OBITUARY: Ethel B. (Elster) Hoven, 1916-2003, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Mitchell County Press-News online - Posted May 7, 2003 - www.mcpress.com]



                           Ethel B. Hoven

Funeral services were held Friday, May 2, 2003 for Ethel B. Hoven, age 87,
at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage. Reverend Dennis Hanson and
Reverend Roy Ott officiated. Interment was Friday at the Blossom Hill
Cemetery in Badger, IA. Ethel died Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at her home
in Osage.

Ethel Hoven was born March 14, 1916 in Minneapolis, MN, the daughter of
Einar and Agnes (Amundson) Elster.

She married the Reverend Obert Hoven on June 3, 1944, at Minneapolis.
Ethel supported her husband in ministry in Lily, SD, Martel, WI, Ridgeway,
IA, Osage, IA and Badger, IA.

She returned to Osage following the death of her husband. Ethel was an
active member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church and a volunteer at the
Faith Lutheran Home. She was an honorary board member of Opportunity
Village in Clear Lake.

Ethel was preceded in death by her parents; husband The Reverend Obert
Hoven and two brothers.

She is survived by two daughters Diane Haisten of Perry FL and her
children, Jamie and Joshua; Sharon Schlick and husband Jerry of Perry, FL;
two sons Michael Hoven and wife Betty of Marion and their children, Shannon
and Amanda; Philip Hoven and wife Susan of Waterloo and their children,
Kendra and Christopher; two great-grandchildren Alexis and Chelsea.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage 641-732-3706, was in charge of
arrangements.




Copyright (c) 2003 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: Not necessarily related to the subject(s) of this document)

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