Eleanor Helen Remme, 88, Sioux Falls, S.D., died Friday, Oct. 25, 2002, in Sioux Falls.
Services were Monday, Oct. 28, at George Boom Funeral Home in Sioux Falls. The Rev Lon Kvanli officiated.
Eleanor Harders was born to Edward and Louvilla (Stevens) Harders on Oct. 9, 1914, at the family farm near Luverne. She attended country school for her early education and then attended Luverne High School.
She married Peter Remme on Aug. 22, 1936, in Hills. They farmed in the area for a short time and then settled in Sioux Falls in the early 1940s. She worked at Fenn's Creamery, Reinhart's Sales, and Lewis Drug Store. She cleaned homes in Sioux Falls for many years. Mr. Remme died on May 18, 1977. In August 2000 she moved to Dow Rummel Village in Sioux Falls.
Mrs. Remme was a member of East Side Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls.
Survivors include one son, Gary (Audrey) Remme, Sioux Falls; one granddaughter, Rhonda (Curt) Weidenbach, Sioux Falls; two great-granddaughters by choice, Chelsea Kroger and Kaitlyn Brooks; one brother, Rollo “Shorty” Harders, Nashville, Tenn.; one sister, Ardis (Marvin) Kannenberg, Sioux Falls; four sisters-in-law, Lillian Smith, Eleanor Kvaas, both of Luverne, Helen (Kenneth) Hellie, Pipestone, and Beverly Chizium, Haley, Idaho; several nieces and nephews; and many other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Remme was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Peter.
George Boom Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, was in charge of arrangements.