Svendsen, Reuben Edwin -- 1918 - 1989

SVENDSEN, MIKKELSEN, ENGLE, BLAZEK, FREY, ESQUIVEL, HOWELL, BREITSPRECHER, THOMPSON, BACHELDER, ZWEIBOHMER

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 8/16/2011 at 19:50:13

SOURCE: Elgin, Iowa ELGIN ECHO, January 3, 1990
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Funeral services for Reuben Edwin Svendsen were held Wednesday, December 27, 1989 at 1 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, New Hampton, Iowa. Officiating was Rev. Bernard Oebser. Honorary casket bearers were Herbert Cutsforth, Earl Straw, Steve Kuennen, William Tomasek, and Harold Busta. Casket bearers were Erik Svendsen, Jeff Harris, Kyle Svendsen, John Frey, Paul Blazek, David Mayo, David Blazek, and Paul Timlin. Larkin-Martin Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements. Burial was in the New Hampton, Iowa cemetery.

Reuben Edwin Svendsen, son of Johannas and Anna (Mikkelsen) Svendsen, in Winneshiek County, Iowa. He attended rural Bloomfield Township Schools. He was baptized and confirmed at Stavanger Lutheran Church near Ossian, Iowa. On June 3, 1942, he was united in marriage to Vernice Engle at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Postville, Iowa. They farmed in Clayton County for a number of years moving to Lawler, Iowa in 1952 where he operated Svendsen Feed and Produce. He later worked for a cement contractor until his retirement.

Reuben died Sunday, December 24, 1989. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Lily Zweibohmer, and Esther Svendsen; and three brothers, Arthur Svendsen, Norman Svendsen, and John Svendsen, who died in infancy.

Reuben is survived by his wife Vernice of Lawler, Iowa; 1 son, LeAllyn Svendsen of Steamboat Springs, Colorado; 4 daughters, Diane Blazek of Lawler, Iowa, Beverly Frey of Nora Springs, Iowa, Marianne Esquivel, and Marcia Howell, both of Las Vegas, Nevada; 15 grandchildren; 1 brother John E. Svendsen of Castalia, Iowa and 3 sisters, Mildred Breitsprecher of Ossian, Iowa, Ellen Thompson of Ossian, Iowa and Arlette Bachelder of Castalia, Iowa.