Services for Anna Kitchenmaster will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. The Rev. Gary Klatt will officiate. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Steen. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m at Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne, and continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday.
Anna Adele Wilma Kitchenmaster, 91, Luverne, formerly of Steen, died Monday, Oct. 28, 2002, at Rock Rapids Health Centre in Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Anna Lauck was born to Henry and Alvina (Kruger) Lauck on Nov. 6, 1910, in Clinton Township, Rock County. She was baptized on Nov. 24, 1910, and later confirmed on March 28, 1926, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Steen. She attended school in Ash Creek.
She married William Kitchenmaster Jr. on Oct. 10, 1934, in Trinity Lutheran Church. The couple made their home on a farm west of Steen until 1970, when they retired and moved to Luverne. She lived in Luverne until July 1995, when she moved to Tuff Memorial Home in Hills.
Mrs. Kitchenmaster was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. She enjoyed crocheting, crafts, cooking and baking.
Survivor include three sons, James (Carolyn) Kitchenmaster, Luverne, Arvin (Janice) Kitchenmaster, Hawarden, Iowa, and Loren (Deborah) Kitchenmaster, Spicer; six grandchildren, Paul (Sherri) Kitchenmaster, Kristi (Tim) Matus, Bill (Dawn) Kitchenmaster, Lori (Terry) Glade, Marnie (Dan) Johnson and Mike Kitchenmaster; 11 great-grandchildren; one sister, Ida Strecker, Wittemore, Iowa; two brothers-in-law, Wesley (Mary) Kitchenmaster, and Bill (Esther) Kitchenmaster Weber, all of Luverne; and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Kitchenmaster was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, William "Bill" Kitchenmaster on Aug. 31, 1989, four brothers, William, Henry, Fred and Armin Lauck, and five sisters, Emma Kitchenmaster, Bertha Beckman, Frieda Steucker, Venna "Alvina" Kitchenmaster and an infant sister, Amanda.
Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne is in charge of arrangements.