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Helen Espenhover
Mass of the Christian burial for Helen Espenhover of Carroll
will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, at Holy Spirit Catholic
Church in Carroll.
Mrs. Espenhover, 87, died Wednesday, Jan. 28, at St. Anthony
Nursing Home in Carroll.
The Rev. James McCormick will preside at the Mass. Lector will be
Dave Ramsey. Gift bearers will be Mrs. Espenhover's grandchildren.
Servers will be Travis Espenhover and Mitch Rupiper. Communion minister
will be Tom Espenhover. The casket will be moved to the church at 8 a.m.
Casket bearers will be Mrs. Espenhover's sons: Duane, David, Joe
Ir., Steve, Tom, Jerry and Paul Espenhover; and a grandson, Steve Hinners.
Visitation will begin at 2:30 p.m., a rosary will be prayed at 3
p.m. and a vigil service will be held at 8 p.m. Friday at Twit Funeral
Home in Carroll.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to St.
Anthony Nursing Home and Hospice.
A daughter of John R. and Elizabeth (Von Bonn) Turner, she was
born May 24, 1916, at Petersburg, Neb. She and Joseph H. Espenhover were
married May 2, 1939, at St. Bonaventure Church in Raeville, Neb., with
the Rev. A.S. Kluthe officiating.
Mrs. Espenhover was a homemaker and worked many years at the Red
Carpet restaurant in Carroll. She was a member of Holy Spirit Parish and
enjoyed flowers, gardening, traveling and cooking.
She and her husband, Joe, were married nearly 65 years.
Survivors include her husband; 13 children and their spouses:
Judy and Arden Hinners of Arcadia, Duane and June Espenhover of Kearney,
Neb., David and Maxine Espenhover of Alma, Neb., Jane and Donald
Eischeid of Halbur, Shirley and Kenny Vogl of Carroll, Helen and Richard
Hinners of Manning, Joe Jr. and Jane Espenhover of Carroll, Steve
Espenhover of Carroll, Carol and Dave Ramsey of Templeton, Cindy and
Scott Heinrichs of Breda, Tom and Julie Espenhover of Carroll, Jerry
Espenhover of Carroll and Paul and Cindy Espenhover of Carroll; 44
grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; five brothers: Joe Turner of
Redwood City, Calif., LaVern Turner of Stayton, Ore., Sylvester Turner
and his wife, Meg, of Eudora, Ark., Ed Turner of Cedar Rapids and Julius
Turner and his wife, Bonnie, of Cedar Rapids; and two sisters: Delores
Weihn and her husband, Dan, of Carroll and Darlene Roberts and her
husband, Ed of Goldsboro, N.C.
Mrs. Espenhover was preceded in death by her parents; four
children: Eugene Espenhover and Debra Espenhover and two in infancy,
Mary Espenhover and Gerald Espenhover; two sisters: Marie Espenhover and
her husband Harry, and Betty Jo Turner; two brothers: Leonard Turner and
his wife, Inna Marie, and Johnnie Turner; and two sisters-in-law: Peggy
Turner and Jane Turner.
(Daily Times Herald, Iowa, Thursday, January 29, 2004, p. 3) |
