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Lois Daehn
LOIS DAEHN
Wheatland
Lois L. Daehn, 99, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, at Wheatland Manor Nursing Home. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, at Chapman Funeral Home in Wheatland. Funeral services will be at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lowden at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, with the Rev. Dan Redhage officiating. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery.
Lois was born May 25, 1917, to Charles and Bertha Fedia Wilma Holtz Schroeder in Toronto, Iowa. She married Herman Daehn on Feb. 25, 1936, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lowden. Herman passed on June 15, 1994.
Survivors include grandchildren, Craig (Joyce) Brophy of Cedar Rapids, Brett (Peggy) Brophy of Fairfax, Dwight (Darcy) West of Davenport and Teresa (William) Schilling of East Troy,Wis.; sons-in-law, Jerome Brophy of Ames and Ernest West of Dent, Mich.; 13 great-grandchildren; and sister, Myrtle of California.
Lois loved to do crafts with her daughters, go fishing and traveling with Herman and take care of her large garden.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and daughters, Karen and Rhea.
Online condolences may be sent to www.chapmanfh.com.
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