OBITUARY: Verlyene Borg Chodur 1923-2002, Worth county, Iowa



                          Verlyene Borg Chodur

[ Northwood Anchor online  -- October 01, 2002 ]

Verlyene Chodur, 78, Lake Mills, died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2002 at the Good
Samaritan Center in Forest City.

Funeral service were Friday at First Baptist Church in Forest City with
Rev. Steven Cox officiating. Burial was at First Baptist Cemetery in
Forest City.  

Verlyene Chodur was born in Forest City, IA on Nov. 14, 1923, the daughter
of Martin and Emma (Isaacson) Borg. She received her education in Forest
City and graduated from Forest City High School. Verlyene taught grade
school in Linden Township. She married Ralph Chodur on Dec. 17, 1944 in
Jacksonville, FL. After Ralph's discharge from the service they returned
to Iowa and farmed in Miller, Northwood and Joice, settling in Lake Mills
in 1968. 

She loved her life on the farm, being outdoors working with her husband. She
was an excellent baker and cook and loved to try new recipes. Caring for her
flowers, gardening, canning and quilting were a few of the things she spent
time doing. She worked for Deluxe Products in Lake Mills for a short time.

She vacationed with her husband in northern Minnesota and they went fishing
together. She treasured time spent with her family and her grandchildren.

Verlyene is survived by her children and their spouses: Ralphene Stokke and
husband David of Clear Lake, Deanna Hill and husband John of Forest City,
Jeanne Lahey and husband Steven of Iowa City, Steven Chodur and wife Carolyn
of Northwood, Marilyn Kaiser and husband Mark of Forest City, Gary Chodur
and wife Deb of Lake Mills, and Judy Gouge and husband Michael of Crystal
Lake, 18 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are three
sisters, Mildred Ostrander of Forest City, Gloria Chodur and husband
Donald of Kensett, Arlys Hendrickson and husband Nelson of Humboldt,
Iowa and a brother, Orville Borg and his wife Goldie of Forest City.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a sister Ruth and
three brothers, Kenyon, Albert and Leanna.





Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: Not necessarily related to the subject of this obituary.)

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