VOLDING Mabel J. (1903-1994)

VOLDING, GELNER, TSCHIRKI, HENSCHEN, BERGER

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society
Date: 9/26/2022 at 18:34:23

Mabel J. Volding
1903-1994

Services for Mabel J. Volding, 90, Crystal Lake, who died Thursday, Feb. 3, 1994 at the Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt, were held Monday, Feb. 7, 10:30 a.m., at the United Methodist Church in Crystal Lake with Rev. Ken Suetterlin officiating.

Music was provided by organist, Mabel Rensink; soloist, Bruce Wubben; and congregational hymns.

Casket bearers were Norman Henschen, Keith Cottington, Carl Henschen, Luverne Helland, Robert Keel and Roger Ewing.

Burial was at the Crystal Lake Township Cemetery, Crystal Lake, with Ewing Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mabel Josephine Volding, the daughter of Julius and Theresa Gelner Tschirki, was born in Vinge on May 13, 1903. She attended rural schools near her home. She moved with her family in 1915 to a farm southwest of Forest City and lived there many years.

September 8, 1934, she married Lynn Volding at Garner. The couple made their home on a farm near Crystal Lake until 1963 when they retired from farming and moved into Crystal Lake.

Following the death of her husband, she moved to Prairie View Apartments in Garner. Later, she became a resident of the Westview Care Center in Britt where she had resided for the past few years.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Crystal Lake. She was a wonderful cook and her family and friends knew her as a dedicated hard worker.

She is survived by two sisters-in-law, Mildred Tschirki and Violet Tschirki, both of Forest City; a brother-in-law, Floyd Volding of Florida; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lynn on March 16, 1983; a son, Bruce Volding; two sisters, Dora Henschen and Vera Berger; and four brothers, Lewis, Chris, Ray and Steve Tschirki.

source: Leader & Signal, Garner, Iowa, 9 Feb 1994, page 6, column 1