Zenk, Mollie (Mrs. Mike)1897-1992

ZENK, HARPENAU, KOOPMAN

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke-volunteer
Date: 9/14/2013 at 23:53:53

Source: Sioux County Capital of Orange City (1-29-1992)
Source: Sioux County Capital of Orange City (1-30-1992)

Born: August 3, 1897
Died: January 24, 1992

Mollie Zenk, 94, of Alton, died Friday, January 24, at the Happy Siesta Retirement Home in Remsen after a long illness.

Services were at 10:30 A.M. Monday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Alton. Celebrating was her stepson, Monsignor Richard Zenk, Monsignor Nicholis J. Ruba of Alton and the Rev. Leo Harpenau of Le Mars. Burial was in the parish cemetery.

Mrs. Zenk was born August 3, 1897, at Le Mars, the daughter of Martin and Caroline (Harpenau) Koopman. She was raised and attended school in the Le Mars area. She lived in Remsen and Le Mars, then married Mike Zenk February 14, 1949, at Sioux City. They farmed near Alton until retiring into town in 1957. Mr. Zenk died May 29, 1971. Mrs. Zenk had lived at the Happy Siesta Retirement Home since November 3, 1982.She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, the Church Guild and the Rosary Society.

Survivors include four stepsons, Alvin and his wife, Sue, of Sibley, Monsignor Richard E. Zenk of Onawa, Donald and his wife, Viola, of Alton, and Cyril and his wife, Corrine, of Slatton, Minnesota; two stepdaughters, Mildred Vortherms of Fulda, Minnesota, and Mary Ann Full of Minneota, Minnesota; a stepdaughter-in-law, Catherine Twombley of Bella Vista, Arkansas; 31 step-grandchildren; and 58 step-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two stepsons, Milo and Alfred; three brothers, Henry, Al, and Emil Koopman; Mrs. Henry (Frances) Bortschelleir and Mrs. Paul (Olive) Waldschmitt.