Wilfred Fritz Stueven, 90, Luverne, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
A funeral service was Saturday, Sept. 19, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne with burial at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery near Steen.
Wilfred Stueven was born April 8, 1925, to August and Betty (Bahlke) Stueven in Sioux County, Iowa. He was baptized on April 26, 1925, and was confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church in Boyden, Iowa. He grew up on the farm and attended country school and parochial school. Following his education Wilfred began his career in agriculture. In 1946 he was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in the Quarter Master Corps. Following his honorable discharge in July 1947, Wilfred went back to farming in the George, Iowa, area.
On Sept. 2, 1955, Wilfred married Evelyn Kitchenmaster at Peace Lutheran Church in Rock Rapids, Iowa. The couple made their first home in George, Iowa. Two years later they moved to Rock Rapids, Iowa. In 1964 the family moved to Pipestone. In 1968 they moved to Hills, where he continued to farm until his retirement in 1988. After retirement the couple moved to Luverne in July 1988. In June 2013 they moved to the Tuff Memorial Village in Hills.
Wilfred was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne and was part of the Men’s Club. When time allowed, Wilfred enjoyed woodworking, gardening and paint by numbers pictures.
Wilfred is survived by his wife, Evelyn Stueven, Luverne, two sons, Harlan (Susan) Stueven, Hills, and Paul (Marlene) Stueven, Welcome; a daughter, Marlene (Joe) Quincey, George, Iowa; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Ruben and Kenneth Stueven, and a sister-in-law, Lois Stueven, all of George.
He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Tanya Joy Stueven; his parents; his stepmother, Kathryn Stueven; three brothers, Marvin, Lavern and Harold Stueven; and three sisters-in-law, Alma, Verna and Karen.
Memorials may be directed to Little Lambs Pre-School of St. John Lutheran Church or the Lutheran Hour Ministries.
Arrangements were by Hartquist Funeral Home of Luverne, www.hartquistfuneral.com.
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