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Louise Kiebach

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Louise Lena Kiebach, 101, Luverne, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, at Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Ellsworth.
A funeral service was Tuesday, Dec. 22, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. Burial followed at Memory Gardens near Luverne.
Louise Kiebach was born June 23, 1914, to Robert and Erene (Hagedorn) Staeffler at their home in Battle Plain Township, Rock County. She was baptized Aug. 18, 1918, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Trosky and confirmed Dec. 20, 1959, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. She grew up on the family farm northeast of Hardwick and attended country school through the eighth grade.
Louise married Harold Kiebach Sept. 21, 1938, at the parsonage of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Luverne. The couple farmed and raised their five children in Mound Township. They later moved to Luverne. Louise was a housekeeper for various families in the area and later served as a cook for Iowa Beef Processors (IBP) for many years. After Harold began to have a decline in health, they moved to Sommerview Arms Apartments. Harold died March 16, 1988, at which time Louise continued to live at the apartments until she reached 100 years of age. She then became a resident at Parkview Manor in Ellsworth.
Louise was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. She enjoyed bowling until she was 89 years old, embroidery, bingo, playing in card clubs, and volunteer work. She recently was named Rock County Senior Citizen of the Year. She especially enjoyed time spent surrounded by family, friends, love, and laughter.
Louise is survived by her children, Marilyn Carlson, Lake Wilson, Nancy (Norman) Overgaard, Luverne, Dale (Pat) Kiebach, Harrisburg, South Dakota, Joyce (Robert) Saarloos, Norwood Young America; daughter-in-law, Jenny Kiebach, Hardwick; 13 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; three siblings, Alice Schmuck,  Longview, Washington, Agnes Koens, Santa Maria, California, and Horton Staeffler, Gladbrook, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold; a son, Arlyn Kiebach; a son-in-law, Lyle Carlson; a great-grandson, Aaron Aubert; five brothers and five sisters.
Arrangements were by Hartquist Funeral Home of Luverne, hartquistfuneral.com.
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