Detloff, Lydia Mae 1882-1954

DETLOFF, PECH

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 10/28/2008 at 15:09:06

LYDIA MAE DETLOFF

Mrs. Lydia Mae Detloff, of 421 Central Ave. S.W. in LeMars, passed away November 7, 1954, at the Sacred Heart hospital here after a sickness which lasted since April.

Lydia Mae Pech was born February 23, 1882, at Storm Lake, Iowa, and came to Plymouth County as a girl. She has since lived here. On May 9, 1906, she was united in marriage with Wm. J. H. Detloff in LeMars. He passed away in May, 1954.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 2:00 p.m. at the Mauer funeral home in LeMars with burial in the LeMars City Cemetery. Rev. James Ransom will officiate.

Survivors include six sons; John of LeMars, Robert of El Cerrito, California, Warren, Orenda, Calif.; Carl of Sturgis, Michigan; Glenn of LeMars; and Wayne of Little Rock, Arkansas. Also a brother Clarence of Sioux City survives as do five sisters; Mrs. Dora Eyres of LeMars, Mrs. Agnes Osborne of Alton, Mrs. Rena Fowler of Oakland, California, Mrs. Anna Caldwell of Fat Rockaway, New York, and Mrs. Mabel Eilers of Sioux City.

She was preceded in death by her husband and one daughter in infancy. She was a member of the Presbyterian church in LeMars.

~Source: The LeMars Globe-Post, November 8, 1954
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Additional Obituary:

Mrs. Lydia Mae Detloff, 72, died
Nov. 7, at Sacred Heart hospital.

Funeral services were Wednesday
in Le Mars. She had come to Plymouth
County from Storm Lake as
a girl. Surviving are six sons, including
John and Glenn of Le Mars; a brother
and five sisters, including Dora Eyres
of Le Mars and Mrs. Agnes Osborne of Alton.

Floyd Valley Farmers News
Friday, November 12, 1954
Le Mars, Iowa

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