Ingram, Ida Margaret (Oyloe) 1913-2006

INGRAM, OYLOE, SONDROL, KRAMER, BRUBAKER, BIRKLAND, HARPER

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 9/11/2012 at 14:37:37

Ida Ingram, age 93, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday July 24, 2006, at the Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah, IA, after a long illness.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 27, 2006 at the Springfield Lutheran Church, with Rev. Norman Bauer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home and after 10:00 a.m. at the church on Thursday morning.

Ida Margaret (Oyloe) Ingram was born on February 20, 1913, the daughter of Ole and Ingeborg (Sondrol) Oyloe on the Oyloe family farm in Springfield Township, rural Decorah, Iowa. Ida was baptized on March 23, 1913 and confirmed in 1927 at Springfield Lutheran Church. Ida attended the Nerlie Country School #5 and graduated from the eighth grade in 1927. Following graduation, she boarded with a woman in Decorah who taught her sewing and dress making, the skills of which she used throughout her life. She was also a waitress at the Model Restaurant in Decorah, which allowed her to save enough money to visit family in Seattle in 1930 at the age of 17. It was there that she met Fordyce Taylor Ingram, and they were married on March 31, 1934. Their first child, Ida Mae, was born August 15, 1935. She died at birth. Richard Lewis was born on December 31, 1936. Ida was a homemaker, wonderful cook, and seamstress and stitched beautiful needlepoint items. She enjoyed gardening, playing cards with “The Queens”, traveling, dancing, bowling, watching Hawkeye basketball, singing in the church choir at Denny Park Lutheran, and boating with Fordyce on their boats, “Forida” and “Foridatoo”. Most important to Ida were her faith, family, and friends. Ida returned to Decorah in 1989 to join her family and renew old friendships. She entered the Barthell Eastern Star Home in March of 2001. Ida was a member of Springfield Lutheran Church.

Survivors include Ida’s son, Richard and his wife Myrna of Decorah, brothers Carl (Gilma) Oyloe of Decorah and Mel (Norma) Oyloe of Owatonna, MN, and sister-in-law Stella (Orvel) Oyloe of West Union, IA. Ida is also survived by nephews Gary (Jo) Oyloe, Ron (Mary) Oyloe, Marc (Lana) Oyloe, Carmen (Linda) Oyloe, Kevin (Wende) Oyloe, Walt (Norma) Oyloe, and Orville Oyloe. Ida’s surviving nieces include Karen (Ed) Kramer, LaVanda (Larry Brubaker), Jann Oyloe, Chris Oyloe, Ila Birkland, Dana (Bob) Harper, and Jacquie Ingram. Ida is also survived by many great nieces and great nephews. Jim and Helen Lone (now deceased) were life long special friends of Ida and Fordyce, and their children, Jim Lone, Jr and Judi (Dr Phil) Brenes and their families are also remembered as Ida’s “family”.

Ida was preceded in death by her husband, Fordyce on February 16, 1971, daughter, Ida Mae on August 15, 1935, brother Orvel Oyloe on May 14, 1997, half brothers Martin, Christian, Olaf, Albert, Carl, George, and Bennie, half sisters Anna, Jorgine, Christine, and Helen, nephews Gordon Birkland, Ken Birkland, and Bob Ingram, great nephew, Matthew Oyloe, great niece, Barb Oyloe, and dear friends, Helen and Jim Lone.

Source: Schluter - Balik Funeral Home database

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