Florence L Saxen 1923-2003

SAXEN, CHRISTENSEN, MCSHANNON

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 5/25/2008 at 01:20:39

Sioux City Journal
12 April 2003

Florence L. Saxen
Onawa, Iowa--Florence L. Saxen, 79, of Onawa died Wednesday, April 9, 2003, at Burgess Health Center in Onawa.

Memorial services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at Pearson Funeral Home in Onawa,with the Rev. Dennis Olsen of First Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in St. Clair Cemetery at Ute, Iowa. There will be no visitation.

Mrs. Saxen was born Dec. 17, 1923, on a farm near Ute, the daughter of WIlliam and Anna (Christensen) McShannon. She grew up in the Ute and Soldier, Iowa, area and graduated from Soldier Schools.

She was married to Lester C. Saxen on Nov. 19, 1942, at Dakota City. They lived in Monona County most of their lives, except for a few years in California and Texas.

Florence attended the First Christian Church in Onawa and was recently baptized.

Survivors include a son, John of Onawa; three grandchildren, Chris Saxen, Shawn Lambert and Denise Broyles; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lester in 1999; a daughter, Laura Jean Lambert in 1993; two sisters; and a brother.