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KVAM, Wilma G. 1920-2011

KVAM

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 2/15/2023 at 14:13:59

Wilma G. Kvam
(December 27, 1920 – April 24, 2011)

Northwood Anchor, Northwood, Iowa, Wed., April 27, 2011, p.12
Funeral services for Wilma G. Kvam of Northwood, Iowa, will be held at 1:30 p.m. today (Wednesday), April 27, at Silver Lake Lutheran Church, rural northwood. The Reverend Randy Baldwin will officiate. Interment will be in Silver Lake Cemetery. Visitation was from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, and one hour before the service at the church. Wilma died on Sunday, April 24, 2011, at the Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood, Iowa, at the age of 90.
She was born on Dec. 27, 1920, in Twin Lakes, the daughter of George and Selma (Hermanson) Reyerson. She was baptized Feb. 13, 1921, at Lunder Lutheran Church, Twin Lakes, Minnesota. Wilma was confirmed May 6, 1934, at Silver Lake Lutheran Church. She attended Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and then taught rural school. On May 25, 1941, she married Olaf G. Kvam in Albert Lea. Wilma and Olaf had lived and farmed in rural Northwood. A few years after Olaf died in 1995, Wilma moved into Northwood. She had been a resident at the Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood for the past year and a half. She was a member of Silver Lake Lutheran Church. She enjoyed baking, sewing and playing her keyboard until her eyesight no longer allowed. Wilma is survived by two sons, David (Nancy) Kvam and Lee (Darlene) Kvam, both of Northwood, Iowa; grandchildren, James Kvam of Maple Grove, Minn., Diane (Brent) Kirchhoff of Waterloo, Iowa, Susan (David) Jones of Iowa Falls, Iowa, Jason (Lisa) Kvam of Burnsville, Minn., and Brian Kvam of Northwood, Iowa; great-grandchildren, Karin Kvam, Allison Kvam, Kyle Kirchhoff, Jordan Kirchhoff, Grace, Faith and Hope Jones; sisters, Bernice Winch of Guttenberg, Iowa, and Phyllis Quill, St. Michael, Minn.; and nieces and nephews. Wilma was preceded in death by a son in infancy; her husband, Olaf, in 1995; and daughter-in-law, Darlene Kvam, in 1996. Wilma was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She will be greatly missed. Blessed be her memory.


 

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