Edna Jeanette LUND
- Born: 5 May 1917, Black Hammer Township, Houston County, Minnesota, USA
- Marriage: Joseph Eldred EIKEN on 25 Feb 1938
- Died: 9 Oct 2004, Spring Grove, Houston County, Minnesota, USA at age 87
Noted events in her life were:
• Obituary: Fillmore County Journal, 2004, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. Fri, Oct 15th, 2004
Edna Jeanette Eiken, 87, a lifelong Spring Grove-area resident, died Oct. 9, 2004 at Tweeten Health Services in Spring Grove.
Edna Jeanette Lund was born May 5, 1917, in Blackhammer Township, rural Spring Grove, and graduated from Spring Grove High School. On Feb. 25, 1938, she married Joseph Eiken at the Trinity Lutheran parsonage in Spring Grove. They farmed in Blackhammer from 1946 until moving to Spring Grove in 1979. Her husband died Aug. 6, 1990. Mrs. Eiken worked 26 years for Mansfield Argus, Control Data and Northern Engraving of Spring Grove. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and a former member of Faith Lutheran Church.
Survivors include two sons, Joseph (Linda) of Dorchester, Iowa, and David (Renee) of Spring Grove; three daughters, Audrey (Charles) Ellingson of Caledonia, Karen Kragness of Spring Grove and Lauren (Craig) Amdahl of Mabel; 17 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson; a brother, Leland (Lucille) Lund of Fond du Lac, Wis.; and two sisters, Ona Brand of Winona and Agnes (Lawrence) Morrison of Waterloo, Iowa. She was preceded in death by a grandson, a brother and two sisters.
The funeral for Edna Jeanette Eiken was Oct. 12 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Spring Grove, with the Rev. Zane Anderson officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Roble Funeral Service in Spring Grove was in charge of arrangements.
• Cemetery: Trinity Cemetery, 2004, Houston County, Minnesota, USA.
Edna married Joseph Eldred EIKEN, son of Henry Theodor EIKEN and Clarinda Marie JENSEN, on 25 Feb 1938. (Joseph Eldred EIKEN was born on 18 Dec 1910 in Yucatan Township, Houston County, Minnesota, USA and died on 6 Sep 1990 in Wisconsin, USA 1.)
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