OBITUARY: Eleanor Erdmann, 1927-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa

[ Based on an Obituary in the Mitchell County Press-News Online --
  www.mcpress.com -- Posted Feb. 8, 2005 ]



                             Eleanor Erdmann
                             
Memorial Services for Eleanor Erdmann, age 77, of Osage, Iowa, were held
Monday, Feb. 7, 2005, at the First Baptist Church in Osage with the Rev.
Douglas Brown officiating. Inurnment was in the Osage Cemetery.

Eleanor died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, at the Mitchell County Regional
Health Center in Osage, of injuries she received in an accidental fall.

Eleanor was born on the family farm near Morristown, Minnesota, on October
10, 1927, the daughter of Jesse and Adelaide (Tolzman) White. She was
the second of 12 children. Eleanor attended country school and graduated
from Morristown High School.

Eleanor was united in marriage to Gilbert E. Erdmann on July 4, 1948, at
Faribault, Minn.   They made their home in Osage, where they raised five
children.  Eleanor loved to entertain and always made sure that the table
had an appropriate centerpiece for the occasion. Cooking was her interest,
her whole life, starting with helping to feed 11 siblings, to caring for
her own five children, to preparing meals at the Mitchell County Memorial
Hospital. No one ever left her house hungry. Eleanor came from a very
musical family and loved to sing a lively hymn.  Eleanor was a member of
the First Baptist Church in Osage and was a member of the Ann Judson Circle. 

Eleanor was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by her husband Gilbert Erdmann of Osage; three daughters,
Judy (Joel) Voaklander of Osage, Cheryl (Alan) Adams of Osage and Christie
(Troy) Levenhagen of Mason City; two sons, Ken (Mary Kay) Erdmann of
Plymouth and Kevin Erdmann of Osage; 12 grandchildren, Doug and Dawn
Erdmann, Ben, Darin, Brent, and Nathan Voaklander, Travis and Christopher
Adams, and Stephanie (Adams) Thompson, Courtney, Jona, and Cameron
Levenhagen; one step-grandson, Jordan Beier; and six great-grandchildren,
Haley, Will, Adam, Lauren, Gwen and Ava Voaklander.

She is also survived by 11 brothers and sisters: Arlene Engler; Thelma
Derby; Jean (Ivan) Ludeman; Jerome (Betty) White; Elaine (Dale) Laun;
Ione (Lloyd) Doerbaum; Genevieve Delk; Fred White; Ruth Ann (Karl) Pearson;
Arvid (Shelly) White; and Philip (Kathy) White; and a sister-in-law,
Eveline Sorg.

Arrangements made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home (641) 732-3706.
 


    Copyright 2005, K. L. Kittleson