OBITUARY: Florence Borcherding, Mitchell County, Iowa [St. Ansgar Enterprise, Circa 21 AUG 1980] Mrs. Alvy Borcherding Funeral Held Tuesday, Aug. 19 Funeral services for Mrs. Alvy Borchering, 61, of Northwood, who died at Mercy hospital in Mason City August 16, were held August 19 at the First Lutheran church in Northwood with the Rev. Allen Hermeier officiating. Florence Johnson Borcherding was born March 1, 1919, the daughter of Clarence and Ruth (Parker) Johnson. She attended schools in Carpenter and Hamilton Business College in Mason City. She worked for six years at the Mitchell county Farm Bureau and Extension office, and then was clerk for the Soil Conservation office in Northwood until she retired because of ill health. Mrs. Borcherding was a member of First Lutheran church, Northwood, was active in church circle work and taught Sunday school for 20 years. She married Alvy Borcherding June 13, 1946 at Deer Creek Lutheran church, Carpenter. Mrs. Borcherding is survived by her husband, Alvy; her mother, Mrs. Ruth Johnson; a son, Ronald of Albert Lea, Minn.; a daughter, Ruth Ann of Northwood; one grandson, Richard; five sisters, Mrs. Lavern (Eleanor) Schollock of Floyd; Mrs. Lowell (Margaret) Olsen, Osage; Mrs. Norman (Mildred) Sponheim of Nora Springs; Mrs. Al (Carol) McLaughlin of Belmond; Mrs. James (Sharon) Boyce of Roseville, Minn; six brothers, Dale, Charles, Harley, Ivan and Kenneth of Osage and Keith Johnson of Fort Dodge. She was preceded in death by her father, Clarence; one sister, Hazel; one brother in infancy. Burial was in Newburg cemetery, Carpenter, with Rev. Hermeier in charge of the committal services. Copyright (c) 2001 by Kermit Kittleson (Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.) This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. **************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ****************************************************************************