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Florence DeBoer

Florence DeBoer, 84, Brandon, S.D., formerly of Sioux City, Iowa, died Sunday, June 26, 2005, at Avera McKennan Hospice in Sioux Falls, S.D.Services were Wednesday, June 29, at Dingmann Funeral Chapel in Luverne. The Rev. Bert DenHerder officiated. Burial was at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne.Florence DeBoer was born to Jurrien and Florence (Huizenga) DeBoer on Oct. 4, 1920, in Perkins, Iowa. She attended school in Doon, Iowa. After her education she moved to Stockton, Calif., and later to Cincinnati, Ohio, where she worked for a short time. She moved to Sioux City and worked for Swift Packing Company for 38 years until she retired in 1982. She moved to Brandon in December 2003. She had been a resident of Avera McKennan Hospice since April 2005. Ms. DeBoer was a member of Christian Reformed Church in Luverne. She enjoyed gardening, playing cards, bowling, reading and traveling to California.Survivors include one brother, Peter DeBoer, Beaver Creek; two sisters, Effie DeBoer, Luverne, and Barbara VanTol, Ripon, Calif.; two sisters-in-law, Helen DeBoer, Luverne, and Albertha DeBoer, Ripon; and many nieces and nephews. Ms. DeBoer was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, John DeBoer, Chuck DeBoer and Bill DeBoer, two sisters, Anna Anema and Ruth Hengeveld, and four infant siblings. Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.

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