OBITUARY: Elaine (Nelson) Dieterich, Mitchell County, Iowa

(St. Ansgar Enterprise, St. Ansgar, Iowa; 21 JAN 1992 )


               Elaine (Nelson) Dieterich   [1907-1991]

Surnames: Dieterich, Nelson, Thrams, Leonard, Hunt 

Funeral services were held December 23 for Elaine Dieterich, 84, at First
Lutheran Church here with the Rev. Robert Porisch officiating. Burial was in
the Osage Cemetery.

Elaine Dieterich was born October 22, 1907 to George D. and Celia A. Nelson
of Burr Oak Township in Brownsdale. She was baptized in the Brownsdale
Methodist Church where she received her early religious training and
accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior at the age of 13. She publically
affirmed her faith at First Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar, where she was
confirmed by the Rev. O.A. Langehough April 28, 1929. Elaine remained an
active member of the church for over 60 years.

Elaine attended elementary school in Brownville. In 1925 she graduated from
Riceville High School where she received Normal Training as an elementary
school teacher. Elaine spent the next seven years teaching in several schools
throughout Mitchell County.

On October 18, 1933 she married Ervin Dieterich and moved to a farm south
of St. Ansgar. Both lived and worked on the same farm for the past 53 years.
A great joy of her life was nature. She spent hours dedicated to the beauty
and conservation of the land.

Elaine was a charter member of the St. Ansgar Garden Club, worked with the
local Girl Scout Program, and served on the Mitchell County Historical
Board. Elaine was publically recognized by the Iowa State Horticultural
Society in 1987. The certificate of merit award acknowledged her 51 years of
outstanding contributions of time, talent, and professionalism in the
horticultural field.

Elaine passed away Saturday, December 21. She was preceded in death by her
parents.

She is survived by her husband, Ervin; daughter Patricia and husband
Richard Leonard; 3 grandchildren, Michael, Susan and Jennifer,
Minneapolis, MN, and her sister Violet Hunt, Everett, WA.

 


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