Henrietta "Yetta" Forney 1886 - 1969

FORNEY, WENGERT

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 8/25/2021 at 22:44:46

Sioux City Journal
8 January 1969

PIERRE -- Prayer services for Mrs. Yetta Forney, who died Monday at St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre, were set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Hall Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral services and burial will be at 3 p.m. Thursday Holly Springs, Iowa.

Mrs. Forney was born at Holly Springs, Aug. 1, 1886. She married Paul E. Forney at Holly Springs in 1912 and came to Pierre in 1938.

She was a member of the Christian Church.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Fillmore (Elizabeth) Pfeifle of Pillager, Minn., Mrs. Ed (Kay) Holst of Pierre and Mrs. James (Gretchen) Jeffrey of Atlanta, Ga.; a son, Fritz, Pierre; two brothers, True Wengert, Fort Worth, Tex., and Donald Wengert, Sioux City; a sister, Mrs. Walter Simmons, Watertown, 16 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.