Etta Plucker, 93, Luverne, formerly of Adrian, died Sunday, March 9, 2003, at Luverne Community Hospital.
Services were Wednesday, March 12, at Engebretson Funeral Chapel in Luverne. The Revs. Gordon Johnson and John Strunk officiated. Burial was at Ebenezer State Line Cemetery near Ellsworth.
Etta Klosterbuer was born to Rudolf and Lena (Ubben) Klosterbuer on June 7, 1909, in Kanaranzi Township, Rock County. She attended country school through the eighth grade.
She married Albert W. Plucker on March 3, 1936, in Sioux Falls, S.D. The couple farmed in various places and last lived in Magnolia before moving to Adrian in 1971. She was a homemaker. Mr. Plucker died on Aug. 17, 1975. She moved to Luverne in 1997 and then to Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in 2001.
Mrs. Plucker was a member of United Methodist Church in Adrian. She enjoyed sewing and crocheting. She was also an avid gardener and enjoyed canning.
Survivors include two sisters-in-law, Mildred Klosterbuer, Luverne, and Bertha Plucker, Sioux Falls; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, great-nieces and great- nephews.
Mrs. Plucker was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Albert, five brothers, Henry, Onno, Walter, John, an infant brother, also named Walter, and one sister, Grace Moeller.
Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.
