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Submitted: 8/16/09 • Approved: 6/25/20 • Last Updated: 6/28/20 • R20388-G20388-S3
Florence M. Leuning
March 31, 1906 - Mar 26, 1973
Rites held for Mrs. Alberts
Funeral services were held in the Reformed church in Dell Rapids, Thursday, Mar. 29 for Mrs. Henry Alberts. The Rev. Don Plantinga officiated. Mrs. Warren Swanson was at the organ and Warren Swanson sang. Pallbearers were LaWayne and Harvey Leuning, Merle, Lenord and Darrel Alberts and Delvin Weiker. Interment took place in the Reformed church Cemetery.
Florence Leuning was born March 31, 1906 in Dell Rapids to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leuning. She attended rural school in Moody County near Dell Rapids. On Dec 10, 1929, she was married to Henry Alberts here. They farmed near here until 1971 when they retired and moved into town.
Survivors include her widower, two daughters, Mrs. Melvin (Arla) Selken, Dell Rapids; Mrs. Arthur (Elaine) Westergaard, Madison, Wis.; two sons, Ronald and Richard, both of Dell Rapids; ten grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Hofkamp, Sioux Falls and Joe Alberts, Dell Rapids; a brother John Leuning, Dell Rapids. An infant sister and two brothers, Ed and Harvey, preceded her in death.
Dell Rapids Tribune Apr 5, 1973
Contributed on 8/16/09
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