Otten, Dick 1921-1995

OTTEN, NAB, VANVELDHUIZEN

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 8/27/2008 at 19:12:28

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Dick Otten, 74, of Akron, Iowa
CAUSE OF DEATH: …after a long illness
DATE OF DEATH: Sunday, Nov. 19, 1995
PLACE OF DEATH: …at his home
DATE OF BIRTH: Aug. 13, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH: Hudson, S.D.
PARENTS: Dirk and Grace (Nab) Otten
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: Elizabeth Van Veldhuizen, June 10, 1959, at Alvord.
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE:
OCCUPATION: The couple farmed near Akron until 1983 when they retired, and moved to Akron in 1993. Mrs. Otten died Sept. 14, 1993. Mr. Otten was a Marine veteran of World War II. He was wounded in Okinawa and received the Purple Heart.
SURVIVORS: …include a son, Roger and his wife, Lynda, of Akron; a grandson, Brian Tillman of Akron; a brother, Mike of Alcester, S.D.; and two sisters, Mrs. Virgil (Cora) Peterson of Hawarden and Anna Otten of Elk Point, S.D.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: …his parents; three brothers, Gilbert, David and John and three sisters, Henrietta, Wilma, and Bertha.
PLACE OF BURIAL: Riverside Cemetery, Akron, Iowa
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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