HULSHIZER, Olga A. (Gordon) 1904-2000

HULSHIZER, GORDON, JOHNSON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/17/2011 at 22:10:28

OLGA A. HULSHIZER

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NORTHWOOD, IOWA - Olga A. Hulshizer, 96, of Northwood, died Saturday (Sept. 23, 2000) at the Lutheran Retirement Home, Northwood.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Deer Creek Lutheran Church, Carpenter, Iowa, with the Rev. Kathy Larson officiating. Burial will be held at Deer Creek Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, Highway 65 South, Northwood.

Olga A. Hulshizer was born on February 2, 1904, in Carpenter, Iowa, to Ole and Petronella (Johnson) Gordon.

She married Lawrence Hulshizer on March 5, 1924. They farmed in the Deer Creek area until retiring to Northwood in 1973. She was a member of the Deer Creek Lutheran Church. She enjoyed crocheting, her flowers and her grandchildren.

Survivors include one son, James and his wife, Mavis, of Blaine, Minnesota; one sister, Odella and her husband, Charles Vosburgh, of Mason City; two brothers, Clarence Lynn Gordon, of Carpenter and Norman Gordon, of Illinois; two sisters, Gladys Hulshizer, of Northwood and Olive Purdy, of Alden, Minnesota; six grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; 17 great-great- grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; four brothers: Anton, Nels, Art and Roy; five sisters: Alma, Nora, Ruth, Alice and Clarice; a grandson, Steve and his wife, Karen; and two daughters-in-law, Madeline and Mary.

Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, (641) 324-1121.

[Globe Gazette, Sept. 24, 2000]
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NORTHWOOD - Olga A. Hulshizer, 96, of Northwood died Saturday (Sept. 23, 2000) at the Lutheran Retirement Home, Northwood.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Deer Creek Lutheran Church, Carpenter, with the Rev. Kathy Larson officiating. Burial will be held at Deer Creek Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, Highway 65 South, Northwood.

Olga A. Hulshizer was born on Feb. 2, 1904, in Carpenter, to Ole and Petronella (Johnson) Gordon.

She married Lawrence Hulshizer on March 5, 1924. They farmed in the Deer Creek area until retiring to Northwood in 1973. She was a member of the Deer Creek Lutheran Church. She enjoyed crocheting, her flowers and her grandchildren.

Survivors include one son, James and his wife, Mavis, of Blaine, Minn.; one daughter, Odella and her husband, Charles Vosburgh, of Mason City; two brothers, Clarence Lynn Gordon of Carpenter and Norman Gordon of Ill.; two sisters, Gladys Hulshizer of Northwood and Olive Purdy of Alden, Minn.; six grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; 17 great-great- grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, four brothers, Anton, Nels, Art and Roy, five sisters, Alma, Nora, Ruth, Alice and Clarice, a grandson, Steve and his wife, Karen; two daughters-in-law, Madeline and Mary.

Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, (641) 324-1121.

[Globe Gazette, Sept. 25, 2000]