OBITUARY: Florence Borcherding, Mitchell County, Iowa

[St. Ansgar Enterprise, Circa 21 AUG 1980]


       Mrs. Alvy Borcherding Funeral Held Tuesday, Aug. 19

Funeral services for Mrs. Alvy Borchering, 61, of Northwood, who died at
Mercy hospital in Mason City August 16, were held August 19 at the First
Lutheran church in Northwood with the Rev. Allen Hermeier officiating.

Florence Johnson Borcherding was born March 1, 1919, the daughter of Clarence
and Ruth (Parker) Johnson.  She attended schools in Carpenter and Hamilton
Business College in Mason City.  She worked for six years at the Mitchell
county Farm Bureau and Extension office, and then was clerk for the Soil
Conservation office in Northwood until she retired because of ill health.

Mrs. Borcherding was a member of First Lutheran church, Northwood, was active
in church circle work and taught Sunday school for 20 years.

She married Alvy Borcherding June 13, 1946 at Deer Creek Lutheran church,
Carpenter.

Mrs. Borcherding is survived by her husband, Alvy; her mother, Mrs. Ruth
Johnson; a son, Ronald of Albert Lea, Minn.; a daughter, Ruth Ann of Northwood;
one grandson, Richard; five sisters, Mrs. Lavern (Eleanor) Schollock of Floyd;
Mrs. Lowell (Margaret) Olsen, Osage; Mrs. Norman (Mildred) Sponheim of Nora
Springs; Mrs. Al (Carol) McLaughlin of Belmond; Mrs. James (Sharon) Boyce of
Roseville, Minn; six brothers, Dale, Charles, Harley, Ivan and Kenneth of
Osage and Keith Johnson of Fort Dodge.

She was preceded in death by her father, Clarence; one sister, Hazel; one
brother in infancy.

Burial was in Newburg cemetery, Carpenter, with Rev. Hermeier in charge of
the committal services.





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