VanVooren, Mary, Mrs. Charles jr., 1924-1974

VANVOOREN, DEITERMAN

Posted By: Lydia Lucas-Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/21/2011 at 20:55:59

Suspect Monoxide in Death at Rock Valley
Mrs. Charles Van Vooren Jr.

Funeral services for Mrs. Charles Van Vooren Jr., 49, of Rock Valley, whose body was found early Wednesday afternoon [Jan. 23] in her car in her garage, were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary Catholic Church. The Rev. Patrick J. Nooney officiated and burial was in the parish cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday in the Porter Funeral Home.

Dr. L. J. Willekes of Sioux Center, Sioux County medical examiner, said an autopsy indicated a "suspicion" of carbon monoxide poisoning, but that specimens will be sent to the state laboratory at Iowa City for further tests before a final determination can be made.

Mrs. Van Vooren was found by a soft water service man at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday sitting in her car. Dr. Willekes said the ignition was on but that the motor wasn't running when she was found.

Mrs. Van Vooren, the former Mary Deiterman, was born Nov. 10, 1924, at Ward, S.D., and was married Jan. 9, 1945, at Elkton, S.D.

Survivors include the widower; two daughters, Mrs. Randy (Diana) Vander Velde of Onawa, and Mrs. Gary (Vicky) Warner of Hudson, S.D.; her mother, Mrs. Joseph Deiterman of Pipestone, Minn.; two brothers, Arnold and Robert Deiterman, both of Ward, and a sister, Mrs. Alvin Staab of Sioux Falls.

Source: Alton Democrat, Jan. 30, 1974.

(Shorter obits were published in the Rock Valley Bee, Sioux Center News, and Sioux County Index.)