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Submitted: 5/11/22 • Approved: 5/18/22 • Last Updated: 5/21/22 • R274065-G274063-S3
Vera Pfefferle Munk
Birth 26 Jan 1921
Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Death 6 Jan 2013 (aged 91)
Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
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Vera Munk
January 26, 1921 - January 6, 2013
Vera Munk, 91, of Dell Rapids passed away Sunday, January 6, 2013 at the Dougherty Hospice House.
Funeral services will begin at 11:00 AM Friday, January 11, 2013 at the Lutheran Church of Dell Rapids. Burial will be in the Dell Rapids Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be from 5-7:00 PM Thursday at the Minnehaha Funeral Home, Dell Rapids.
Vera was born January 26, 1921 at Rock Valley, Iowa to parents William and Louise Pfefferle. She moved with her family to Lyons, South Dakota. She graduated from Lyons High School. After her graduation she moved to Dell Rapids. She married Eldon Munk June 20, 1946 at Pipestone, Minnesota. After their marriage they lived and farmed east of Dell Rapids. Eldon died November 13, 2007. She then moved to Orchard Hills and later moved to Dells Nursing and Rehab Center.
Vera was a member of the Lutheran Church of Dell Rapids and the Dell Rapids American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed helping Eldon on the farm, gardening, baking, playing cards, and going dancing.
Grateful for having shared her life are her children, Dale Munk, Dell Rapids; Dianne Hoyt, Sioux Falls; Daryl Munk and his special friend Lisa Bruns and her son, Riley, Dell Rapids; Darwin Munk, Garretson; Dennis Munk and his wife Michelle, Luverne, Minnesota; eight grandchildren, DeAnna and her husband, David Berke; Stacy and special friend, Mat Chitwood; Kari and her husband, Jesse Anderson; Cory, Ashley, Tanner, Bailey and Jackson Munk; two step grandsons, Brandon and Evan; three great grandchildren, Kaylie, Hunter and Haily; a sister, Ruth Hanson, Mountain Lake, Minnesota and many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, son in law, Dennis Hoyt and a brother, Nathan.
Contributed on 5/11/22
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