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Willard, Carol Elaine, 1932-1933

WILLARD, KWIKKEL, MEYN

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:37

From the Boyden Reporter, January 5, 1933:

Carol Elaine Willard, baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Helmeth Willard of Belvedere, S.D., passed away Sunday, January first, at the home of the baby’s grandmother, Mrs. Adam Kwikkel, of Sheldon. The baby had been ill but a short time with pneumonia and was but a month and five days old. Besides her parents, she leaves two sisters, Lorraine and Dorothy. Mrs. Willard was formerly Miss Minnie Meyn of Sheldon. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, Rev. Hein of Boyden being in charge, and burial was made in the Boyden Luthern cemetery.

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She does not appear in the Sioux County Cemetery Index. However, she has a FindaGrave page, with a photo of her headstone: “Carol E. Willert, Nov. 25, 1932-Jan. 1, 1933.” It shows her buried in Saint John Cemetery, Boyden. Parents: Helmuth Willert (1902-1973) and Wilhelmine Meyn Willert (1907-2006).

Her death certificate adds her birth place, Chamberlin, S.D.; father Helmuth Willert was born in Paullina, Iowa, and mother Wilhelmina Meyn in Boyden; died in Sheldon, where she had been living for 15 days, at 11:30 a.m. January 31, 1933; cause, lobar pneumonia, onset December 30; contributory cause, premature birth, 8th month.


 

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