Wartman, Agnes (Mrs. Wilfred) 1916-1985

WARTMAN, VANDERKOOI

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke-Volunteer
Date: 1/6/2014 at 19:37:25

Source: Local paper, Lyon County News (May 1985)

Born: March 3, 1916
Died: May 30, 1985

Funeral services for Agnes Wartman, 69, will be held today, Saturday, June 1, 1985 at 1:30 P.M. in the Lyon County First Presbyterian Church, George. The Rev. Norman Linde will officiate with burial in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Wartman passed away May 30 at a Sioux Falls, South Dakota hospital. The Vogelaar-Bolin Funeral Home, George, was in charge of the arrangements.

The daughter of Ben and Theresa Vander Kool, she was born March 3, 1916, in Hull where she lived her youth and attended school. She married Wilfred Wartman February 17, 1939. During their married life, the couple has farmed, has managed a motel in Rochester, MN, and has managed an apartment in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The couple retired in 1980 and moved back to George.

She is survived by her husband, Wilfred, George; three daughters, Mrs. Roger (Beth) Aakre, Rochester, Minnesota; Mrs. Laverne (Carol) Koerselman, George; and Mrs. Mary Renken, Sioux Falls South Dakota; eight grandchildren; two brothers, William Vander Kool, Lynden, Washington; and James Vander Kool, Hull; and two sisters, Mrs. Josie (Jake) Van Berkum, Ripon, California; and Mrs. Gene (Gertrude) Scholten, George.