Grace Ewoldt

IN MEMORY OF
GRACE EWOLDT

BORN
November 19, 1920
O’Brien County, Iowa

PASSED AWAY
October 28, 2011
Sanborn, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
2:00 P.M. Tuesday
November 1, 2011
Grace Lutheran Church; Primghar, Iowa
Rev. Trudy A. Peterson & Rev. S. Kim Peterson ~ Officiating

Visitation with the family present will be from 1 P.M. Tuesday until the time of the service at the Grace Lutheran Church

CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
“Abide With Me”
“How Great Thou Art”
“Precious Lord Take My Hand”
Organist: Donna Struve

CASKET BEARERS
“Grandsons”
Daran Huffman Doyle Kruger
Brian Ewoldt Daniel Ewoldt
Chad Huffman Daniel Kruger
Randy Rowray

FINAL RESTING PLACE
Liberty Township Cemetery
Calumet, Iowa

After today’s service relatives and friends are invited
to join the family in the fellowship hall of the church.

Arrangements under the care of the
Eldridge Family Funeral Home; Primghar, Iowa

Grace Lillian Mabel Puhrmann, daughter of Clara Caroline (Egdorf) and Henry John Joachim Puhrmann, was born November 19, 1920, and passed away October 28, 2011, at Prairie View Nursing Home in Sanborn, Iowa, attaining the age of 90 years and 11 months. Grace was baptized at the Lutheran Church in Paullina, attended school in Sutherland, and was confirmed at Bethel Lutheran Church in Sutherland. She had fond memories of living on the farm northeast of Sutherland and later moving into town. She married Leonard Claus Ewoldt at Bethel Lutheran Church on February 14, 1939; and they farmed in the Hartley area until retiring to Spencer. They wintered for 35 years in southern Texas and then moved to a condo in Primghar.
Grace’s maternal grandfather, August Karl Egdorf and his parents, Karl Egdorf and Sophia Christina (Kethig) had immigrated from Pomerania, Germany in 1876. Her maternal grandmother, Augustine Steva (Zoch) Egdorf was from Niles, Illinois, and married August in Jackson County, Iowa, in 1882. They farmed near Granville and Archer. Her paternal grandfather, John Puhrmann Jr. also immigrated from Telkov, Germany, with his parents in 1863. Her paternal grandmother, Wilhelmina (Mertens) Puhrmann, immigrated with her parents in 1867 from Lensen, Germany. They also farmed.
Left to cherish her memory is her daughter-in-law, Joyce Ewoldt of Spencer; her son, James Ewoldt, and his wife, Bridie, of Arden Hills, Mn.; her daughter, Gale Kruger, and her husband, Lyle, of Cherokee; her daughter, Connie Huffman, and her husband, Judd, of Primghar, Ia.; and her daughter, Patricia Rowray, and her husband, Rickie, of Cedar Rapids, Ia.; eighteen grandchildren: Lisa, Lynette, Daniel, Crystal, Brian, Valerie, Sherri, Stephanie, Doyle, Daniel, Shelly, Daran, Regan, Brooke, Paige, Chad, Randy, and Robina; twenty-seven great-grandchildren: Lindsey, Emily, Homia, Thomasia, Stephen, Christopher, Duncan, Eric, Lillianna, Melody, Chelsie, Christopher, Mason, Noah, Carter, Justine, Tobias, Raef, Houston, Bo, Brianne, Dillon, Addison, Benjamin, Nathan, Brooklyn, and Miranda; and three great-great-grandchildren: Ian, Aiden and Emma; along with other relatives and friends.
Grace was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard (June 30, 2011); her parents; four sisters: Dorothy (2 mo), Marlys (1 yr), Hazel and Esther; one brother: Earl; and two sons: Daniel Ray Ewoldt (infancy) and Dennis Lee Ewoldt (1995).