Grace Slieter, 98, Hills, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004 at the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills.
Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 19, 2004 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills with Rev. Lowell Berg, officiating.
Interment was in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery.
Grace Marie Slieter was born March 27, 1906 in rural Valley Springs, S.D. to Tillie and Ulfred Schipper. She moved with her family in 1921 to Larchwood, Iowa where she graduated from Larchwood High School. She received her Teaching Certificate from Northern State Teachers College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She enjoyed teaching five years in Larchwood Township Schools.
She married Ben J. Slieter on Aug. 17, 1930 in Sioux Falls, S.D. After their marriage, the couple settled and farmed by Steen before moving to a farm in the Beaver Creek area in 1958.
Ben passed away May 13, 1961. That year, Grace moved to Hills, where she was employed at Tuff Memorial Home for 19 years. For several years following she assisted the elderly in their homes. Grace then moved to an apartment in Luverne and in 1995 moved to the Tuff Memorial Home.
She was active in woman's organizations at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. She was involved in 4-H and Extension Leadership in Rock County.
She is survived by two daughters, Janet Burkholder, Pipestone and Bonnie (Harlan) Kolsrud, Worthington and daughter-in-law, Norma Salquist, West Fargo, N.D.; 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchldren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ben, son, Gordon, son-in-law, Bill, four brothers, John, Henry, Jacob and Fred.
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Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 19, 2004 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills with Rev. Lowell Berg, officiating.
Interment was in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery.
Grace Marie Slieter was born March 27, 1906 in rural Valley Springs, S.D. to Tillie and Ulfred Schipper. She moved with her family in 1921 to Larchwood, Iowa where she graduated from Larchwood High School. She received her Teaching Certificate from Northern State Teachers College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She enjoyed teaching five years in Larchwood Township Schools.
She married Ben J. Slieter on Aug. 17, 1930 in Sioux Falls, S.D. After their marriage, the couple settled and farmed by Steen before moving to a farm in the Beaver Creek area in 1958.
Ben passed away May 13, 1961. That year, Grace moved to Hills, where she was employed at Tuff Memorial Home for 19 years. For several years following she assisted the elderly in their homes. Grace then moved to an apartment in Luverne and in 1995 moved to the Tuff Memorial Home.
She was active in woman's organizations at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. She was involved in 4-H and Extension Leadership in Rock County.
She is survived by two daughters, Janet Burkholder, Pipestone and Bonnie (Harlan) Kolsrud, Worthington and daughter-in-law, Norma Salquist, West Fargo, N.D.; 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchldren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ben, son, Gordon, son-in-law, Bill, four brothers, John, Henry, Jacob and Fred.
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Grace Slieter, 98, Hills, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004 at the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills.
Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 19, 2004 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills with Rev. Lowell Berg, officiating.
Interment was in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery.
Grace Marie Slieter was born March 27, 1906 in rural Valley Springs, S.D. to Tillie and Ulfred Schipper. She moved with her family in 1921 to Larchwood, Iowa where she graduated from Larchwood High School. She received her Teaching Certificate from Northern State Teachers College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She enjoyed teaching five years in Larchwood Township Schools.
She married Ben J. Slieter on Aug. 17, 1930 in Sioux Falls, S.D. After their marriage, the couple settled and farmed by Steen before moving to a farm in the Beaver Creek area in 1958.
Ben passed away May 13, 1961. That year, Grace moved to Hills, where she was employed at Tuff Memorial Home for 19 years. For several years following she assisted the elderly in their homes. Grace then moved to an apartment in Luverne and in 1995 moved to the Tuff Memorial Home.
She was active in woman's organizations at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. She was involved in 4-H and Extension Leadership in Rock County.
She is survived by two daughters, Janet Burkholder, Pipestone and Bonnie (Harlan) Kolsrud, Worthington and daughter-in-law, Norma Salquist, West Fargo, N.D.; 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchldren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ben, son, Gordon, son-in-law, Bill, four brothers, John, Henry, Jacob and Fred.
(Roste)
Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 19, 2004 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills with Rev. Lowell Berg, officiating.
Interment was in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery.
Grace Marie Slieter was born March 27, 1906 in rural Valley Springs, S.D. to Tillie and Ulfred Schipper. She moved with her family in 1921 to Larchwood, Iowa where she graduated from Larchwood High School. She received her Teaching Certificate from Northern State Teachers College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She enjoyed teaching five years in Larchwood Township Schools.
She married Ben J. Slieter on Aug. 17, 1930 in Sioux Falls, S.D. After their marriage, the couple settled and farmed by Steen before moving to a farm in the Beaver Creek area in 1958.
Ben passed away May 13, 1961. That year, Grace moved to Hills, where she was employed at Tuff Memorial Home for 19 years. For several years following she assisted the elderly in their homes. Grace then moved to an apartment in Luverne and in 1995 moved to the Tuff Memorial Home.
She was active in woman's organizations at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. She was involved in 4-H and Extension Leadership in Rock County.
She is survived by two daughters, Janet Burkholder, Pipestone and Bonnie (Harlan) Kolsrud, Worthington and daughter-in-law, Norma Salquist, West Fargo, N.D.; 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchldren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ben, son, Gordon, son-in-law, Bill, four brothers, John, Henry, Jacob and Fred.
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