Mary Ann (Eekhoff) HOVERSTEN KARSJENS

KARSJENS, EEKHOFF, SWYTER, HOVERSTEN, EILDERTS, SHEPARD, EVERETT, EGGUM, OLSEN, FOSS, SCHLOSSER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/15/2008 at 08:19:58

July 11, 2000
Ackley World Journal, Iowa

Mary Ann Karsjens, 60, of Aplington, Iowa, died July 4, 2000 at Franklin General Hospital in Hampton. She was born August 14, 1939 in Kanawha, Iowa, the daughter of Herman and Elsie Swyter Eekhoff. She graduated from Kanawha High School. She married Harold "Bud" Karsjens, May 26, 1995 in Aplington, Iowa. Mrs. Karsjens was an account specialist at the University of Northern Iowa. She was preceded in death by her mother and her grandparents. Survivors include: her husband; one son, Chad Hoversten of Waterloo; her father; two step-daughters, Denise Eilderts of Aplington and Dawn Shepard of Waterloo; three step-sons, Daniel Karsjens of Ackley, Douglas Karsjens of Waterloo and Dean Karsjens of Waterloo; five step-grandchildren; five sisters, Carol Everett and her husband, Bob, of Omaha, Nebraska, Donna Eggum and her husband, Jon, of Albert Lea, Janet Olsen and her husband, Ole, of Mason City, Linda Foss and her husband, Rich, of Winona, Minnesota, and Sue Schlosser and her husband, Steve, of Mason City; and one brother, Paul Eekhoff and his wife, Denise, of Clarion.

Mrs. Karsjens was a member of the First Reformed Church in Aplington. Funeral services were July 7 at the First Reformed Church with Rev. Gary Hegstad officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Sietsema Funeral Home of Ackley was in charge of the arrangements.