Newgard, Letta 1889-1982

NEWGARD, NYGARD

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Date: 10/31/2019 at 15:53:54

Letta Newgard

AKRON, Iowa--Letta Newgard, 92, of Akron died Sunday in a hospital in Akron after a brief illness.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Schroeder Funeral Home in Akron. The Rev. Marvin Ketterling of Brule Creek Lutheran Church, rural Elk Point, S.D. will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Akron.

Mrs. Newgard, the former Letta Nygatd, was born Dec. 14, 1889, in Decorah. She moved with her damily to a farm in Union County, S.D. in 1893. She attended business college in Sioux City and worked for a Sioux City investment firm for several years. She returned to the family farm near Akron in 1923 and moved to Akron in 1953. She had resided at the Akron Nursing Home since 1979.

Mrs. Newgard was a member of Brule Creek Lutheran Church where she was organist for many years.

Survivors include nieces and nephrews.

Sioux City Journal
Tuesday, November 30, 1982
Sioux City, Iowa