Ludwigs, Leona B. 1909-1998

LUDWIGS, BORCHERS, MARIENAU, BRAAKS

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Date: 11/14/2013 at 21:44:43

Leona B. Ludwigs

Leona B. Ludwigs, 89, of Le Mars died Wednesday, October 28, 1998 at Plymouth Manor Cafe Center in Le Mars.

Services were held on Monday, November 2 at St. John's Lutheran Church with the Reverend Gary Landsness officiating, Burial was in St. John Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Craig, Iowa.

Pallbearers were Jim Larson, Verle Marienau, Erwin Renken, Ronnie Weyen, Kenneth Ludwigs and Allen VanderHelm.

Mrs. Ludwigs was born August 17, 1909 at Wiicox, Neb., the daughter of William Carl and Verdena (Braaks) Marienau. She was raised in the Truman, Minn., area and later moved to a farm near Ireton, Iowa. She married Eilert Borchers on Feb. 21, 1931. He died November 17, 1950. She married William G. Ludwigs on July 1, 1960 at Stockton, Kan. He died Dec. 14, 1993.

Survivors include one son and his wife, Tom and Jan Borchers of Le Mars; one granddaughter, Amy Borchers of Le Mars; one great-granddaughter; three step-grandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Esther Popken of Akron and Wylma Larson of Amboy, Minn.

She was preceded in death by one,son, Arlen on Feb. 19, 1951; four sisters, Caroline Gronemeyer, Ann Wohlrabe, Mabel Rienke and Viola Weyen; and six brothers, Henry, Walter, Otto, Alvin, Carl and Paul Marienau.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, November 5, 1998
Akron, Iowa