OBITUARY: Edna Helen Hollatz Muller, 1905-1997, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Adapted from Mason City Globe Gazette, pub. Jan. 11, 1997]





                     Edna Helen Hollatz Muller

FORT MORGAN, Colo.--Edna Helen Hollatz Muller, 91, died Thursday, Jan. 2,
1997, at Valley View Villa. Burial was Jan. 4, at the Riverside Cemetery,
Fort Morgan.

Edna Hollatz was born June 26, 1905, in Newburg Township, Mitchell
County, Iowa, the daughter of Albert and Helena Hollatz.

She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church and attended
Carpenter, Iowa, schools. After her education, she worked for
the St. Ansgar Enterprise.

On March 3, 1926, Edna Hollatz and Arnold Muller were married in the
Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar, Iowa.

They farmed in Cedar Township, Mitchell County, Iowa.

In 1949, they moved to Fort Morgan, where they were partners in the
Muller-Sheve Feed and Seed Store.

Survivors include her daughters, Helen and her husband, Del Ingvalson of
Gaylord, Minn., and Mildred McPhail of Osage, Iowa; grandchildren, Barbara
and Mark Anderson of Woodbury, Minn.; Gary and Evette Ingvalson of Mankato,
Minn.; Jeanne and Ron Bruggeman of Northwood, Iowa;  Brian McPhail of
Osage, Iowa; Jay and Natalie McPhail of Hanley Falls, Minn.; Susan Palmer
of Ogden, Utah; Jason Buxman of Port Orchard, Wash.; Jeremy Buxman of
Corpus Christi, Texas; and Jennifer and Eric Mello of Burlington, Wash.;
16 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren; one brother,
Ortwein Hollatz of Osage, Iowa; one sister, Elsie Dieterich of Osage,
Iowa; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Arnold; one
daughter, Carol Buxman; two grandchildren, Jeffrey Buxman and Mary Lea
Leonard; four brothers; and three sisters.



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