Irene C. Schlapkohl, 97, Luverne, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2002, at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne.
Graveside services were Tuesday, Dec. 31, at Maplewood Cemetery. The Rev. Bart Fletcher officiated.
Irene Hoime was born to Andrew and Cora (Loeffler) Hoime on Jan. 17, 1905, in Springwater Township, rural Rock County. She attended country school in Rock County.
She married Edwin Schlapkohl on Nov. 27, 1938, in Luverne. After their marriage, the couple farmed in Springwater Township. They retired and moved to Luverne in 1988. She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Schlapkohl was a member of Springwater Methodist Church. She enjoyed baking, gardening and reading.
Survivors include one daughter, Marcia Williams, Sioux City, Iowa; two grandchildren, Rick Schlapkohl, Sioux Falls, S.D., and Mark Schlapkohl, Yankton, S.D.; five great-grandchildren, Kristina, Aaron, Jenna, Christopher and Kaylie; and one sister, Esther (George) Micheal, Elkhart, Ind.
Mrs. Schlapkohl was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Edwin, in 1976; one son, Willis, one grandson, Kent, one brother, Archie Hoime, and four sisters, Iola Hauglid, Florence McDowell, Neva Olson and LaVera Parks.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.