Lulu Irene (Rollefson) Martinsen 1925 - 2017
ROLLEFSON, MARTINSEN, BARRETT, HANKS, LAMPE
Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/7/2018 at 18:50:56
Sioux City Journal
26 November 2017Whiting, Iowa, formerly Ida Grove, Iowa
Lulu Irene (Rollefson) Martinsen, 92, of Whiting, formerly of Ida Grove, passed away Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church in Ida Grove. The Rev. Chad Lierman will officiate. Burial will be in Ida Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove.
Lulu Irene Martinsen, the daughter of Isaac and Velma (Barrett) Hanks, was born on July 6, 1925, on a farm northwest of Holstein, Iowa. Lulu grew up in Galva, Iowa, and graduated with the class of 1941 from Galva High School. After high school, Lulu lived with her sister, Mildred, and helped with house hold chores.
On Feb. 12, 1943, Lulu was united into marriage to Edward Lampe in Nebraska. The couple were blessed with three children, Luella, Beth, and Edward. Due to health issues, Edward passed away in January 1956.
On Nov. 27, 1959, Lulu married Larry Rollefson at the Lutheran Church in Grant Township, Ida Grove. Lulu welcomed Larry's son, Robert, and the couple were blessed with a son, Gene. Due to health issues, Larry passed away in June 1986.
On Nov. 5, 1999, Lulu married Glenn Martinsen in Onawa, Iowa. The couple shared nine years together before Glenn passed in April 2008.
You might remember Lulu as a clerk at John's Super Value in Ida Grove or as your friendly Ida Grove Public School bus driver for 25 years. Lulu also worked as a cemetery sexton for the Ida Grove Cemetery.
Lulu was a faithful member of First United Methodist Church in Ida Grove and in her youth, was active in UMW. She enjoyed bird watching, organizing community senior citizen dances, rooting on her Kansas City Chiefs and the Minnesota Twins. She showed enthusiasm for her country through her patriotism; but most of all Lulu relished in her moments spent with her family.
Left to cherish her memory are her children, Luella (Lampe) Dammann of Harpswell, Maine, Edward (Diane) Lampe of Ida Grove, and Gene (Diane) Rollefson of Hinton, Iowa; stepson, Robert (Janice) Rollefson of Cherokee, Iowa; 15 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; 21 great-great-grandchildren; brothers, Bill Hanks of Scranton, Iowa, and Dennis Hanks of Lake City, Iowa; and many nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.
Lulu is preceded in death by her parents, Isaac and Velma Hanks; husbands, Edward Lampe, Larry Rollefson, and Glenn Martinsen; daughter, Beth (Lampe) Hightree; sisters, Dorothy Kennedy, Mildred Jepsen, and Lucille Strom; and two grandchildren, Dennis Nelson and Nicholas Lampe.
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