Kirk, Leora A. (1926 – 2011)

KIRK, TROLL, FRIES, SORENSEN, JACOBSEN, HANSEN, VAN LEUVEN, RANDERIS, ARP, HEIMERMAN, BLUM

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/4/2013 at 17:16:20

Name of deceased: Leora Arlene Sorensen Kirk (nee Troll)

Aged: 84 yrs, 9 mo, 19 days

Residence: Salem Lutheran Home; Elk Horn, IA

Born: July 28, 1926, Walnut, IA

Died: May 17, 2011, Salem Lutheran Home, Elk Horn, IA

Funeral services: Friday, May 20, 2011, Immanuel Lutheran Church; Harlan, IA; Pastor Steve Chellew officiated; Inurnment at Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA.

Survived by: Sons, Rick (spouse, Kaomi) Sorensen of Harlan, IA, and Daryl (spouse, Mary) Sorensen of Tempe, AZ; daughter, Donna (spouse, Bob) Van Leuven of Mesa, AZ; sisters, Dorothy Randeris of Audubon, IA, Darlene Arp of Elk Horn, IA, Ruth (spouse, Elmer) Heimerman of Boone, IA, and Nancy Blum of Minneapolis, MN; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: parents, Emil and Hulda (nee Fries) Troll; first husband, Otto F. Sorensen (deceased Jan. 1959, Harlan, IA); second husband, Olav Kirk (deceased April 6, 2007, Harlan, IA); son, Galen Sorensen; brothers, Wilfred Troll and Alvin Troll; sisters, Gertrude Jacobsen and Alverta Hansen

Education: Monroe (IA) #5 country school, through Grade 8

Marriages: (1) Otto Ferdinand Sorensen, Jan. 22, 1947, Harlan, IA. (2) Olav Kirk, July 18, 1964, Immanual Lutheran Church, Harlan, IA.

Employment: worked as a housekeeper; retired in 1997

Hobbies/Interests: cooking, baking, and canning for her family; enjoyed tending flowers, going to the casino, and polka dancing. Member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan, IA, as active as health permitted; member, Harlan VFW Post #941 Auxiliary

Source: ancestry.com, burmeisterjohannsen.com