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Submitted: 11/22/24 • Approved: 12/3/24 • Last Updated: 12/6/24 • R276415-G276415-S3
Myrtle Christine (Simons) Weigel
Date of Birth: May 19, 1887
Date of Death: Sept. 14, 1980
Age: 93 Years, 3 Months, 25 Days
Date and Time of Service
Tuesday, Sept 16, 1980, 2:00 p.m.
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Rev. Noel T. Vold, Officiating
Music
Mrs. Bruce Clark, Soloist
Mrs. Stella Knudson, Organist
Congregational Hymm
"Rock of Ages"
Selections
"Great Is Thy Faithfullness"
"O Love That Will Not Let Me Go"
Bearers
Rudy Weigel
Waldo Simons
Keith Dailey
Steve Kotan
Francis Kuehl
Dale Schroeder
Final Resting Place
Union Cemetery, Flandreau, S.D.
Arrangements
Skroch Funeral Chapel
www.skrochfc.com
Myrtle Christine Simons was born on May 19, 1887 in Dakota Territory, Lone Rock Township to John and Ineborg Aaker Simons. She received her education in rural Moody County schools and then was a music teacher going from farm to farm with a horse and buggy, giving lessons until her marriage on June 14, 1905 to Joseph Weigel. They farmed in Union Township until 1912 when they moved into Flandreau. She later worked at Ames, IA., Sioux Falls and at Ruthton before returning to Flandreau where she made her home. She was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran church.
Survivors
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Waxdahl, Flandreau and Marguerite Weigel, Chicago; one son Joseph Delbert Weigel, Lima, Ohio; 9 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, one daughter, parents, six brothers and four sisters.
Contributed on 11/22/24
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