Anna Harriet Hokel (1907-2007)

HOKEL, SHELDAHL, THOMAS, JOHNSON, SNIDER, WILES, RYG, MILANI

Posted By: Tri-County Times
Date: 2/2/2007 at 06:15:51

TRI COUNTY TIMES, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, February 1, 2007.

Anna Harriet (Sheldahl) Hokel, 99, of Slater, passed away peacefully on January 25th at 1:10 A.M. at Riverside Manor in Ames. Funeral services were held on Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Slater with Pastor Heidi Williams and Pastor Bruce Thomas (grandson) officiating. Burial followed in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery in Slater.

Anna Harriet was born to Henry and Anna (Johnson) Sheldahl at home in Roland, IA on March 21, 1907. She was baptized and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church in Roland. She married Ben Hokel on January 1, 1927 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Slater.

She had been employed at the Ordinance Plant in Ankeny, the Creamery and the Egg Plant in Slater and Collegiate Manufacturing in Ames. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She enjoyed playing bridge and 500. She belonged to a church circle and many clubs.

She is survived by one son, Carl (Marilyn) Hokel of Huxley; three daughters, Betty Snider of Ames, Marilyn (Steve) Thomas of Ames, and Karen Wiles of Des Moines; two sister-in-laws, Dorothy Sheldahl of Fort Dodge and Ruth Ryg of Ballard Creek in Huxley; seventeen grandchildren; forty-one great grandchildren; six great-great grandchildren and many beloved family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband; one daughter, Phyllis Milani; three son-in-laws, Keith Snider, Sonny Wiles, and Rico Milani; parents; five sisters; four brothers; one great grandson.

A visitation was held at Stevens Memorial Chapel in Ames on Friday, January 26, 2007 from 5 to 7 P.M.

Memorial contributions may be given to Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Slater.

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