Bachelder, Arlette (Svendsen) -- 1929 - 1991

SVENDSEN, MIKKLESON, BACHELDER, ZWEIBOHMER, ALLEN, CHAPMAN, BREITSPRECHER, THOMPSON

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 7/23/2011 at 21:48:48

SOURCE: Postville, Iowa POSTVILLE HERALD-LEADER, November 7, 1991
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Funeral services for Arlette Bachelder were held Thursday, October 31 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Castalia, Iowa. The Rev. Gordon Smedsrud of Decorah, Iowa officiated. Schutte Funeral Service of Postville, Iowa was in charge of arrangements. Burial was in the Pleasant View Cemetery at Castalia, Iowa. Casket bearers were Wayne Timmerman, William Szabo, Kurt Anfinson, George Wander, Loren Koenig, Romuald Elsbernd.

Arlette Mae Bachelder, daughter of John and Anna (Mikkleson) Svendsen, was born January 25, 1929 in Winneshiek County, near Castalia, Iowa. She was baptized in the Stavanger Lutheran Church and confirmed in the Zion Lutheran Church. Arlette attended Bloomfield School No. 8. On September 12, 1945, she was married to Harry Leo Bachelder in the Little Brown Church at Nashua, Iowa. To this union four children were born. They farmed in the Castalia, Iowa area all of their lives and raised mink for 21 of those years. In 1969 they retired and moved to their home in Castalia.

Arlette loved geraniums. She raised * the newspaper in its original printing had overlooked this portion and then went into the following * and her collection of antiques she found at the many auctions she attended. She also enjoyed many hours of playing cards and dancing with her friends. For 13 years Arlette served as janitor of the Zion Lutheran Church in Castalia. Arlette was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church.

She passed away Monday, October 28, 1991 in the Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital at Decorah, Iowa. She had reached the age of 62 years, 9 months and 3 days. Arlette is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harry, who died January 15, 1985; 4 brothers, John Svendsen, who died in infancy, Arthur Svendsen, Norman Svendsen, and Reuben Svendsen, and 2 sisters, Esther Svendsen, and Lillie Zweibohmer.

Arlette is survived by 3 sons: Lyle Bachelder and Dale Bachelder, both of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Leon (Sherry) Bachelder of Decorah, Iowa; a daughter, Terri (Doyle) Allen of Postville, Iowa; 8 grandchildren: Joel, Todd, Kim, and Vicky Bachelder, Kamon Chapman, Kelly and Korey Bachelder, and Jonathan Allen; 1 great-grandson, Michael Patrick Bachelder; 1 brother, John Svendsen of Castalia, Iowa; and 2 sisters, Mildred Breitsprecher, and Ellen (Harley) Thompson, all of Ossian, Iowa.

Pleasant View Cemetery, Castalia, Iowa
 

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