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Submitted: 8/4/22 • Approved: 8/8/22 • Last Updated: 8/11/22 • R274528-G47269-S3
Mrs. Mary Fargen
Flandreau – Requiem Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Saturday at Sts. Simon and Jude Church for Mrs. Mary Fargen, 95, who died at her home Wednesday. Parish rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday and office for the dead at 8 p.m.
Mary Derig was born Jan 14, 1871, at White Mound, Wis. She attended school at Spring Green, Wis., and taught until her marriage to Dennis Fargen on May 23, 1899, at Loretto Parish, Wis. The couple moved to Rock Rapids, Iowa, where they farmed until 1903, when they moved to a farm near Flandreau. In 1945, they moved into Flandreau. Mr. Fargen preceded her in death.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Genevive Fleming, and two sons, Eugene and Lisle Fargen, all of Flandreau; 12 grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren.
Skroch Funeral Home
Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD
Sep 29, 1966
Contributed on 8/4/22
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