LARSON, Dorothy 1911-2001

LARSON, HERMANSON, COLLINS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/28/2009 at 23:40:00

Dorothy L. Larson, 90, of St. Ansgar, Iowa, died on Tuesday, May 15, 2001, at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center, Osage.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, May 19, at the Deer Creek Lutheran Church, Carpenter, with the Rev. Kathy Larson officiating. Burial was in the Deer Creek Lutheran Cemetery, Carpenter.

Dorothy was born on January 1, 1911, to Earnest and Thea (Hermanson) Collins in Deer Creek Township, Worth County, Iowa. She was baptized in March 1911 at the Deer Creek Lutheran Church by the Rev. M. E. Waldeland. When she was six months old they moved to a homestead near Devon, Montana. They lived there for seven years, moving back to Northwood for one year, then moving to a farm on the state line, north of Meltonville.

She attended school in Otranto and graduated from high school with honors in 1929. Her classmates remain very dear to her. She was confirmed in 1926 by the Rev. O. M. Langehough in the Lutheran Church, Lyle, Minnesota. She was married on February 5, 1930, to Leonard R. Larson at her parents home by the Rev. A. C. Korsrud, pastor of their London, Minnesota Church.

They farmed on the A. Z. VanCamp farm for eight years, then moved to Carpenter. She was active in her husband's Phillip's 66 Oil Business and custom truck box building. She was city clerk of Carpenter for 34 years and active in other community organizations. In 1982 and again in 1995, she received merit awards from the Community Club for her dedicated contributions. She was a charter member of the Friendship Club and a faithful member of the Deer Creek Lutheran Church, Carpenter.

Survivors include her son, Roger and wife, Beverly of Swaledale; daughter, Caroly and husband, Dennis Davis of Kensett; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Leonard; her only sister, Amy Kruse; one granddaughter, Marsha Larson; and one grandson, Daniel Davis.

The Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar, was in charge of the arrangements.

[ Northwood Anchor -- May 22, 2001]