Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameWillard David Noren 5042,2060
Birth11 Nov 1927, Oberlin, Decatur County, KS, USA5043
MemoBorn on the family farm southwest of Oberlin
Death16 Mar 2004, Oberlin, Decatur County, KS, USA2060,5043
MemoDied at his farm west of Oberlin
Burial20 Mar 2004, Herndon Covenant Cemetery, Rawlins County, KS, USA2060,5043,5044
MemoServices at Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin
FlagsDeceased
FatherDavid Theodore Noren (1889-1975)
MotherEsther Amanda Carlson (1900-1987)
Spouses
Birth24 Aug 1930, Achilles, Rawlins County, KS, USA5045
Death18 Feb 2017, Ellsworth, Ellsworth County, KS, USA5046
BurialCovenant Cemetery, Herndon, Rawlins County, KS, USA5046
FatherRobert Benda (1891-1938)
MotherHazel Olive Hurst (1891-1981)
Marriage5 Aug 1949, Herndon Covenant Church, Herndon, Rawlins County, KS, USA5043,5045
Notes for Willard David Noren
Here is his obituary from the McCook Daily Gazette:

OBERLIN -- Willard D. NOREN, 76, of Oberlin died Tuesday (March 16, 2004) at his home. He was born Nov. 11, 1927, to David T. and Esther Amanda (Carlson) Noren on a farm southwest of Oberlin. He attended rural grade school and graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1946. On Aug. 5, 1949, he married Esther V. Benda in Herndon Covenant Church in rural Herndon. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Evelyn Noren. Services are Saturday, 2 p.m., at Herndon Covenant Church in Herndon with the Rev. Keith Reuther officiating. Interment will be in Herndon Covenant Cemetery. Visitation is Friday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., at Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin and Saturday after 8 a.m., until service time at the church. Pauls Funeral Home of Oberlin is in charge of the arrangements.5043

Here is the expanded story from the same McCook Daily Gazette:

OBERLIN -- Willard D. Noren, 76, of Oberlin died Tuesday (March 16, 2004) at his home.

He was born Nov. 11, 1927, to David T. and Esther Amanda (Carlson) Noren on a farm southwest of Oberlin. He attended rural grade school and graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1946.

On Aug. 5, 1949, he married Esther V. Benda in Herndon Covenant Church in rural Herndon. He was a farmer. He farmed southwest of Oberlin and then moved to a farm six miles west of Oberlin in 1952.

He was member of the Herndon Covenant Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Evelyn Noren.

Survivors include his wife, Esther Noren of Oberlin; one son, Steve and wife, Connie Noren of Oberlin; two daughters, Judy and husband, Larry Theland of Salina and Alice and husband, Ken Robson of Ellsworth; one brother, Edwin and wife, Ruth Noren of Cadillac, Mich.; one sister, Geneva and husband, Gordon Christensen of Westminster, Colo.; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Services are Saturday, 2 p.m., at Herndon Covenant Church in Herndon with the Rev. Keith Reuther officiating. Interment will be in Herndon Covenant Cemetery.

Visitation is Friday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., at Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin and Saturday after 8 a.m., until service time at the church.

Memorials may be given in his name to Herndon Covenant Church.

Pauls Funeral Home of Oberlin is in charge of the arrangements.
Last Modified 19 Aug 2014Created 12 Mar 2023 using Reunion for Macintosh
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