BALLANDBY, Dorothy Irene Esther (nee Kroneman) 1922-1950

BALLANDBY, KRONEMAN, KIRCHGATTER

Posted By: K. Kittleson (email)
Date: 12/11/2008 at 17:13:29

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Funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon at St. John's Rock Creek Lutheran Church [see note] for Mrs. Benny Ballandby, the former Dorothy Kroneman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kroneman. The Rev. F. Ide conducted the service.

Dorothy Kroneman Ballandby was born on May 21, 1922 in Rock Township, Mitchell County, Iowa. [The daughter of Arthur Walther Franz and Theresa Laura Elise Kirchgatter Kroneman.] She was baptized on June 25, 1922 by Rev. J. Gamaelich, and having been instructed, was confirmed on March 21, 1937 by Pastor Christian Kumph in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church. She attended high school at St. Ansgar, Iowa, graduating in May of 1941.

On the 17th of May 1943 she entered the service of her country in the department of Naval communications. She was honorably discharged on November 24, 1945.

She was married to Benny Ballandby of Northwood, Iowa on November 24, 1946. The Rev. F. Ide performed the ceremony. Two children were born to this union; a son, Lane Allen and a daughter, Dorothy Lana Marie.

Mrs. Ballandby had been confined at Mercy hospital at Mason City, following the birth of her daughter and seemed to be recovering satisfactorily. She went home on Tuesday evening and the following day, Wednesday, February 22, 1950, died suddenly, shortly before noon. She reached the age of 27 years, 9 months and 1 day.

She is survived by her husband, her two children, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Kroneman; three sisters: Wanda, Margaret (Mrs. [Roy] Koschmeder), of Osage, and Irene, one brother, Raymond; and many other relatives and friends.

There is no doubt she will be sadly missed, but we believe God's word whe He said: "Blessed are the dead which died in the Lord from henceforth; Yea saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works doth follow them." Rev. 14:13.

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NOTE: This is presumably St. John's Lutheran church in Rock Township, S.W. of St. Ansgar.

Her husband, Benny was born Nov. 5, 1921 at Lake Mills, Iowa. He died in Wagoner, Oklahoma on Dec. 20, 1992.

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Former WAVE
Dies Suddenly

OSAGE, IOWA — Funeral services for Mrs. Benny Ballandby, 28, who served nearly three years with the WAVES in World War II, will be held Saturday at 2 p. m. at St. John's Lutheran church at Rock Creek west of Mitchell, the Rev. Frederick Ide officiating. Burial in the Rock Creek cemetery.

Mrs. Ballandby, formerly Dorothy Kroneman, died suddenly at her farm home northwest of Northwood at noon Wednesday.

She had been dismissed from Mercy hospital at Mason City Tuesday evening after giving, birth to a daughter on February 15. The child is still at the hospital. Death was attributed to coronary thrombosis.

She was born May 21, 1921, to Arthur and Theresa (Kirchgatter) Kroneman on the home farm west of Osage. She received her education in the Mitchell county schools and was graduated from St. Ansgar high school in 1941.

Following her service in the WAVES, she was married in 1946 to Benny Ballandby, an ex-GI, and the couple established their home on a farm northeast of Northwood. Her husband is employed by the Worth county road maintenance department.

Besides her husband and daughter she leaves a son Lane Allen, 16 months old, her parents who live at Mitchell, a grandmother, Mrs. Henry Kirchgatter of Grafon, 3 sisters, Mrs. Roy Koschmeder of Osage and Wanda and Irene at home, and a brother Raymond of Osage.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday, February 25, 1950]
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PHOTO BELOW IS HER 1941 ST. ANSGAR SENIOR CLASS PHOTOGRAPH

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