MOUW, Benjamin W. 1903-1996

MOUW

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/4/2010 at 18:22:34

Benjamin W. Mouw

ST. ANSGAR--Benjamin W. Mouw, 92, of St. Ansgar, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996, at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center, Osage.

A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church, St. Ansgar, with the Rev. Robert Lemmermann officiating. Burial will be in St. Ansgar Cemetery.

There will be no visitation. Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Benjamin W. Mouw was born Jan. 22, 1903, in Sioux County, Iowa.

Survivors include his wife, Madge, of St. Ansgar; two sons, Willis B. Mouw of Baudette, Minn., and Eugene H. Mouw of St. Ansgar; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Alice Straatsma of Holland, Mich.; Johanna VanBinsbergen of Orange City; Wilma VanGorp of Montevideo, Minn., and Harriet DeBoer of Littleton, Colo.; and one brother Marvin Mouw of Sioux Center.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two wives, two brothers, one daughter and three grandsons.

[ From Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Jan. 10, 1996 ]