Bakkum, Alyce E.(Holmquist) 1914 – 2002

BAKKUM, HOLMQUIST, WECKWERTH, ROSKE, LACK, SHULTZ, WILCOX

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/22/2024 at 16:07:25

Source: Riceville Recorder; Mar. 28, 2002 Page 9
from Elma library collection assembled by Marian (Marr) McGee
Transcribed by Joy Moore

Alyce Bakkum, 87
Alyce E. Bakkum, age 87, of Riceville and formerly of Osage, died Monday, March 25, 2002 at the Riceville Community Rest Home in Riceville.
Alyce was born May 20, 1914 at Valva, N.D., the daughter of August and Hannah (Weckwerth) Holmquist. She was baptized in the Parkview United Methodist Church in Milbank, S.D. where she grew up. She later moved to Iowa where she married John L. Bakkum on January 3, 1933. They spent most of their married life in the Mitchell and Howard County areas until they moved to Cedar Rapids in 1977. They moved back to Riceville in 1989 to be closer to their children. John Bakkum died December 23, 1989. Alyce worked as an egg candler at the Cedar Valley Produce company and the Farmers Produce Company in Osage and for the Salvation Army in Cedar Rapids until she retired.
A memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 28, 2002 at the United Methodist Church (308 Woodland) in Riceville with the Rev. Mike Carey officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Osage Cemetery. A time of fellowship with a light lunch will follow the service at the church. Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, is in charge of arrangements.
Those left to cherish her memory include three daughters, Loma Roske and husband Floyd of Riceville, Jacqueline Lack and husband Robert M. of Osage, Sandra Shultz and husband Leland of Panama City, Flor.; 17 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; six step-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband John Bakkum in 1989, one son, John A., in 1997, one granddaughter, Laurene Wilcox, in 1976, one grandson, Dennis Lack, in 1976, and five brothers and sisters.