Dunn, Mrs. John (Delia) - 1890-1982

DUNN, CLAERBOUT, LENSINK

Posted By: Linda Vander Linden-Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/15/2011 at 13:46:52

Mrs. Delia M. Dunn, 91, of Orange City passed away Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Orange City Municipal Hospital, after a brief illness.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 P.M., at the Van Etten-Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City. The Rev. Donald R. Lenderink will officiate, followed by interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Neptune.

Delia Mae Dunn was born Jan. 28, 1890 at Cedar Grove, WI, the daughter of Henry Claerbout and Ageline Lensink Claerbout. She was raised in Hull. On June 20, 1914, she married John Patrick Dunn at LeMars. They farmed south of LeMars. Mr. Dunn passed away April 7, 1930.

Mrs. Dunn continued to farm until 1959, when she moved to Henning, MN. She moved to Orange City in 1976 and later to Alton. In September of 1979, she became a resident of the Heritage House in Orange City.

She was of the Presbyterian faith.

Survivors include three granddaughters, Mrs. Jack (Myrna) Krogman, of Alton; Mrs. Earl (Carol) Nacke, of LeMars; and Mrs. Paul (Joellen) Seidel, of Clitherall, MN; 12 great-grandchildren, one great-great-granddaughter; and sister, Mrs. Gertrude Barnard of Sioux City.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Dunn was preceded in death by son, Marvin; foster son, Sylvester Smid; three brothers and three sisters.

Alton Democrat, January 14, 1982