Oetken, Mrs. Harry (Elsie) 1911-1974

OETKEN, GROSENHEIDER, LESS, POPKEN, MAMMEN, JONES

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Date: 3/3/2010 at 14:12:21

Hawarden Independent, Hawarden, Sioux, Iowa, USA Thursday, March 7, 1974

Mrs. Harry Oetkin

Funeral Services were held Saturday, Feb. 23; at St. John's Lutheran Church at Akron for Mrs. Harry Oetkin. 62, Le Mars. She passed away after an extended illness at a Le Mars hospital. Burial was in Memorial Cemetery under the direction ot Luken-Johnson Funeral Home.

Mrs. Oetken was the former Elsie Grosenheider and was born May 14, 1911 in Preston Township. She was married there on Dec, 16, 1932. The couple farmed near Akron until moving to Le Mars in 1973.

Survivors include the widower: a son, Loren of Akron; a daughter: Mrs: Kenneth (Karla) Less of Merrill; two brothers, Robert of Le Mars and Fred of Ireton; three sisters, Mrs. Fred Popkin, Ireton; Mrs. Carl Mammen, Le Mars and Mrs. Richard Jones of Akron; and three grandchildren.