Franken, Alice, Mrs. Art L., 1892-1982

FRANKEN, LAMMERS, NYKAMP

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Date: 8/20/2010 at 22:37:10

Mrs. Art L. Franken, 89, of Sioux Center, died Wednesday, January 6 at her home of an apparent heart attack. Services were at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Bethel Christian Reformed Church. The Rev. Duane Tinklenberg officiated. Burial was in Memory Gardens Cemetery under direction of the Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation was Sunday afternoon and evening at the James Franken residence, 104 Third St. S.E., in Sioux Center.

Mrs. Franken, the former Alice Lammers, was born June 5, 1892, near Sioux Center where she attended school. She was married May 5, 1911, in Sioux Center. The couple farmed southwest of Sioux Center. Mr. Franken died April 1, 1971.

Survivors include three sons, Alfred of Carmel, Dick of Maurice and James of Sioux Center; two daughters, Mrs. Louis (Hermina) Wynia and Mrs. Gerrit (Elizabeth) Van Maanen, both of Maurice; two brothers, Ralph of Sioux Center and William of Sheldon; two sisters, Mrs. John Addink and Mrs. Louis Klien [Klein], both of Sioux Center; eight grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Source: Sioux Center News, Jan. 13, 1982.

Her parents were Dick and Hermina (Nykamp) Lammers (per obit of Dick Lammers, Sioux Center News, Oct. 12, 1944).