Popken, George P 1911-1992

POPKEN, MINIETS, WESTHOFF, KUECKER, HOFFLAND, JANSSEN, ROHLFS, JOHNSON

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Page 2 -Ireton Examiner, Ireton, Sioux, Iowa, USA Thursday, September 3. 1992

George P. Popken, 81, of Le Mars, lA, a lifelong Plymouth County resident, died on Saturday, August 29, 1992, at his residence.

Services were held on Tuesday afternoon at St. John's American Lutheran Church where he was a member, the Reverend Gary Landness officiating. Burial was in Christ Lutheran Cemetery in Grant Township, rural Le Mars, under the direction of the Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars.

Mr. Popken was born on May 11, 1911, in Grant Township, rural Le Mars. lA, the son of Gerd W. and Johanna (Miniets) Popken. He married Emma K. Westhoff at her parents' home on January 24, 1935. They farmed until retiring into Le Mars in 1977.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter. Roxanne Kuecker and her special friend, Dennis Deitermann, of Le Mars; two grandchildren, Jacob Kuecker and Laura Hoffland and her husband, Mark of Le Mars; two great-grandchildren, Christopher Lewis and Douglas Joe Hoffland; two sisters, Adeline Janssen and Elsie Rohlfs, both of Le Mars; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Dennis; a sister. Anna Johnson; and two brothers, Ernest and Arthur Popken.