Madsen, Earl 1912-1992

MADSEN, ELMITT, DURR

Posted By: Linda Ziemann (email)
Date: 7/7/2007 at 19:58:14

EARL C. MADSEN

Earl C. Madsen, 80, of Hawarden, died Monday, June 8, 1992, at the Hass Hillcrest Care Center, Hawarden.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church, Hawarden, with Rev. Paul Hansen officiating. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Resthaven Memory Gardens Cemetery in LeMars. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday with the family present from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Porter-Dow Funeral Home at Hawarden.

Mr. Madsen was born April 24, 1912, at Humboldt, the son of Steffen and Mabel (Elmitt) Madsen. He married Alice Durr on May 27, 1935, at Pocahontas. Together they lived at Pocahontas and Palmer where he operated a grocery store. He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II, receiving the Purple Heart. Following the service, the couple lived in LeMars where Mr. Madsen was employed at several grocery stores. He also sold Watkins Products for many years until retiring to Hawarden in 1977.

~source: LeMars Daily Sentinel

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