BORCHERDING, Dallas Marie (nee Hansen) 1927-2010
PIKE, HANSEN, BORCHERDING
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/12/2010 at 11:18:51
Dallas Marie Borcherding
ST. ANSGAR, IOWA - Dallas Marie Borcherding, age 82, of St. Ansgar, peacefully passed away on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, at the St. Ansgar Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar.
The funeral service for Mrs. Borcherding will be at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, at the First Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar, with the Rev. Robert Porisch officiating. Burial will take place at the St. Ansgar Cemetery in St. Ansgar.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, at the Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, 207 South School Street, St. Ansgar. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service Tuesday at the church.
Dallas was born on Oct. 30, 1927, in Deer Creek Township, Worth County, Iowa, the daughter of H. Emil and Myrte (Pike) Hansen. She attended Otranto consolidated school and St. Ansgar High School. She married Raymond L. Borcherding at her parents' home on an icy Dec. 23, 1944, in Otranto Township. The family lived on a farm in Deer Creek Township for 23 years. They bought a farm northeast of St. Ansgar and moved into town in 1967. In 1974, a new house was built and they moved out to the farm where they currently reside.
Besides raising five children, which included two sets of identical twins, she enjoyed volunteering at Deer Creek Lutheran Church and First Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar. She enjoyed solitaire, puzzles, and family geneology including local research and cemetery inventories. In addition, she enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.
Those thankful in sharing Dallas' life include her husband, Raymond, of 65 years, sons, Donald (Pat) of Rochester, Minn., Michael (Janet) of St. Ansgar, Marvin (Sheri) of Mason City, daughters, Linda (Bud) Bol of Valparaiso, Ind., Marsha (Steve) Burd of Fennville, Mich.; 14 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and sister-in-law, Marion Borcherding, of St. Ansgar.
Dallas was preceded in death by her parents; infant brother, Donald; and grandson, Cody.
Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider a donation to a memorial fund which will be established in honor of Dallas.
The Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, 207 South School Street is assisting the Dallas M. Borcherding family with the arrangements.
Arrangements are by Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, 641-713-4920.
[Published in Mason City Globe Gazette, January 11, 2010]
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