Popken, Wallace R. 1924-1995

POPKEN, RUFF

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 8/29/2008 at 14:56:23

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Wallace R. Popken, 71, Cottonwood Drive
CAUSE OF DEATH: …died unexpectedly
DATE OF DEATH: Saturday, Aug. 5, 1995
PLACE OF DEATH: …at a Sioux City hospital
DATE OF BIRTH: July 5, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH: …in rural LeMars, Iowa
PARENTS: Dick and Frieda Popken
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: Anetta C. Ruff, Dec. 25, 1948, Delmont, S.D.
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE:
OCCUPATION: He was employed by Wincharger Corp., for five years and Zenith Corp. for 18 years. He then worked for Rochester Products for five years and retired in 1984. He served with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
SURVIVORS: …include his wife; a daughter, Connie Popken of Sioux City; two sisters, Dorothy Kaufman and Lois Ream, both of Sioux City; and a granddaughter, Erin Popken.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: …his parents.
PLACE OF BURIAL: Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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