OBITUARY: Laura Henrietta Dutte, Mitchell County, Iowa

(St. Ansgar Enterprise-Journal, St. Ansgar, Iowa; 11 APR 1991)


               Laura Henrietta Dutte [1894-1991]

Surnames: Dutte Zerk Wilde Brown Walk Diedrich

     Funeral services for Laura Henrietta Dutte, 97, of the Maple Manor
Nursing Home in Osage, who died April 7, were held Wednesday, April 10
at the St. Peter Lutheran Church, Toeterville, with the Rev. Elmer Ellefson
officiating.

     Laura Henrietta Dutte was born March 5, 1894 in Union Township, Mitchell
County, to Henry and Josephine (Zerk) Dutte.

     She was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Toeterville,
by the Rev. George Landgrebe, and received her education in the Mitchell
County Schools.

     Laura lived with her parents and worked in different households.  She
helped care for her grandparents and her parents.  After they passed away
she kept house for her brother, Martin, until he passed away in 1983.

     Grafton Manor was her home for 12 years before going to Maple Manor
Nursing Home in Osage.

     Laura is survived by three nephews, Elder Dutte, Harry and John Diedrich;
three nieces, Ruth Wilde, Leynette Brown and Mildred Walk.

     She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister Frieda Diedrich; four
brothers, Ernest, John, Louie and Martin Dutte.

     Burial was in St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery, Toeterville.


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