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1925 - 2015 (90 years)
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Name |
Gwenevere Anne CHAPPELL |
Birth |
18 Mar 1925 |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
2 Oct 2015 |
Cass County, North Dakota |
Burial |
Berlin Cemetery, Berlin, LaMoure County, North Dakota |
Notes |
- Gwenevere (Gwen) Anne Chapppell, daughter of Earle and Amanda (Orness) Chappell was born March 18, 1925 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She attended grade school in Grand Rapids, ND and graduated from Dickey High School in 1942. She was 16 years old. She attended a business college in Valley City, ND and then worked at Federal Land Bank in LaMoure, ND.
On February14, 1947 she was united in marriage to Duane Charles Young of Berlin, North Dakota. The couple began grain farming and had a cattle operation in the Berlin area. Gwen was a hard-working farm wife helping her husband with farm duties, managing the farm book work and raising their six children. In 1989, they moved to LaMoure, North Dakota, where Gwen enjoyed quilting, playing bingo, flower gardening and yard work. She liked to play golf and play cards with her friends. She also enjoyed playing cards with her sons and her sons-in-law and she liked to play the game Scrabble with her daughters and granddaughters. She enjoyed putting school projects together with her grandchildren and was very involved in their sport activities. She loved her family and grandchildren and great grandchildren unconditionally.
After her husband Duane died in 2005, she moved into St. Rose Court Assisted Living in LaMoure, North Dakota and then later to Oakes Good Samaritan Society in Oakes, ND. After declining health she was moved to West Fargo to her daughter Susan Maier's home, where she was cared for by her two daughters Susan Maier and Jody Johnson and Hospice Care. She died peacefully in the presence of her two daughters on October 2, 2015.
She is survived by her three sons Larry (Bonnie) Young, Kim Young and Curtis (Tami) Young; three daughters Paddy (Dale) Harris, Susan Maier and Jody (George) Johnson; one sister, Shirley Young; sixteen grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren.
Gwen was preceded in death by her husband Duane Young, her parents Earle and Amanda Chappell, a grandson Blake Johnson, her sister Marian Cuypers, and a brother Wallace Chappell.
One of Gwen's favorite Bible verses to her children is John 13:34.
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Person ID |
I33926 |
Don Carlson's Tree |
Last Modified |
9 Jan 2022 |
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