education in the rural Dolliver area schools.

On March 1, 1942, Marie was united in marriage to Norman Abner Walen in Armstrong. The couple lived in Estherville and later moved to Oregon and California.

In November of 1981, the couple moved back to Estherville and later became residents of the Good Samaritan Center in Estherville.

Marie was a member other Estherville Lutheran Church and the ELCW.

Marie is survived by her husband, Norman, a resident at the Good Samaritan Center in Estherville; nine nieces; thirteen nephews and several brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.

She was preceded in death by her parents, sister, Sylvia Spagg and two brothers, Henry and Albert Hovick. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, November 27, 2002)