Merriel Iris (Good) Kuether (1912 - 2000)

Born 11 Feb 1912 in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa

Died 12 Nov 2000 at age 88 in Austin, Mower County, Minnesota

Biography

Murriel Iris Kuether, 88, Austin, died Sunday, Nov. 12, 2000, at the Austin Medical Center. She was born Feb. 11, 1912, in Cherokee County, Iowa to George D. and Gittie (Parcel) Good. She received her education in Iowa and Minnesota. On Oct. 24, 1928, she was united in marriage to Ervin Frank Kuether at Danube, Minnesota. They moved to Olivia in 1938 and to Austin in 1952. Ervin died on Dec. 29, 1971. Survivors include one son, Roger G. Kuether, Austin; one son-in-law, Myer Holien, Renville; one daughter-in-law, Ione Kuether, Rochester; 16 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one daughter, Shirley Holien; two sons, Jerome and Daniel; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Service: 2 p.m., Thursday with Brother Ed Petersen officiating. Interment: Oakwood Cemetery in Austin. Visitation: One hour prior to the service on Thursday.

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Sources

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSKK-VPT : 7 January 2021), Merriel Kuether in household of Ervin Kuether, Olivia, Renville, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65-27, sheet 19A, line 19, family 386, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1952.

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