OBITUARY: Robert D. Hoelscher, 1929-2003, Worth Co. Iowa
[Adapted from Northwood Anchor online, Nov. 12, 2003 ]
Robert D. Hoelscher
Robert D. Hoelscher, 74, Northwood, Iowa, formerly of Waseca, Minnesota,
died Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2003, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.
Funeral services were Saturday at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Northwood,
with Rev. Wayne Ellingson officiating. Burial was at the Woodville Cemetery
in Waseca, Minnesota.
Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Northwood, was in charge of arrangements.
Robert D. Hoelscher was born Sept. 13, 1929 at Eldora, Iowa, to John and
Irene (Simonson) Hoelscher.
He served his nation in the Army during the Korean Conflict from January
1951 through May 1953, obtaining the rank of S.F.C.
Robert married Marjorie Christenson on Dec. 31, 1956 in Dodge Center,
Minnesota. He was a retired farmer, and worked at E.F. Johnson Company
in Waseca, Minnesota, for many years.
Survivors include his wife Marjorie of Northwood; his mother Irene Janssen
of Spirit Lake, Iowa; three sons, Reece and his wife Shirley of Mankato,
Minnesota, Dale and his wife Robin of Janesville, Minnesota, and Mark and
his wife Cora of Kensett; five grandchildren; three step-grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; two step-brothers
and one step-sister.
He was preceded in death by his father and step-father.
Copyright 2003, K.L. Kittleson
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