Ethelyn H Ganz, April 08, 1918 — July 05, 2018

Obituary for Ethelyn H. Ganz 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. She grew up on the prairie and attended country school.

Ethelyn’s mother died when she was a young child and her father married Almira Fordahl. In the early 1030’s the family moved to the Wanamingo area and Ethelyn lived with an aunt while she finished high school in Rochester. After graduating in 1937, Ethelyn started working n housekeeping at the Kahler Hotel.

She attended trade school and became a bookkeeper for a roofing company. After reaching retirement age she worked at the Van Horn Public Library in Pine Island, retiring in 2007. Ethelyn always loved horses and told many stories of horses and growing up on the Prairie in South Dakota.

Ethelyn is survived by her children, Barbara (Thomas) Miller of Kaswick, 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 Uemura, Nathan Uemura, Matthew Uemura, Greg Sorenson, Katie Page, Jamie Ganz, Kelly Stakely, Joshua Ganz, Travis Ganz and Michael Ganz and nineteen great-grandchildren. Ethelyn was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Ganz Jr., parents, Ethel and Harvey Lee; step-mother, Almira Fordahl Lee and brothers, Charles Frederick Lee and Arley Hubert Lee. The family suggests memorials to the Van Horn Public Library or Pine Haven Care Center.

Arrangements are with the Mahn Family Funeral Home – Mahler Chapel in Pine Island. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Ethelyn H. Ganz please visit our Sympathy Store. Upcoming Events Visitation 2018 AUG 13.

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