Wennblom, Raymond J. 1919-1999

WENNBLOM, HAGEN, ELLIS

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 3/8/2009 at 16:58:31

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Raymond Julen Wennblom, 79, of South Sioux City, formerly of rural West Akron, S.D.
DATE OF DEATH: Tuesday, April 27, 1999
PLACE OF DEATH: …at a Sioux City hospital
CAUSE OF DEATH:
DATE OF BIRTH: June 12, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH: …in Union County, S.D.
PARENTS: Ruben M. and Eda (Hagen) Wennblom
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: Wilma Ellis, July 5, 1943, Denver, Colo.
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE: ---
OCCUPATION: He served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945. The couple farmed in Union County from 1950 until retiring in 1989. They then moved to South Sioux City.
MEMBER OF: He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and various church boards. He served on Spring Creek and Pleasant Ridge School boards and served as Union County Commisioner for 10 years. He enjoyed square dancing and taught square dancing to beginners.
SURVIVORS: …include his wife; a daughter and her husband, Nancy and Don Ludwig of Windsor, Colo.; two sons and their wives, Jim and Pat of Bellevue, Wash., and Swen and Dianna of Apple Valley, Minn.; seven grandchildren; two sisters, Leora and her husband, Calvin Chicoine of Jefferson, S.D., and Mary Ellen Fett of Sioux City; and several nieces and nephews.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: …his parents and a sister, Mildred Fennel.
PLACE OF BURIAL: St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, rural Elk Point, S.D.
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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