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Shirley Lago | Visitation:
Friday, February 29, 2008
2:00 PM until 8:00 PM
6:30 PM until 8:00 PM
Family Present at the Andringa Funeral Chapel in Ocheyedan
Service:
Saturday, March 1, 2008
10:30 PM
Christian Reformed Church in Ocheyedan
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| | | Shirley Lago, age 81, of Ocheyedan, Iowa, passed away on Monday, February 25, 2008, at the Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Funeral services will be Saturday, March 1, 2008, at 10:30 A.M. at the Christian Reformed Church in Ocheyedan. Rev. Bruce Branson officiating.
Burial in the Ocheyedan Township Cemetery in Ocheyedan.
Visitation will be Friday, February 29, 2008, from 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. with the family present from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. at the Andringa Funeral Chapel in Ocheyedan.
Was born on January 20, 1927 in Worthington, Minnesota to Perry and Lily Voorhees
She graduated from Worthington High School in 1945. During her high school years, she delivered telegrams for Western Union. Upon graduation, she attended Western Union School in Crawfordsville, Indiana. For two years she traveled through out the Midwest working as a telegrapher.
On January 12, 1947, Shirley married Darrel Paul Lago, whom she met on a blind date. He was the love of her life. Darrel passed away in November, 2002. They lived on a farm east of Ocheyedan until 1969, at which time they bought a house in town where she resided until her death. She passed away on February 25, 2008 at the Avera Heart Hospital of Sioux Falls, South Dakota after a short illness, reaching the age of 81.
The joy of Shirley’s life was her family. She in survived by her son Paul and (Barbara) Lago and grandson Eric of Oxford, Mississippi; Rebecca and (Darold) Boersma of Hospers and their children Joshua, Joel and (Angela and their children Becca and Andrew) of Orange City, Iowa; Naomi and (Bright) Hachaba of Coon Rapids, Minnesota and Debra; Mark Lago of Lincoln, Nebraska; Maria Indalia and (Mario) Acuna and their children Ivann, Alexa and Natalia of Chicago, Illinois; Kimberly and (William) Schmidt and their children Brittany and (Tim) Gast, Bethany, Leah and Levi of Omaha, Nebraska; Marbella Vejar and daughter Amanda of Chicago, Illinois.
In 1957, she began working at Ohme’s Grocery Store and continued for several years. Feeling the need to be home with her children, Shirley taught herself to re-upholster furniture. She continued this venture until 1982.
Darrel and Shirley were members of Central Avenue Baptist Church in Hartley, Iowa for many years. She was a woman of prayer, and the Lord was her greatest delight.
Shirley was a woman of diverse interests. As a young woman she built model airplanes, hunted with her father, and developed an interest in Egyptian archaeology. She enjoyed poetry and loved playing with first her own children and later, any child who needed time, attention and a listening ear. She could shop circles around her family and friends on any given day and find deals that she gladly gave away to anyone in need.
Shirley leaves to cherish her memory six children and their spouses, sixteen grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and a brother-in-law, Dwight Hayes of Chariton, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Darrel, her parents and her sister, Audrey Hayes.
In Memory of
Shirley Lago
Funeral Service
March 1, 2008 at 10:30am
Officiating
Pastor Bruce Branson
Special Music
Laura Hibma ~ vibraharp
Patti Hitchcock ~ soloist
Pixie Balt ~ accompanist
Congregational Singing
It is Well With My Soul
Victory in Jesus
Paul Bearers
Joshua Boersma
Eric Lago
Joel Boersma
Bright Hachaba
Tim Gast
Ivann Acuna
Levi Schmidt
Ushers
Charles Dirk & Charles Faber
Interment
Ocheyedan Township Cemetery
Ocheyedan, Iowa
Arrangements By
Andringa Funeral Home
Sibley, Iowa
Larry R. Andringa, Funeral Director
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