Renken, Reaka 1889-1985

RENKEN, OETKEN

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/6/2015 at 14:11:09

Reaka Renken

Reaka Renken, 96, of Le Mars, died Monday (October 21, 1985) in a nursing home in Le Mars.

Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in St. Joh's Lutheran Church in Le Mars. The Rev. Tome Lee officiated. Burial was in Christ Lutheran Cemetery in Grant Township, Plymouth County, under the direction of the Mauer-Johnson funeral home in Le Mars.

Mrs. Renken, the former Reaka Oetken, was born June 27, 1889, in Grant Township. She was a lifelong Plymouth County resident and homemaker. She married Gareith Renken Feb. 8, 1907, in Elgin township, Plymouth County. he died in 1963.

She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and ALCW.

Survivors include two sons, Herman of Akron and Walter of Le Mars; one daughter, Mrs. Ed (Luella) Hoppe of Aurora, Colo.; 15 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, October 31, 1985
Akron, Iowa