DOHLER, L. Grace 1909-1996

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DOHLER, L. Grace 1909-1996

DOHLER, LESCH, SHAFFER

Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 5/21/2009 at 17:13:23

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L. Grace Dohler
ST. ANSGAR, IOWA -- L. Grace Dohler, 87, of St. Ansgar, died Monday (June 24, 1996) at the Good Samaritan Center, where she had resided since August of 1994.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ted Stowers officiating. Private interment will be at the St. Ansgar Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home.
Grace was born at Pipestone, Minnesota, on February 18, 1909, to Edward G. and Dora Lesch Shaffer. Following graduation from Pipestone School, she moved with her family to a ranch near Rapid City, S.D. It was there she married Jerry Dohler on Feb. 18, 1935. Following their marriage, they were engaged in ranching, raising cattle and wheat, until 1951, when they moved to the St. Ansgar area.
Grace enjoyed her family and their activities, as well as gardening, canning and flower arranging. She was happy when she was teaching her skills as a mother and homemaker to her three daughters.
She was active in the United Methodist Church and its women's activities, the St. Ansgar Garden Club, and 4-H clubs where she was a leader and county committee woman.
She and Jerry enjoyed the friendships made while spending 11 winters in Texas and Arizona.
She is survived by her husband, Jerry, of St. Ansgar; three daughters, Dora and her husband, Dick Biederman of Osage, and their son, Jon of West Union; Una Bleess and her husband, John Gerdes of Blue Earth, Minn., and her children, Debra, Nicholas and wife, Michelle and Ashley, all of Blue Earth, Minn., and Julie of Mankato, Minn.; Sandra and her husband, Marvin Hulshizer of Georgetown, Texas, and their children, Monica of Georgetown, Texas, and Scot of Huntsville, Texas; and one son, Royal Dohler and his wife, Barbara, of St. Ansgar, and their daughters, Dawn of Iowa City, Tracy and her husband, Eric Stenseth of Chicago, Ill., and Carmen of Livonia, Mich. Grace is survived by one great-grandson, Nicholas Bleess IV of Blue Earth, Minn.
Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar, is in charge of arrangements.
Mason City Globe Gazette -- 06/26/1996
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Photo of Jerry and Grace from MITCHELL COUNTY HISTORY, 1989.

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Obituary: #1: L. Grace Dohler ST. ANSGAR, IOWA -- L. Grace Dohler, 87, of St. Ansgar, died Monday (June 24, 1996) at the Good Samaritan Center, where she had resided since August of 1994. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ted Stowers officiating. Private interment will be at the St. Ansgar Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home. Grace was born at Pipestone, Minnesota, on February 18, 1909, to Edward G. and Dora Lesch Shaffer. Following graduation from Pipestone School, she moved with her family to a ranch near Rapid City, S.D. It was there she married Jerry Dohler on Feb. 18, 1935. Following their marriage, they were engaged in ranching, raising cattle and wheat, until 1951, when they moved to the St. Ansgar area. Grace enjoyed her family and their activities, as well as gardening, canning and flower arranging. She was happy when she was teaching her skills as a mother and homemaker to her three daughters. She was active in the United Methodist Church and its women's activities, the St. Ansgar Garden Club, and 4-H clubs where she was a leader and county committee woman. She and Jerry enjoyed the friendships made while spending 11 winters in Texas and Arizona. She is survived by her husband, Jerry, of St. Ansgar; three daughters, Dora and her husband, Dick Biederman of Osage, and their son, Jon of West Union; Una Bleess and her husband, John Gerdes of Blue Earth, Minn., and her children, Debra, Nicholas and wife, Michelle and Ashley, all of Blue Earth, Minn., and Julie of Mankato, Minn.; Sandra and her husband, Marvin Hulshizer of Georgetown, Texas, and their children, Monica of Georgetown, Texas, and Scot of Huntsville, Texas; and one son, Royal Dohler and his wife, Barbara, of St. Ansgar, and their daughters, Dawn of Iowa City, Tracy and her husband, Eric Stenseth of Chicago, Ill., and Carmen of Livonia, Mich. Grace is survived by one great-grandson, Nicholas Bleess IV of Blue Earth, Minn. Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar, is in charge of arrangements. Mason City Globe Gazette -- 06/26/1996 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2: Click link below to see image of funeral service folder. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3: Photo of Jerry and Grace from MITCHELL COUNTY HISTORY, 1989.
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