1918
Ethelyn
2018
Ethelyn H. Ganz
April 8, 1918 — July 5, 2018
Ethelyn H. Ganz, age 100, of Pine Island died on Thursday, July 5, 2018 at the Pine Haven Care Center. A memorial service will be on Monday, August 13, 2018 at 11AM at the United Methodist Church in Pine Island with Pastor Bill Hoffman officiating. Inurnment will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service at the church.
Ethelyn Hope Lee was born on April 8, 1918 to Harvey J. and Ethel E. (McCaleb) Lee in a sod house in Perkins County, SD. Ethelyn's mother died when she was 4 years old and her grandparents, C. Frederick and Laura Lee, helped raise her. Later, her father married Almira Fordahl and the family lived in Haynes, ND. In the early 1930's they moved to the Wanamingo area. She graduated from Rochester High School in 1937. On February 23, 1941, she married Albert Ganz Jr. They started their married life in Ohio, later returning to Rochester. After Al's death in 1969, she attended vocational school and became a bookkeeper for a roofing company. She also worked at the Van Horn Public Library in Pine Island, retiring in 2007. She loved horses and her South Dakota prairie, where the "sky was blue-er and the moon was bigger and the stars were brighter".
Ethelyn is survived by her children, Barbara (Thomas) Miller of Keswick, VA, Almira (Etsuro) Uemura of Ames, IA, Helen Nicholas of Rochester, Mary (Donna) Sorenson of Blaine and James (Carrie) Ganz of Pine Island; grandchildren, Julie Miller, Jeanne Ralston, Jeffrey, Nathan, and Matthew Uemura, Greg Sorenson, Katie Page, Kelly Stakely, Jamie, Joshua, Travis and Michael Ganz, nineteen great-grandchildren, a sister-in-law, Ginny Lee, as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins. She loved us unconditionally, and was dearly loved in return. Preceding her in death were her husband, Albert Ganz, brothers, Charles Frederick and Arley Hubert Lee and son-in-law, Bruce Nicholas.
The family suggests memorials to RideAbility in Pine Island, Pine Haven Care Center or Van Horn Library.
Arrangements are with the Mahn Family Funeral Home - Mahler Chapel in Pine Island.
Pine Island, MN, 55963
Pine Island, MN, 55963
Ethelyn Hope Lee was born on April 8, 1918 to Harvey J. and Ethel E. (McCaleb) Lee in a sod house in Perkins County, SD. Ethelyn's mother died when she was 4 years old and her grandparents, C. Frederick and Laura Lee, helped raise her. Later, her father married Almira Fordahl and the family lived in Haynes, ND. In the early 1930's they moved to the Wanamingo area. She graduated from Rochester High School in 1937. On February 23, 1941, she married Albert Ganz Jr. They started their married life in Ohio, later returning to Rochester. After Al's death in 1969, she attended vocational school and became a bookkeeper for a roofing company. She also worked at the Van Horn Public Library in Pine Island, retiring in 2007. She loved horses and her South Dakota prairie, where the "sky was blue-er and the moon was bigger and the stars were brighter".
Ethelyn is survived by her children, Barbara (Thomas) Miller of Keswick, VA, Almira (Etsuro) Uemura of Ames, IA, Helen Nicholas of Rochester, Mary (Donna) Sorenson of Blaine and James (Carrie) Ganz of Pine Island; grandchildren, Julie Miller, Jeanne Ralston, Jeffrey, Nathan, and Matthew Uemura, Greg Sorenson, Katie Page, Kelly Stakely, Jamie, Joshua, Travis and Michael Ganz, nineteen great-grandchildren, a sister-in-law, Ginny Lee, as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins. She loved us unconditionally, and was dearly loved in return. Preceding her in death were her husband, Albert Ganz, brothers, Charles Frederick and Arley Hubert Lee and son-in-law, Bruce Nicholas.
The family suggests memorials to RideAbility in Pine Island, Pine Haven Care Center or Van Horn Library.
Arrangements are with the Mahn Family Funeral Home - Mahler Chapel in Pine Island.
Visitation
AUG 13. 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (CDT)
United Methodist ChurchPine Island, MN, 55963
Memorial Service
AUG 13. 11:00 AM (CDT)
United Methodist ChurchPine Island, MN, 55963
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