George Henry LOVRIEN

LOVRIEN, ZEMAN, IMUS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/17/2010 at 11:12:18

George Henry Lovrien II
by Emma Zeman Lovrien

George Henry Lovrien II was born in a sod house on November 6, 1866 in Faulk County, South Dakota. As a child he moved with his parents to Rutland, Iowa, and later they bought a farm near Bradgate. He was graduated from high school and then attended Humboldt College until it closed. He contemplated being a minister so went to Morningside College in Sioux City after the crops were harvested that fall. But then when spring came, his father needed him on the farm, so that was the last of his college days.

At the time of his marriage he rented a farm and continued to farm all his life with the exception of two years when he operated a dairy in Eagle Grove, Iowa. Even then he rented some ground to raise food. The cows were all milked by hand, the milk bottled and delivered in a horse-drawn wagon. This was during the flu epidemic of 1917-19. George would have to go inside houses because whole families would be too sick to take care of the milk. In a few instances he found someone had expired, and he notified the authorities.

George was a hard worker, but enjoyed the farm and livestock, and liked to go fishing. He loved his family and was always ready to help those in need. His motto was “Never let your right hand know what your left hand is doing.”

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