Meinen, Ilene C. "Jake" 1923-1999

MEINEN, ENDRES, SWIFT

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 8/25/2008 at 13:26:54

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Ilene C. “Jake” Meinen, 76, of Akron
CAUSE OF DEATH:
DATE OF DEATH: Tuesday, October 26, 1999
PLACE OF DEATH: Akron Convalescent Care Center, Akron, Iowa
DATE OF BIRTH: Feb. 8, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH: Harold, S. D.
PARENTS: John and Zella (Swift) Endres
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: William “Bill” Meinen, Aug. 26, 1947, Mitchell, S.D.
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE:
OCCUPATION: She was employed as a bookkeeper with Dirks Motors in Akron for many years. She also operated a ceramics shop for eight years. The couple wintered in Mesa, Ariz., for 13 years prior to her illness.
SURVIVORS: ..include her husband; two sons and their wives; nine grandchildren; three brothers, Don Endres and his wife, Bernice of Grand Forks, N.D., Lester Endres and his wife, Bertha of Brainerd, Minn., and Billy Endres of Middleton, Wis.; and several nieces and nephews.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: …her parents; six brothers, Rodell, Delbert, Kenny, John Jr., Vilas and Melvin; and a sister, Doris Loes.
PLACE OF BURIAL: St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Akron, Iowa
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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