Longtime Le Mars businessman, Randall Stover, dies
Randall Stover, 82, of Le Mars, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001, at Brentwood Good Samaritan Center in Le Mars.
Randall S. Stover was born Sept. 17, 1919, at Hospers, the son of William and Martha (Puhlmann) [Puhrmann] Stover. He attended school in the Hospers area and helped his father with the family ice plant and creamery business. Randall and Helen Frericks were united in marriage on June 7, 1941 at Granville The couple made their home in Hospers.
Randall was inducted into the United States Army on Sept. 18, 1948, at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. He served overseas in the European Theater with the 83rd Armored Group and saw action during the Normandy Invasion and the Battle of the Bulge. He was honorably discharged on Jan, 22, 1946, at Camp Grant, Ill. Helen and Randall moved to Le Mars in 1946 to purchase and operate the ice plant at 201 Fourth Ave. N E., near the fairgrounds. With the onset of refrigeration in the late 1950s, the ice business gave way to an ice and roller skating rink, followed by an appliance business at the same location. Finally, in the mid-1960s, they began Stover's Furniture, which they operated until their retirement in 1992.
Randall was a member of the Presbyterian United Church of Christ. He was also a member of the former Giblem Lodge 322 (now Floyd Lodge 537) of the Masonic Lodge, Wasmer Post 241 of the American Legion and the Fraternal Order of the Eagles.
Survivors include his wife Helen of Le Mars; a son, William and his wife, Carol, of Clifton, Va.; three daughters, Randa DeVos and her husband, William, of Cabot, Ark., Debra Sitzmann and her husband, Arnold, of Grayson, Ga., and Terri Stover-Cramer and her husband, Terry, of Eau Claire, Wis.; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister LaVada Thomas of Sun Lakes, Ariz.; and a brother, Dale of Hospers.
He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant daughter; and two brothers Vincent and Melvin.
Funeral services be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Presbyterian United Church of Christ in Le Mars. The Rev. Tim Olsen will officiate. Burial will follow at Hospers Cemetery in Hospers. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Friday at the Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars. The family will be present from 6 to 8 p.m. and a Masonic Rites service will be held at 7 p.m. There will also be one hour of visitation at the church prior to the funeral.
His grandchildren will serve as pallbearers
Source: Le Mars Daily Sentinel, published in Le Mars, Iowa on Thursday, November 15th, 2001, Page 5
Randall Stover, 82, of Le Mars, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001, at Brentwood Good Samaritan Center in Le Mars.
Randall S. Stover was born Sept. 17, 1919, at Hospers, the son of William and Martha (Puhlmann) [Puhrmann] Stover. He attended school in the Hospers area and helped his father with the family ice plant and creamery business. Randall and Helen Frericks were united in marriage on June 7, 1941 at Granville The couple made their home in Hospers.
Randall was inducted into the United States Army on Sept. 18, 1948, at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. He served overseas in the European Theater with the 83rd Armored Group and saw action during the Normandy Invasion and the Battle of the Bulge. He was honorably discharged on Jan, 22, 1946, at Camp Grant, Ill. Helen and Randall moved to Le Mars in 1946 to purchase and operate the ice plant at 201 Fourth Ave. N E., near the fairgrounds. With the onset of refrigeration in the late 1950s, the ice business gave way to an ice and roller skating rink, followed by an appliance business at the same location. Finally, in the mid-1960s, they began Stover's Furniture, which they operated until their retirement in 1992.
Randall was a member of the Presbyterian United Church of Christ. He was also a member of the former Giblem Lodge 322 (now Floyd Lodge 537) of the Masonic Lodge, Wasmer Post 241 of the American Legion and the Fraternal Order of the Eagles.
Survivors include his wife Helen of Le Mars; a son, William and his wife, Carol, of Clifton, Va.; three daughters, Randa DeVos and her husband, William, of Cabot, Ark., Debra Sitzmann and her husband, Arnold, of Grayson, Ga., and Terri Stover-Cramer and her husband, Terry, of Eau Claire, Wis.; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister LaVada Thomas of Sun Lakes, Ariz.; and a brother, Dale of Hospers.
He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant daughter; and two brothers Vincent and Melvin.
Funeral services be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Presbyterian United Church of Christ in Le Mars. The Rev. Tim Olsen will officiate. Burial will follow at Hospers Cemetery in Hospers. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Friday at the Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars. The family will be present from 6 to 8 p.m. and a Masonic Rites service will be held at 7 p.m. There will also be one hour of visitation at the church prior to the funeral.
