Carstensen, Lucille 1908-1977

CARSTENSEN, NEWMAN, VANDER FEEN, NORHEIM, NISSEN, NORTON, RION

Posted By: Kimberly Tietjen Dees (email)
Date: 2/1/2004 at 18:19:07

Mrs. Felix (Lucille Jane) Carstensen, 68, longtime Merrill and LeMars area resident died unexpectedly Tuesday (Feb. 8, 1977) at Floyd Valley Hospital in LeMars after suffering an apparent heart attack. She had been hospitalized for one day.

Lucille Jane Newman was born Sept. 21, 1908, at Webb City, Mo. to George and Dolly Rion Newman.

She was married to Felix Carstensen Feb 4, 1930 at Merrill. The couple farmed near Merrill until retiring to LeMars in October 1969. She also was preceeded in death by a daughter, Shirley Vander Feen, and a brother, Robert Newman.

Mrs. Carstensen was a member of St. John American Lutheran Church, Merrill.

Funeral services will be Friday at 12:30 p.m. at St. John's American Lutheran Church, Merrill, with the Rev. Harold Norheim officiating. Burial will be in Merrill Hillside Cemetary under direction of Mauer Funeral Home, LeMars.

A prayer service will be Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

Survivors are two sons, Robert and Floyd Carstensen, both of Sioux City; 12 grandchildren; two brothers, Curtis Newman, Sioux City and George Newman, Spirit Lake and two sisters, Mrs. Nis (Maxine) Nissen, Omaha and Mrs. Ray (Dorothy) Norton, Sioux City.