Obit: Dins, Edna (1905 – 1971)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Dins, Pankow, Mandel

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 06 May 1971

Dins, Edna (16 JAN 1905 – 03 MAY 1971)

Funeral services were ehld at 1:30 p.m. today at Lulloff Funeral Home, and at 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church for Mrs. Albert (Edna) Dins, 66, Colby (Clark Co., Wis.), who died in St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, early Monday.

Rev. David Pankow conducted the last rites and burial was in Colby Memorial Cemetery.

She was born in the Town of Colby (Clark Co.) January 16, 1905, the daughter of Ernest and Cecelia Mandel, and was married to Albert Dins June 27, 1928, at Zion Lutheran Church, Colby.

The couple lived in Colby after marriage, where her husband operated a feed store.

Mrs. Dins was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Zion Lutheran Sewing Club, which she served as president, American Legion Auxiliary, an officer of the Blue Sky Garden Club, and was active in school-parent organizations, the AFS and annual fund raising drives.

Surviving are two sons, Allen and Paul, of Colby, and a daughter, Rita Rae of Stevens Point, two brothers, Alber Mandel of Marshfield and Harry Mandel of Unity.

The family request that memorials be made to the Zion carpet and pew fund.