Shirley Oetken 1928 - 2006

OETKEN, DAVIS, STRUBLE

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/27/2018 at 22:41:28

Sioux City Journal
20 November 2006

LE MARS, Iowa -- Shirley Oetken, 78, of Le Mars passed away at her home on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. John"s Lutheran Church, E.L.C.A., with the Rev. Gary Landsness officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be after 3 p.m. Tuesday, with the family present after 5:30 p.m., followed by a 7 p.m. prayer service, at Carlsen Funeral Home in Le Mars. Visitation will continue 9:30 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the church. Condolences may be sent to the family through www.carlsenfuneralhome.com.

Shirley M. Struble was born March 13, 1928, on the family farm in Monona County, Iowa, to Lloyd L. and Lucille (Davis) Struble. Shirley graduated from Castana High School in 1946, and later attended National Business Technical School in Sioux City, where she received secretarial training. She went to work for Rice Bros. and later at the Sioux City Stock Yards.

Shirley was united in marriage to Lawrence Oetken on Feb. 12, 1950, in Sioux City. Shirley and Lawrence farmed together on the Oetken farm in Elgin Township until their retirement in 1991, when they moved to Le Mars.

Shirley had been a member of St. John"s Lutheran Church in Le Mars since 1950. She enjoyed belonging to circle and loved quilting. She also enjoyed volunteering her time and talents wherever needed. She had volunteered at the hospital gift shop, Plymouth Manor, Meals on Wheels and the Senior Companion Program.

Survivors include her five children, Beth Holden and her husband, Charles of Rawlins, Wyo., Neal Oetken and his wife, Sheryl of Le Mars, Carol Johnson and her husband, John of Omaha, Jim Oetken and his wife, Darlene of Le Mars and Lisa Reuter of Le Mars; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a brother, Sherman Struble and his wife, Melba of Missouri Valley, Iowa; a sister, Joyce Grigg and her husband, Richard of Tombstone, Ariz.; in-laws, Herman Oetken of Le Mars, Don and Dixie Oetken of Brunsville, Iowa, Marlene and Tom Arens of Le Mars, Leonard Campbell of Le Mars, Alice Reid of San Ramon, Calif. and Lucille Slay of San Antonio, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.

Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd L. and Lucille (Davis) Struble; her husband, Lawrence Oetken in 1999; a sister, Phyllis, as a young child; and in-laws, Frances Oetken, Laura Campbell, John Reid, Jim Slay and Kenneth Oetken.

Pallbearers will be Kyle Oetken, Daniel Oetken, Allen Oetken, Scott Holden, Aaron Johnson and Trent Boetger.