OBITUARY: Laura Elsie (Myli) Land, 1909-2004, Worth County, Iowa

[Adapted from: Northwood Anchor online - JAN 14, 2004]




                          Laura Elsie Land

Laura Elsie Land, 94, of Northwood, Iowa, died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, at
the Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood. Funeral services were
Monday at the First Lutheran Church, Northwood, Iowa, with Rev. Paul
Holmer officiating. Burial was in the North Shell Rock Cemetery, rural
Northwood. Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood, was in charge of
arrangements.

Laura Elsie Land was born on April 26, 1909, in Seneca, South Dakota,
the daughter of Helmer and Maria (Olson) Myli. She was baptized and
confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She attended and received her education
in the rural Chickasaw County and Hanlontown schools.

She married Clayton Land on July 23, 1927, in New Hampton, Iowa.  After
their marriage Laura and Clayton farmed for many years in the Glenville
and Hartland Township area. They moved to Northwood in 1975, and to this
union seven children were born.

Laura was an avid gardener and she loved her flowers, and was very
enthusiastic over her ribbons she won at the Worth County fair. She
also made quilts all her life, and was the only lady that patched a
patchwork quilt.  She was a member of First Lutheran Church in Northwood.

Left to cherish her memory are her children Lila Funk of Charles City, Iowa,
Lily Anderson and her husband John of Albert Lea, Minnesota, Luan Sallee of
Albert Lea, Andrew Land of Dent, Minnesota, Harry Land and his wife Mary
of Swisher, Carolyn Kalvig and her husband Carl of Northwood, and Frances
Christiansen and her husband Roger of Lake Mills. Laura also raised two
grandchildren, Russell Sanden of Gordonsville and Loretta Starkey of
Jacksonville, Florida. Also left to cherish her memory are 24 grandchildren,
40 great-grandchildren, and eight great-great-grandchildren;
a sister-in-law, Anna Sanden of Albert Lea; as well as several nieces
and nephews, as well as other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Clayton, a granddaughter,
Cathy Funk; a great-granddaughter, Sherry Starky, a daughter-in-law,
Joanne Land; three brothers, Phillip, Maurice, and Robert Myli; four
sons-in-law, Donald Sallee, Fred Funk, Milford Leidal, and Gilman Sanden. 


   Copyright 2004, K.L. Kittleson