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Corrine Roys
CORRINE ROYS
Elkader
Corrine Rae Roys, 83, of Elkader (formerly of St Olaf), passed away at Elkader Care Center on Thursday, April 9, 2015, after a short illness.
She was born to Ray and Mabel (Erickson) Klingman on March 17, 1932, in Elgin, Iowa. She attended Hewitt Creek country school in Sperry Township and later Volga High School.
Corrine was united in marriage to Kenneth Dale Roys on Oct. 29, 1949. To this marriage were born eight children. Corrine and Ken farmed near Littleport and Volga. In 1967, they bought a farm near Clayton Center, Iowa, where they lived for 40 years.
In 2006, they retired from the farm and moved to Elkader. After Kenneth's death, Corrine moved to Kingston Court in Elkader.
Corrine enjoyed talking about her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She maintained a vegetable garden at Kingston Court, where she raised tomatoes and many flowers.
She had a sharp mind and a quick sense of humor. She enjoyed sitting on her bench and watching the wild turkeys and talking with the deer that occasionally wandered by.
Corrine was blessed with a large and close family, 18 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Corrine is survived by four daughters, Faith (Harley) McDowell, Webster City, Melody (Wayne) Derber, Sandwich, Ill., Connie Roys (Duncan Campbell), Belmond, and Lisa Roys (Micabil) Diaz, DeForest, Wis.; three sons, Kenny Lee Roys (Joddy), Elkader, Lonnie (Marcia) Roys, Reedsburg, Wis., and Kevin (Jeannie) Roys, Elkader; a brother, Charles Merlin (Caroline) Klingman, Volga and Plano, Texas; and a sister-in-law, Dolores Klingman, Volga.
Corrine was preceded in death by a daughter, Jenny; a granddaughter, Teresa Jo; her parents; a brother, LeRoy Klingman; and a sister, Leona Longmuir.
Special thanks to friends and family and the staff of Kingston Court and Elkader Care Center.
Funeral services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 13, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Volga. Interment: Hillcrest Cemetery, Volga. Visitation: one hour before service time Monday at the church. Arrangements by Leonard Funeral Home in Elkader.
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