OBITUARY: Alice Sponheim, 1896-1997, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Based on Obituary in Mason City Globe Gazette; October 10, 1997]




                             Alice Sponheim

OSAGE, IOWA-- Alice Sponheim, 100, of Osage, died Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1997,
at the Faith Lutheran Home.  Funeral services will be held at on Saturday
at Rock Creek Lutheran Church, rural Osage, with the Rev. Roger Hoppenworth
officiating. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.

Alice Sponheim was born Dec. 8, 1896, on the family farm in West Cedar
Township, Mitchell County.

Survivors include one daughter, Margaret Melson, New Orleans, La.; one
son, Norman Sponheim, Nora Springs; 11 grandchildren; and 25 great-
grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and nine brothers and
sisters.

The Champion Funeral Home, Osage, is in charge of arrangements.




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