OBITUARY: Alfrieda Ida Marie Walk, Mitchell County, Iowa

(St. Ansgar Enterprise-Journal, St. Ansgar, Iowa; 2 JAN 1992)


            Alfrieda Ida Marie Walk

Alfrieda Ida Marie Walk, 80, Northwood, died Tuesday, December 24 [1991]
at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Mason City.  Funeral services were held at
1:30 p.. Saturday, December 28 at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton with
the Rev. Gregory Bjornstad officiating.  Burial was in the Grafton Cemetery.

Alfrieda Ida Marie Walk was born November 26, 1911 in Barton Township, Worth
County, the daughter of Martin and Emelia (Hartwig) Walk.  She was baptized
January 3, 1912 by the Rev. John Landdeck and confirmed April 10, 1927 by
Rev. Landdeck in the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton.  She attended rural
schools in Barton Township, Worth County.

Alfrieda took care of her mother and the house work.  She also helped out
on the family farm.

She resided in rural Worth County until the fall of 1965 at which time she
moved to Northwood.  She enjoyed sewing and gardening and was a member of the
Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Grafton, Bolan Circle and the Northwood Senior
Citizens.

Alfrieda is survived by many nieces and nephews as well as other relatives
and friends.  She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers,
Richard, Robert and Erwin Walk; and two sisters, Hedwig Dalluge and Henrietta
Jordan.                    


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