Onken, Alma A. 1907-1986

ONKEN, POPKEN, KRUSE

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 11/26/2018 at 21:11:30

Note: Mother's maiden name is Kruse.

Alma A. Onken

Alma A. Onken, 79, of Le Mars, lifelong resident of Plymouth county, died Friday (May 16, 1986) at a Le Mars nursing home.

Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Christ Lutheran church, Grant township, rural Le Mars. The Rev. Jack Hebard officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery under the direction of Mauer-Johnson funeral home.

Mrs. Onken, the former Alma A. Popken, was born Nov. 13, 1907, in Grant township, rural Akron. She farmed with her husband in Plymouth county until moving into Le Mars in 1976. She was a member of Christ Luther church.

Survivors include her husband; five sisters, Mrs. George (Clara) Oetken, Mrs. Henry (Ella) Dirks, Mrs. William (Hilda) Renken, Miss Helen Popken, and Mrs. Harven (Amanda), all of Le Mars.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, May 22, 1986
Akron, Iowa