His grandchildren will serve as pallbearers
Source: Le Mars Daily Sentinel, published in Le Mars, Iowa on Thursday, November 15th, 2001, Page 5
Longtime Le Mars businessman, Randall Stover, dies
Randall Stover, 82, of Le Mars, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001, at Brentwood Good Samaritan Center in Le Mars.
Randall S. Stover was born Sept. 17, 1919, at Hospers, the son of William and Martha (Puhlmann) [Puhrmann] Stover. He attended school in the Hospers area and helped his father with the family ice plant and creamery business. Randall and Helen Frericks were united in marriage on June 7, 1941 at Granville The couple made their home in Hospers.
Randall was inducted into the United States Army on Sept. 18, 1948, at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. He served overseas in the European Theater with the 83rd Armored Group and saw action during the Normandy Invasion and the Battle of the Bulge. He was honorably discharged on Jan, 22, 1946, at Camp Grant, Ill. Helen and Randall moved to Le Mars in 1946 to purchase and operate the ice plant at 201 Fourth Ave. N E., near the fairgrounds. With the onset of refrigeration in the late 1950s, the ice business gave way to an ice and roller skating rink, followed by an appliance business at the same location. Finally, in the mid-1960s, they began Stover's Furniture, which they operated until their retirement in 1992.
Randall was a member of the Presbyterian United Church of Christ. He was also a member of the former Giblem Lodge 322 (now Floyd Lodge 537) of the Masonic Lodge, Wasmer Post 241 of the American Legion and the Fraternal Order of the Eagles.
Survivors include his wife Helen of Le Mars; a son, William and his wife, Carol, of Clifton, Va.; three daughters, Randa DeVos and her husband, William, of Cabot, Ark., Debra Sitzmann and her husband, Arnold, of Grayson, Ga., and Terri Stover-Cramer and her husband, Terry, of Eau Claire, Wis.; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister LaVada Thomas of Sun Lakes, Ariz.; and a brother, Dale of Hospers.
He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant daughter; and two brothers Vincent and Melvin.
Funeral services be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Presbyterian United Church of Christ in Le Mars. The Rev. Tim Olsen will officiate. Burial will follow at Hospers Cemetery in Hospers. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Friday at the Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars. The family will be present from 6 to 8 p.m. and a Masonic Rites service will be held at 7 p.m. There will also be one hour of visitation at the church prior to the funeral.
His grandchildren will serve as pallbearers
Source: Le Mars Daily Sentinel, published in Le Mars, Iowa on Thursday, November 15th, 2001, Page 5
Randall Stover, 82, of Le Mars, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001, at Brentwood Good Samaritan Center in Le Mars.
Randall S. Stover was born Sept. 17, 1919, at Hospers, the son of William and Martha (Puhlmann) [Puhrmann] Stover. He attended school in the Hospers area and helped his father with the family ice plant and creamery business. Randall and Helen Frericks were united in marriage on June 7, 1941 at Granville The couple made their home in Hospers.
Randall was inducted into the United States Army on Sept. 18, 1948, at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. He served overseas in the European Theater with the 83rd Armored Group and saw action during the Normandy Invasion and the Battle of the Bulge. He was honorably discharged on Jan, 22, 1946, at Camp Grant, Ill. Helen and Randall moved to Le Mars in 1946 to purchase and operate the ice plant at 201 Fourth Ave. N E., near the fairgrounds. With the onset of refrigeration in the late 1950s, the ice business gave way to an ice and roller skating rink, followed by an appliance business at the same location. Finally, in the mid-1960s, they began Stover's Furniture, which they operated until their retirement in 1992.
Randall was a member of the Presbyterian United Church of Christ. He was also a member of the former Giblem Lodge 322 (now Floyd Lodge 537) of the Masonic Lodge, Wasmer Post 241 of the American Legion and the Fraternal Order of the Eagles.
Survivors include his wife Helen of Le Mars; a son, William and his wife, Carol, of Clifton, Va.; three daughters, Randa DeVos and her husband, William, of Cabot, Ark., Debra Sitzmann and her husband, Arnold, of Grayson, Ga., and Terri Stover-Cramer and her husband, Terry, of Eau Claire, Wis.; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister LaVada Thomas of Sun Lakes, Ariz.; and a brother, Dale of Hospers.
He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant daughter; and two brothers Vincent and Melvin.
Funeral services be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Presbyterian United Church of Christ in Le Mars. The Rev. Tim Olsen will officiate. Burial will follow at Hospers Cemetery in Hospers. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Friday at the Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars. The family will be present from 6 to 8 p.m. and a Masonic Rites service will be held at 7 p.m. There will also be one hour of visitation at the church prior to the funeral.
His grandchildren will serve as pallbearers
Source: Le Mars Daily Sentinel, published in Le Mars, Iowa on Thursday, November 15th, 2001, Page 5
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