Ethel Lafrentz 1913 - 1996

LAFRENTZ, O’BRECHT, HAMANN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-volunteer (email)
Date: 5/30/2017 at 15:25:48

Sioux City Journal
1 November 1996

Mapleton, Iowa—Ethel Lafrentz, 83, of Mapleton died suddenly Thursday, October 31, 1996 at her home.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Soldier Township rural Charter Oak with Pastor Eugene Ernest officiating. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Soldier Township, rural Charter Oak. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today at the Armstrong Funeral Home in Mapleton.

Mrs. Lafrentz was born February 1, 1913 in Grant Township, rural Ida Grove, the daughter of Berhard and Eva (O’brecht) Hamann. She grew up and was educated in the Ida Grove area.

On June 12, 1938, she married Harvey Lafrentz in Battle Creek. The couple farmed in Soldier Township, Charter Oak. They retired and moved into Mapleton in 1987.

Mrs. Lafrentz was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, where she served on the ladies Aid.

Survivors include her husband; a son and his wife, Delbert and Rita Lafrentz; grandchildren, Todd, Troy, Tricia and Trent; a daughter and her husband, Audrey Ann and Mahlon Pekarek of Blencoe, and two sisters, Opal Fritz of Denison and Fern Phillips of Manning.

She was also preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.