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Ione DeHaan

Ione Luella DeHaan, 85, Hills, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005, at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills.Services were Monday, Jan. 31, at Apostolic Christian Church in Lester, Iowa. Burial was in the church cemetery. Ione Moser was born to John and Rose (Kellenberger) Moser on May 14, 1919, in rural Larchwood, Iowa. She attended Larchwood Country School #2.She married John DeHaan in Dakota City, Neb. During the first year of their marriage they lived in Battle Creek, Mich., and Louisville, Ky. After World War II they farmed west of Hills for six years before moving to an acreage near Hills where she lived for 44 years. She worked at the C&E Café in Hills for many years. Mr. DeHaan died June 5, 1994. She moved to an apartment in Hills and then to Tuff Memorial Home in Hills in January 2003. Mrs. DeHaan was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church of Lester. She loved sewing and was well known as a talented seamstress. She also enjoyed crocheting, quilting and fine needlework, leaving a legacy of memories for her family. Survivors include four children, Susan (Arlyn) Van Der Wolde, Shirlee DeHaan, all of Sioux Falls, S.D., Sharon (Ernie) Gerber, Danville, Ind., and Tim (Lois) DeHaan, Hills; 16 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Leo (Leona) Moser and Franklin (Verna) Moser; and six sisters, Mariann (Elmer) Metzger, Betty (Paul) Leuthold, Estelle Leuthold, Evelyn (Roy) Metzger, Donna (John) Gerber and Janet Wysong.Mrs. DeHaan was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, John DeHaan, four brothers, three brothers-in-law and one sister-in-law. Roste Funeral Home, Hills, was in charge of arrangements.

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