Ney, Lawrence 1910-2008

NEY, KLEIN, LANGEL

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
Date: 2/8/2012 at 04:21:25

Lawrence Ney
Lawrence F. Ney, 97, of Granville died Friday, June 13, at Orange City Area Health System Hospital in Orange City.
Services were 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Granville, with the Rev. Richard Ball officiating. Burial was in St. Joseph Cemetery, Granville.
Ney was born August 6, 1910, in rural Granville, to John and Mary (Klein) Ney. He was raised in the Granville area and received his education at St. Joseph Catholic School in Granville. He then farmed north of Granville. On August 10, 1936, he married Helen Langel at Le Mars. They made their home near Granville where they were engaged in farming until retiring and moving into Granville in 1975. His wife died November 26, 1980. He had been resident of Fieldcrest Assisted Living in Sheldon since August 2005. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and Catholic Order of Foresters for over 50 years. He enjoyed playing cards and watching baseball.
Survivors include three sons, James and his wife Pauline of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Donald of Granville and Mark and his wife Barb of Bloomington, Minnesota; three daughters and their husbands, Judy and Irven Block of Ashton, Jane and James Streff of West Plains, Missouri, and Joyce and Mark Even of Rochester, Minnesota; 25 grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren;
seven great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Jack and his wife Doralice of Granville; four sisters, Marie Meinen of Sibley, Rosalia Koob, Frances Koob and Colleen Penning, all of Granville;
four sisters-in-law, Marie Olson of Sioux Falls, Kathryn Ney of Orange City, Evelyn Ney of Granville and Millie Ney of Sheldon.
He was preceded in death by a son, Robert; two daughters-in-law, Bonnie and Joan Ney; three grandchildren; five brothers, Robert in infancy, Peter, Theodore, Anthony and Joseph; two sisters, Elizabeth in infancy and Emma Graff; five brothers-in-law, Clarence Graff, Edwin Koob, Ade Penning, Milo Koob and Louie Meinen.
Source: Sioux Center News of June 18 2008