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Josie Dilly

Josephine Dawn Dilly, 7, Luverne, died Saturday near Hills as a result of a farm accident.Services were Wednesday, Nov. 10, at Luverne Christian Reformed Church in Luverne. Committal services were prior to the funeral services at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne.Josie Dilly was born to Stacy and Nicole (Pap) Dilly on Nov. 28, 1996, in Luverne. She lived with her family in Luverne. She was a baptized member of Luverne Christian Reformed Church where she was active in Sunday School. She was a second grader at Edgerton Christian Elementary School in Edgerton.Josie loved to play volleyball and loved to go to the lake. She also enjoyed swimming, camping and singing. She always looked forward to going on trips to Iowa to see her cousins. She would count the days prior to each trip. She was thought of by her family as being the organizer and always seemed to have a smile on her face. She loved to spend time outdoors on the farm and help with farming activities.Survivors include her parents, Stacy and Nicole Dilly, one brother, Hunter, one sister, Jayda, all of Luverne; her maternal grandmother, Evie Pap, Luverne, her maternal grandfather, Will Pap, rural Luverne; her paternal grandmother, Joanne (Max) Princehouse, Toledo, Iowa; her paternal grandfather, Harry Dilly, Crooksville, Mo.; her great-grandmothers, Johanna Vis and Johanna Pap, both of Luverne; 11 uncles and aunts, Jared (Tara) Pap and their children, Haley and Hannah, rural Luverne; Jonathan (Darci) Pap and their children, Daynica and Whitney, Luverne; Jamie (Brigette) Pap and their daughter, Morgan, rural Luverne, Brian (Jill) Dilly and their children Stephanie and Sidney, Gladbrook, Iowa, Mike (Brenda) Dilly, Montour, Iowa, and Patty Dilly, Toledo, Iowa, and her best friend, Tianna Top, Luverne. Josie was preceded in death by her great-grandfather, Henry Vis, and her great-grandparents, Gerrit and Josephine Pap, William and Marie Fransen, and Theodore and Evelyn Dilly.Hartquist Funeral Home, Engebretson Chapel, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.

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