Adella S. Schimke 90 of Wessington Springs died Saturday evening April 10, 2010 at the SunQuest Health Care Center in Huron. Funeral services were held Wednesday April 14, 2010 at the Foothills Bible Fellowship Church in Wessington Springs with Rev. Don Grubb officiating. Burial was in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Adella Vogel was born on July 11, 1919, in Douglas County near Delmont, SD, to Otto, Sr. and Lydia (Fischer) Vogel. She was baptized and confirmed in the German language at the Saint Peter Lutheran Church, near Armour, SD.
Adella attended school in Douglas County and graduated from the 8th grade in 1934. After graduation she worked for various neighboring families.
On May 19, 1940 she was united in marriage to Walter Schimke at the St. Peter Lutheran Church near Armour. Following their marriage they farmed on the Christian Schimke farm for three years then moved to a farm one mile west, and farmed there for seven years. In 1950 they purchased the farm where they lived until Walter's death in 2006.
Walter and Adella have been members of the United Church of Christ in Wessington Springs since 1951.
Adella enjoyed gardening, cooking German food, quilting and crafts.
She is survived by three children, Vernon and his wife Deloris of Wessington Springs, Virginia VanEck and her husband Jack of Lake Wilson, MN and Verlyn and his wife Renee of Wessington Springs; four grandchildren Linda Nissen, Lynette Mitzel, Jolynn Norstegarad and Shannon Van Eck; 1 step granddaughter Laura Ross, six great grandchildren; one step great granddaughter; and three step great grandchildren; one brother Roland (Jack) of Wagner, SD, and three sisters-in-law Ruth Vogel, Monroe, SD, Frances Vogel, Parkston, SD and Marlene Carlson, Duluth, MN.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one sister Fern Johnson, and six brothers August, Otto, Leslie, Rudolph, Howard, Gerald, an infant sister and an infant brother.
Adella Vogel was born on July 11, 1919, in Douglas County near Delmont, SD, to Otto, Sr. and Lydia (Fischer) Vogel. She was baptized and confirmed in the German language at the Saint Peter Lutheran Church, near Armour, SD.
Adella attended school in Douglas County and graduated from the 8th grade in 1934. After graduation she worked for various neighboring families.
On May 19, 1940 she was united in marriage to Walter Schimke at the St. Peter Lutheran Church near Armour. Following their marriage they farmed on the Christian Schimke farm for three years then moved to a farm one mile west, and farmed there for seven years. In 1950 they purchased the farm where they lived until Walter's death in 2006.
Walter and Adella have been members of the United Church of Christ in Wessington Springs since 1951.
Adella enjoyed gardening, cooking German food, quilting and crafts.
She is survived by three children, Vernon and his wife Deloris of Wessington Springs, Virginia VanEck and her husband Jack of Lake Wilson, MN and Verlyn and his wife Renee of Wessington Springs; four grandchildren Linda Nissen, Lynette Mitzel, Jolynn Norstegarad and Shannon Van Eck; 1 step granddaughter Laura Ross, six great grandchildren; one step great granddaughter; and three step great grandchildren; one brother Roland (Jack) of Wagner, SD, and three sisters-in-law Ruth Vogel, Monroe, SD, Frances Vogel, Parkston, SD and Marlene Carlson, Duluth, MN.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one sister Fern Johnson, and six brothers August, Otto, Leslie, Rudolph, Howard, Gerald, an infant sister and an infant brother.
Adella S. Schimke 90 of Wessington Springs died Saturday evening April 10, 2010 at the SunQuest Health Care Center in Huron. Funeral services were held Wednesday April 14, 2010 at the Foothills Bible Fellowship Church in Wessington Springs with Rev. Don Grubb officiating. Burial was in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Adella Vogel was born on July 11, 1919, in Douglas County near Delmont, SD, to Otto, Sr. and Lydia (Fischer) Vogel. She was baptized and confirmed in the German language at the Saint Peter Lutheran Church, near Armour, SD.
Adella attended school in Douglas County and graduated from the 8th grade in 1934. After graduation she worked for various neighboring families.
On May 19, 1940 she was united in marriage to Walter Schimke at the St. Peter Lutheran Church near Armour. Following their marriage they farmed on the Christian Schimke farm for three years then moved to a farm one mile west, and farmed there for seven years. In 1950 they purchased the farm where they lived until Walter's death in 2006.
Walter and Adella have been members of the United Church of Christ in Wessington Springs since 1951.
Adella enjoyed gardening, cooking German food, quilting and crafts.
She is survived by three children, Vernon and his wife Deloris of Wessington Springs, Virginia VanEck and her husband Jack of Lake Wilson, MN and Verlyn and his wife Renee of Wessington Springs; four grandchildren Linda Nissen, Lynette Mitzel, Jolynn Norstegarad and Shannon Van Eck; 1 step granddaughter Laura Ross, six great grandchildren; one step great granddaughter; and three step great grandchildren; one brother Roland (Jack) of Wagner, SD, and three sisters-in-law Ruth Vogel, Monroe, SD, Frances Vogel, Parkston, SD and Marlene Carlson, Duluth, MN.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one sister Fern Johnson, and six brothers August, Otto, Leslie, Rudolph, Howard, Gerald, an infant sister and an infant brother.
Adella Vogel was born on July 11, 1919, in Douglas County near Delmont, SD, to Otto, Sr. and Lydia (Fischer) Vogel. She was baptized and confirmed in the German language at the Saint Peter Lutheran Church, near Armour, SD.
Adella attended school in Douglas County and graduated from the 8th grade in 1934. After graduation she worked for various neighboring families.
On May 19, 1940 she was united in marriage to Walter Schimke at the St. Peter Lutheran Church near Armour. Following their marriage they farmed on the Christian Schimke farm for three years then moved to a farm one mile west, and farmed there for seven years. In 1950 they purchased the farm where they lived until Walter's death in 2006.
Walter and Adella have been members of the United Church of Christ in Wessington Springs since 1951.
Adella enjoyed gardening, cooking German food, quilting and crafts.
She is survived by three children, Vernon and his wife Deloris of Wessington Springs, Virginia VanEck and her husband Jack of Lake Wilson, MN and Verlyn and his wife Renee of Wessington Springs; four grandchildren Linda Nissen, Lynette Mitzel, Jolynn Norstegarad and Shannon Van Eck; 1 step granddaughter Laura Ross, six great grandchildren; one step great granddaughter; and three step great grandchildren; one brother Roland (Jack) of Wagner, SD, and three sisters-in-law Ruth Vogel, Monroe, SD, Frances Vogel, Parkston, SD and Marlene Carlson, Duluth, MN.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one sister Fern Johnson, and six brothers August, Otto, Leslie, Rudolph, Howard, Gerald, an infant sister and an infant brother.
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