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Personal data Elverna Mae Swisher 

  • She was born on February 18, 1923 in in proximo, Adaville, Plymouth Co., IA.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Source: Elverna Marienau obituary
  • She died on December 7, 2000 in Le Mars, Plymouth Co., IA (Brentwood Good Samaritan Ctr.), she was 77 years old.
  • She is buried on December 9, 2000 in Merrill, Plymouth Co., IA (Hillside Cem.).
  • This information was last updated on December 16, 2022.

Household of Elverna Mae Swisher

She is married to Marvin Bernard Marienau.

They got married on January 14, 1943 at Dakota City, Dakota Co., NE, she was 19 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Eunice Jean Marienau  1945-2020 


Notes about Elverna Mae Swisher

Elverna Mae Swisher

Sources: Author: Hetrick, J.; Title: "Elverna Mae Swisher Marienau," (Publication location: Merrill, IA Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xvi Dec MMX), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62973366/elverna-mae-marienau

"Photo [stone shared with Marvin B. Marienau] added by Julie Struthers Riedy

Elverna Mae Swisher Marienau Birth 16 Feb 1923 Iowa, USA Death 7 Dec 2000 (aged 77) Burial Hillside Cemetery Merrill, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA Plot Block 8 Memorial ID 62973366

Inscription Loving Parents of Sharon, Eunice, Patsy [a violin before MARIENAU might indicate an ability to play.]

Parents
[photo - stone shared with Edna Swisher & Carrie Swisher] John Henry Swisher 1894 - 1951
[photo - stone shared with Edna Swisher & John Swisher] Carrie Eva Karley Swisher 1899 - 1981

Spouse
[photo - stone shared with Elverna M. Marienau] Marvin B. Marienau 1923 - 2003

Siblings

[photo - stone shared with Carrie Swisher & John Swisher] Edna Emma Swisher 1920 - 1920
[photo - stone shared with Vernon J. Singer] Opal Carrie Swisher Singer Hanke 1925 - 2019
[photo - stone shared with Geraldine M. Ipri Swisher] John H. Swisher 1927 - 2013
[photo - man] William Albert Swisher 1929 - 2015
[photo - woman] Versella June Swisher Grasz 1932 - 2022

Children

[photo - woman] Eunice Jean Marienau Reiter 1945 - 2020
[photo - woman] Patsy Ann Marienau Gengler 1947 - 2021

Created by: J. Hetrick Added: 16 Dec 2010 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 62973366"

Author: Ziemann, Linda; Title: "Marienau, Elverna M. 1923-2000," (Publication location: Sioux City, IA, Publisher: The Sioux City Journal, Publication date: Dec MM), Repository: The Cloud

Link: http://iagenweb.org/boards/plymouth/obituaries/index.cgi?review=175341

"Marienau, Elverna M. 1923-2000

MARIENAU, SWISHER, KARLEY

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email) Date: 11/23/2007 at 19:00:42

Elverna M. Marienau
LE MARS, Iowa --- Elverna Mae Marienau, 77, of LeMars, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at Brentwood Good Samaritan Center in LeMars.

Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at St. John Lutheran Church in Merrill, Iowa, with the Rev. Curtis Matson officiating. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in LeMars.

Mrs. Marienau was born Feb. 16, 1923, near Adaville, Iowa, the daughter of John and Carolyn (Karley) Swisher. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She attended country school at Liberty Consolidated School.

She married Marvin Marienau on Jan. 14, 1943, in Dakota City. The couple farmed near Merrill for a few years before moving into Merrill. She was employed part time at K-Products in LeMars. She had been a resident of Brentwood Good Samaritan Center for 18 years.

She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church and enjoyed canning, baking, embroidering and gardening.

Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Sharon and her husband, Marvin Vande Hoef, Patsy and her husband, Bill Gengler, and Eunice Reiter and her friend, Jeffrey Eppinga, all of LeMars; four sisters, Evelyn and her husband, Edwin Anderson, of Sioux City, Opal Hanke of LeMars, Bersalla 'Sally' and her husband, Norman Grasz of Ireton, Iowa, and Lucille and her husband, Clarence Carlson, of Beresford, S.D.; two brothers and their wives, John and Jerri Swisher of Harlan, Iowa, and William and Marge Swisher of Westfield, Iowa; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and infant sister, Edna; and a granddaughter, Sheila Vande Hoef.

Pallbearers will be Mike and Robert Vande Hoef, Scott and Steven Reiter, Rodney Toben and Nicholas Gengler.

~source: The Sioux City Journal

Plymouth Obituaries maintained by Linda Ziemann. WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Elverna Mae Swisher

Elverna Mae Swisher
1923-2000

1943

Marvin Bernard Marienau
1923-2003

Eunice Jean Marienau
1945-2020

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Birthday February 18, 1923

  • The temperature on February 18, 1923 was between -10 °C and -0.5 °C and averaged -4.7 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
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  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
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Day of marriage January 14, 1943

  • The temperature on January 14, 1943 was between 0.9 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 17.7 mm of rain during 10.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
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Day of death December 7, 2000

  • The temperature on December 7, 2000 was between 7.4 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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Day of burial December 9, 2000

  • The temperature on December 9, 2000 was between 7.4 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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