Maxine (Kinseth) DORR

DORR, KINSETH, OLER, WADE, BUCHANAN, ARMOUR, MENNENGA, LAAVEG, LOZIER, COLSON, NUNNALLY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/15/2007 at 09:15:15

Maxine Dorr, 86, Belmond died September 5, 2007 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Mass of Christian Burial was held September 10 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Belmond with Father Christopher Podhajsky officiating. Interment was at St. Francis Cemetery. Maxine, daughter of Bernold and Neva (Oler) Kinseth, was born April 18, 1921 on the family farm near Alexander. She grew up on the farm and graduated from Alexander High School in 1939. On October 6, 1942 she married Paul L. Dorr in Dayton, OH. Maxine enjoyed reading and puzzles, was an avid card player, and her greatest joy was her grandchildren. She was a bookkeeper for her husband's construction company as well as Kinseth Plumbing and Heating in Belmond. Maxine was also a loving caretaker for her husband for eighteen years after he suffered a stroke. She was a former member of the Catholic Daughters and the Rosary Society.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son Kevin; son-in-law Robert Wade; brother Kenneth Kinseth; sisters Ardith Buchanan and Avon Armour; and sister-in-law Marian Kinseth. Maxine is survived by daughters Kathryn Wade of Belmond, Rita (Sterling) Laaveg of Scottsdale, AZ and Patricia L. Mennenga of Mason City; daughter-in-law Kathleen Dorr of Belmond; grandchildren Aaron Laaveg, Nicole (Dr. John) Lozier, Lisa (Jeff) Berg, Tracy Mennenga, Jennifer (Jeff) Colson, Brian (Jessica) Mennenga, Heather Dorr and partner Michele Nunnally, Joshua Dorr and special friend Tracy Dorr; seven great-grandchildren; brothers Roland Kinseth, Roger Kinseth and Larry (Shari) Kinseth all of Belmond; and sister-in-law Cyrena Kinseth of Decorah.

September 11, 2007
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