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    1. [IAALLAMA-L] MRS. ELMER F. (Eunice Helen Kruger) SHAFER
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stuckman, Kruger, Shafer, Fish, Miene Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2340.1.4.1 Message Board Post: Funeral services for Eunice Helen Shafer were held Friday, Nov. 25 at Zalmona Presbyterian Church. The 1:30 p.m. service was conducted by Rev. James Jacobson. Burial was in the Zalmona Cemetery, rural Waukon, Martin's Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements. Eunice Shafer, daughter of Alvin H. Kruger and Emma Stuckman Kruger was born Aug. 4, 1918 in Ludlow Township, Allamakee county. She received her education in Ludlow Township schools and attended Waukon High School. She was a homemaker and worked in a defense plant in Burlington during the 1940's. On Nov. 10, 1938 she married Elmer Shafer at the Zalmona Parsonage, rural Waukon. They lived in Waukon until 1942, then in Burlington till 1943, then back to rural Allamakee County. Eunice was a member of the Zalmona UPW and the Ludlow Homemakers Club. She was a member of Zalmona Presbyterian Church. She died Nov. 22, 1988 at Lutheran Hospital, LaCrosse, WI. Preceding her in death were her husband, Elmer, Sept. 13, 1988 and one brother, Ralph. Survivors include 2 children, Mrs. Wayne (Sandra) Fish, Waukon and Jane Miene, Waukon; 5 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers: Scott Miene, Mark Palmer, Dan Brown, James Kruger, Darrell Winkie, Norman Dickman. Honorary Pallbearers: Debra Palmer, Wanda Brown, Vickie Miene, Karrie Miene. Postville Herald newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection.

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