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DeVota Andersen Obituary
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Ord First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Jeff Wulf will officiate. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Pleasant Lawn Cemetery in Geddes, S.D.
Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ord Memorial Chapel. Ord Memorial Chapel is in charge of local arrangements and Koehn Bros Funeral Home is handling the arrangements in Geddes.
Mrs. Andersen was born May 5, 1914, at Geddes, S.D., to Wesley Bryan and Lena Pauline (Kappleman) Simpson.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilbur Andersen.
Survivors of the immediate family include three sons and daughters-in-law, B.B and Janis Andersen of Kansas City, Mo., Ron and Mary Andersen of Topeka, Kan., Layne P. and Karen Andersen of Edinburg, Texas; two daughters and a son-in-law, Valerie Munro of Topeka, Kan., and Sharda and Andy Sydzyik of Ord; 15 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
She grew up in Geddes and graduated from Geddes High School. On March 28, 1935, DeVota was united in marriage to Wilbur Andrew Andersen at Geddes, S.D. The couple made their home in South Dakota until 1950. They lived in Nebraska for a short time before moving to Hays, Kan. After 16 moves, they settled in Columbus for the next 27 years.
Mr. Andersen passed away May 3, 1988. After Wilbur passed away, DeVota would continue to spend her winters in Edinburg and her summers in Ord.
Mrs. Andersen was a member of the United Methodist Church, Eastern Star, and Tops. While living in Texas, she enjoyed volunteering one day a week at the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce. She also held the position of secretary in her retirement club for many years. One of her favorite times was Christmas and mailing her cards to all the special people in her life.
She was also preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and four sisters.
Memorials are suggested to the Ord First United Methodist Church or the Geddes, South Dakota United Methodist Church.
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Pia Molberg Jensen
September 25, 2011
Hi,
I'm sorry to hear that you have lost your mother/grandmother/great-grandmother. I've been looking for Wilbur and DeVota for a long time, but I'm so sad to hear that their are both departed.
My name is Pia Molberg Jensen. I'm Danish and I'm living in Copenhagen. I've been trying to find my American family for a long time. My grandparents were Henry Edward and Kaja Molberg, with whom Devota and Wilbur excanged letter for many years, but suddenly my grandparents didn't receive any more letters. As far as I remember my grandfather Henry and Wilbur were cousins.
When I was four years old, Devota and Wilbur's son Bill and his friends Richard and Talo visited Copenhagen. I've never forgot that. I had my first chewing gum and the tree young guys took me to the zoo.
Could anyone connect me to Bill (who I actually met 54 years ago) or some of my other relatives. I would appreciate that very much. I am so sad that I didn't find you earlier and that you have lost someone that you loved.
Please write:
Pia Molberg Jensen
Vinkelhuse 9, 3. mf.
2770 Kastrup
Denmark
email: [email protected]
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