TURNER, Grace (Conca) 1910-1987

TURNER, CONCA

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/30/2013 at 13:46:46

Memorial services were held Monday, July 6, 1987, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Osage, Iowa, for Grace Turner, 76, of Osage, who died Thursday, July 2, 1987 at an Osage nursing home. Rev. D. Hanson officiated, and burial will be at a later date in St. Ansgar Cemetery. The body was cremated.

She was born on October 6, 1910 in Dubuque, Iowa, to Frank and Olive (Tracy) Conca. The family moved to St. Ansgar in 1913. She graduated from St. Ansgar High School. She then attended Minneapolis School of Cosmetology and was trained as a singer. She performed in various musicals and plays in the Minneapolis area. She married Robert Turner in Minneapolis.

The couple moved to Mitchell County in 1937. Mrs. Turner helped her husband in the operation of a gasoline Station in Osage. In later years she worked as a police dispatcher for the Osage Police Department.

She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.

Survivors include a daughter, Jackie Turner of Osage.

Mitchell County Press-News - July 8, 1987