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Esther A. Uphoff - January 21, 2002
The funeral of Esther A. Uphoff, 96, of 627 W. Fourth St., Minonk, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Minonk. The Rev. Daniel Gansch-Boythe will officiate. Burial will be in Minonk Township Cemetery, Minonk. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, and for one hour before the service Friday at the church. Ruestman-Harris Funeral Home, El Paso is handling arrangements.
She died at 10:45 a.m. Monday (Jan. 21, 2002) at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Minonk. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 236 W. Fifth St. Minonk, IL 61760; or Heritage Manor Nursing Home, 201 Locust St., Minonk, IL 61760. Mrs. Uphoff was born Feb. 26, 1905, in Rutland, a daughter of Frank and Josephine Mernitz Oldenburg. She married William R. Uphoff April 27, 1927, in Rutland. He died Feb. 20, 1985. Survivors include a son Robert (Margy) Uphoff, Minonk; five sisters, Ruth Oldenburg, Lucille Oldenburg and Lillian (Dean) Janssen, all of Minonk; Leora (Merle) Sullivan Arlington, Iowa; and Edith Driscoll, Chicago; and one brother, Arthur (Rosemary) Oldenburg, Rutland; four grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. The grandchildren are Scott (Brenda) Uphoff and Laura (Steve) Mahnke, both of El Paso; Randy (Terri) Uphoff, Minonk; and Chuck (Sandi) Uphoff, Mt. Carmel. Her parents; one son, Richard Uphoff; and three brothers, Robert, Carl and Walter Oldenburg, preceded her in death. She was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Minonk; where she taught Sunday School for seventeen years. She also was a member of the Willing Workers and St. Paul's Ladies. She and her husband were life-long farmers in the Rutland and Minonk areas. |
