Evelyn Broesder, 86, Rock Rapids, Iowa, formerly of the Magnolia and Ellsworth area, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2001, at Rock Rapids Health Care Centre in Rock Rapids.
Services were Friday, Sept. 21, at Roste Funeral Home in Rock Rapids. The Rev. Dan Haggar officiated. Burial was in Grand Prairie Cemetery, Ellsworth.
Evelyn Katherina Lange was born to August and Margaret (Frahm) Lange on March 27, 1915, at Westside Township, Nobles County, near Magnolia. She attended country school in Nobles and Rock counties in southwest Minnesota. She worked as a housekeeper for several people until her marriage.
She married John M. Broesder on May 27, 1939, in Rock Rapids. They farmed near Rock Rapids until 1968 when they moved to a farm near Ellsworth. In 1983 they retired from farming and moved to Rock Rapids. After her marriage she was a homemaker and helped with chores, especially taking care of her chickens. She also sewed. Mr. Broesder died on March 16, 1990. Due to her failing health she became a resident of Rock Rapids Health Care Centre on May 24, 2000.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Roger and Marilyn Broesder, Rock Rapids; one daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Klaas Nagel, Little Rock, Iowa; five grandchildren, Mark (Dana) Broesder, Spencer, Iowa, Kyle (Shari) Broesder, Rock Rapids, Brenda (Curtis) Jurrens, George, Iowa, Becky (Joel) Heidebrink and Bradley (Donell) Nagel, all of Little Rock; 12 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Edna Goembel, Luverne, Violet Cauwels, Verdi, Vivian Cauwels, Magnolia, and Florence Utley, La Harpe, Kan.; four brothers, Lloyd Lange, Fort Ripley, Robert Lange, Beaver Creek, Donald Lange, Adrian, and Rodney Lange, Luverne.
Mrs. Broesder was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, John, three sisters, Esther, Fern and Joyce, one brother, Raymond, and one great-granddaughter, Sarah Nagel.
Roste Funeral Home, Rock Rapids, was in charge of arrangements.