Marie Eleanor Starr
Feb. 10, 1902 - May 26, 2000
GLENWOOD - Marie Eleanor Starr, 98, of Glenwood died Friday at the Glenwood Retirement Village in Glenwood.
Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. today at St. John Nepomuk Church, rural Lowry, with the Rev. Ken Riedemann officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be one hour preceding the service at the church. Hoplin Funeral Chapel, Glenwood, is in charge of arrangements.
She was born Feb. 10, 1902, in Audubon to August and Agnette (Westberg) Danielson.
She married John J. Starr on June 15, 1925, in Glenwood. The couple lived near Lowry. She taught school before she married and continued to serve as a substitute teacher for 40 years.
She taught religion classes in her parish. She was a church organist and choir director, and served as church auxiliary officer. She was DCCW president and was active in the Mission Society. She also directed several community theater plays. She received the Bishop's medal for exemplary service to her church and was honored as Lowry's Citizen of the Year.
She is survived by her children Jone Meyer of Melrose, John of Beaver Dam, Wis., and Deanna (and Patrick) Roers of Phoenix, Ariz.; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; sister Evangeline Wahl of Nashville, Tenn., and brother Lester Danielson of Glenwood.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1974, her parents, three sisters and six brothers.
Marie Eleanor Starr
Feb. 10, 1902 - May 26, 2000
GLENWOOD - Marie Eleanor Starr, 98, of Glenwood died Friday at the Glenwood Retirement Village in Glenwood.
Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. today at St. John Nepomuk Church, rural Lowry, with the Rev. Ken Riedemann officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be one hour preceding the service at the church. Hoplin Funeral Chapel, Glenwood, is in charge of arrangements.
She was born Feb. 10, 1902, in Audubon to August and Agnette (Westberg) Danielson.
She married John J. Starr on June 15, 1925, in Glenwood. The couple lived near Lowry. She taught school before she married and continued to serve as a substitute teacher for 40 years.
She taught religion classes in her parish. She was a church organist and choir director, and served as church auxiliary officer. She was DCCW president and was active in the Mission Society. She also directed several community theater plays. She received the Bishop's medal for exemplary service to her church and was honored as Lowry's Citizen of the Year.
She is survived by her children Jone Meyer of Melrose, John of Beaver Dam, Wis., and Deanna (and Patrick) Roers of Phoenix, Ariz.; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; sister Evangeline Wahl of Nashville, Tenn., and brother Lester Danielson of Glenwood.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1974, her parents, three sisters and six brothers.
Family Members
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Emma Danielson Lindberg
1896–1997
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John Danielson
1898–1971
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Myrtle Danielson Bisek
1900–1969
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Francis Joseph "Frank" Danielson
1903–1971
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Benjamin Arthur Danielson
1905–1993
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Paul Victor Danielson
1907–1962
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Dorothy Elizabeth Danielson Frans
1909–1997
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Neander Oberlin Danielson
1911–1935
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Evangelyn Danielson Wahl
1913–2001
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Lester August Danielson
1915–2002
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