Mildred Fowler Laidig, 1918-2004

LAIDIG, FOWLER

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/14/2009 at 12:09:24

ESTHERVILLE -- Funeral services for Mildred Laidig, 86, of Estherville will be held today at 10 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Gruver with the Rev. Neal Armstrong officiating. Internment will be held at East Side Cemetery in Estherville. She died on Friday, July 23, 2004, at Averal Holy Family Hospital in Estherville.

Visitation was held yesterday from 4-7 p.m. at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Chapel in Estherville.

Mildred Cora Fowler, the daughter of John Wilbur and Martha (Dorrfel) Fowler, was born April 15, 1918, in Monticello, Ill.

Mildred was united in marriage to Arnold Wesley Laidig on Nov. 10, 1936, in Spirit Lake. After their marriage the couple made their home in the rural Estherville area where they raised their family and farmed. In 1965, the moved into Estherville and shortly after that Mildred began working at the Good Samaritan Center in the housekeeping department. Arnold died in 1989. Mildred retired from Good Samaritan in 1997, at age 79. In her leisure time she enjoyed doing crossword puzzles, crocheting and most especially Mildred enjoyed spending time with her cat, Kirby.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Gruver.

Left to cherish Mildred's memory are her two sons, Mancil Laidig of Pleansant Hill; Arnie Laidig and his wife, Judy of Alexandria, Va.; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, Kim Fiala and her husband, Jeff and their children, Josh and Sarah of Jackson, Minn.; Scott Laidig and his wife Stacey and their children, Colton and Jace of Erie, Colo.; sisters and brothers, Nellie Phillips and her husband, Merle of Wendell, Minn.; Minna Mix of Estherville; Pearl Mortimore of Spencer; Lee Fowler and his wife, Joyce of Adel; Dolly Schubert and her husband, Don of Wallingford; Max Fowler of Palacios, Texas; Evelyn Zhorne of Dysart; many nieces and nephews and cousins; and Kirby.

Preceding Mildred in death were her husband; parents; three brothers and three sisters.

Source: The Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, July 26, 2004.