Iva Irene Hemstock
1920 - 2010 (89 years)Person ID: I8273 "Hessevaag-Bakke" | Last Modified: 16 Apr 2022
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Name Iva Irene Hemstock Gender Female Birth 29 Aug 1920 Wallace, Codington County, South Dakota, USA 
Died 15 Aug 2010 Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA [1] 
BuriedCanton Lutheran Cemetery, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA -
Family
Husband Emil Peter Klepel (ID:I8268)
b. 19 Nov 1918, Odessa, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA
d. 16 May 1978, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA (Age 59 years)
Marriage 27 Feb 1937 Age at Marriage Iva : 16 years - Emil : 18 years. (Were Married 41 years). Children + 1. Living (ID:I8274)2. Living (ID:I8275)+ 3. Karen Mae Klepel (ID:I8287)
b. 7 May 1944, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA
d. 15 Dec 2007, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA (Age 63 years)▻ Donald Alvin Farnsworth, Jr. m. 1 Jul 1964+ 4. Charlotte Klepel (ID:I8276)
b. 16 Jan 1946, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA
d. 22 Apr 2012, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA (Age 66 years)5. 
Emil Klepel, Jr. (ID:I8279)
b. 17 Aug 1947, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA
d. 16 Jun 2017, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA (Age 69 years) -
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Birth - 29 Aug 1920 - Wallace, Codington County, South Dakota, USA 
Died - 15 Aug 2010 - Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA 
Buried - - Canton Lutheran Cemetery, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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- [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89073216/iva-irene-klepel.
Irene Klepel, age 89, passed away Sunday, August 15, 2010 at the Canton Good Samaritan Society. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, August 19, 2010 at Grand Valley Lutheran Church, with burial at Canton Lutheran Cemetery.
Iva Irene Klepel was born August 29, 1920 at Wallace, SD, to Lucius and Achsah (Minor) Heemstock. She attended school in Wallace and Big Stone City, SD.
Irene married Emil Klepel February 27, 1937 in Milbank, SD.
The couple lived in Odessa, MN until 1940 when they moved to Canton. Irene worked at Otis Radio for 15 years and Canton Good Samaritan Center as a dietary aide for 17 years, retiring in 1995. Her husband died May 16, 1978.
She was a member of Canton Lutheran Church and WELCA. She enjoyed reading, the Minnesota Twins, and making crafts, including dolls and centerpieces for the Good Sam dining hall.
Grateful for having shared her life are: 3 daughters- Bonnie (LeRoy) Hemmer, Madison, SD, Erma Jean Thompson, Canton, SD and Charlotte (Louis) O'Brien, Sioux Falls, SD; a son, Emil Klepel, Jr., Canton, SD; 15 grandchildren; 47 great grandchildren; 16 great-great grandchildren; and a sister, Opal Pederson of Sioux Falls.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Emil, daughter, Karen Farnsworth, 3 brothers- Harold, Ernest, and Merle, and 3 sisters- Avis, Edna, and Mildred.
