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Steffens, Elvira Rose
Elvira Rose Steffens, 99, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, at Cedar Manor Nursing Home, Tipton. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence, with visitation from 1 p.m. to service time Friday. Burial: Lowden Cemetery.
There are no immediate survivors.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and a sister, Ursa Nanke.
Born Aug. 27, 1911, the daughter of Adolph and Anna (Bouschlicher) Stoecker, she married Orlando Steffens on Dec. 30, 1931, in Davenport. He died June 25, 1996. Elvira and Orlando had farmed southeast of Lowden, moving to Tipton in 1975. Her faith and the years on the farm were most important to her.
Memorials to Cedar Manor Nursing Home.
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