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Submitted: 11/11/10 • Approved: 5/31/12 • Last Updated: 8/13/15 • R83722-G83721-S3
Norman 1923 -1991
Rose Jan 15, 1929 - Dec 31, 2000
Wendell 1952 - 1952
Having been in failing health following a stroke she suffered in May, rose Lovaas died Sunday morning, Dec. 31, 2000, at the Good Samaritan Center in Lennox, Sd. She attained the age of 71 years, 11 months and 16 days. Rose M. (Fischer) Lovaas was born Jan. 15, 1929, on a farm west of Tea, SD, a daughter of Fred and Aalke (Schoffelman) Fischer. She attended District #4 rural school and grew to womanhood there. On Jun. 24, 1952, she was united in marriage to Norman Palmer Lovaas at Luverne, MN. The couple lived on a farm near Beresford until 1963, when they moved into Lennox. Her husband died Jul. 18, 1991, and she continued to live in Lennox. Following the stroke she suffered in May, she became a resident of the Lennox Good Samaritan Center on Jun. 23, 2000. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by one son, Wendell Gene, who died in infancy; her father on May 2, 1974; her mother on Mar. 21, 1976; two sisters: Kate DeNeui on Apr. 28, 2000 and Alice Straatmeyer on Aug. 7, 2000. Grateful for having shared her life are her son, Wendell Lovaas and his friend, Delores Wells of Lennox; three daughters and their husbands: Judy and Michael McCormick, Julie and Richard Niewald, and Janice and Brian Haas, all of Sioux Falls; three grandchildren; two brothers and their wives: Alfred and Lucille Fischer, and Delmar and Ardis Fischer,all of Tea, SD; three sisters: Anna DeNeui and her husband Louis of Chancellor, Frieda Stoffers of Lennox, and Johanna Oursland and her husband, Donald of Sioux Falls; and two cousins she helped raise, Vicki Muchow and Robin Fischer, both of Sioux Falls.
Contributed on 11/11/10 by revilo
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