Russell Wayne Mordhorst 1948- 2013

MORDHORST, CHRISTENSEN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/11/2014 at 12:18:01

Sioux City Journal
5 December 2013

UTE, Iowa | Russell W. Mordhorst, 65, of San Francisco, Calif., formerly of Ute, passed away Nov. 28, 2013, at Tunnel Kindred Care Center in San Francisco.

There will be a private family service. Arrangements are under the direction of Armstrong Funeral Home in Ute.

Russell Wayne Mordhorst was born on Oct. 18, 1948, in Ute, the son of Elmer and Luetta (Christensen) Mordhorst. Russell was baptized into the Missouri Synod Lutheran faith on Oct. 18, 1948, at Crawford County Hospital in Denison, Iowa. He was confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ute, Iowa on April 7, 1963, by Rev. Lange. Growing up, he was a member of the Ute Eager Beaver’s 4-H Club for nine years with projects in swine and entomology. He graduated from Charter Oak-Ute High School in 1967 and attended college at Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Mo. He moved to San Francisco, and was employed at Pacific Telephone Company.

Russell especially enjoyed studying the Bible, going to see movies in the theater, and his visits home to see his family in Iowa. He volunteered for various organizations in the bay area.

Survivors left to cherish his memory include his parents, Elmer and Luetta Mordhorst of Denison, Iowa; one sister, Patricia Wallis and her husband, George of San Antonio, Texas; two brothers, Donald Mordhorst and his wife, Teresa and Dennis Mordhorst and his wife, Barbara, all of Soldier, Iowa; an aunt, Elsie Dutler of Holstein, Iowa; nine nieces and nephews; 20 grandnieces and nephews; and several cousins.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, William and Clara Mordhorst; his maternal grandparents, Carl and Amanda Christensen; his uncles, LaVerne Mordhorst, Carl Dahl, and Harold Dutler; and his aunt, Ellen Dahl.

Memorials may be directed to St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Ute.

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