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Ninna F. Schultz Engskow
Birth: 9 Mar 1909 Blair, Washington County, Nebraska, USA
Death: 11 Sep 2006 (aged 97) Blair, Washington County, Nebraska, USA
Burial: Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Washington County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Section S, Lot 8
Memorial #: 44918862
Bio: Ninna F. Engskow, 97
Ninna F. Engskow, 97, of Blair, died Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Blair.
A memorial service is planned for 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15, at the chapel at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home. There is no visitation. Interment will be in the Arlington Cemetery.
Ninna F. Schultz was born March 9, 1909, in Blair to the Rev. Anton and Ingeborg (Anker) Schultz. She graduated from Racine High School in Racine, Wis., and attended Dana College in Blair for two years. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor's degree in education. She taught elementary school for a number of years.
On June 1, 1935, she married the Rev. Ben Engskow in Omaha. After her marriage, Mrs. Engskow helped her husband in his ministries at parishes in Dannebrog, Ruskin, Geneva, and Belgrade, and rural Stewart, Minn., Indianapolis, Ind. and Fresno, Calif.
The couple retired to Fremont in 1975.
In 1992, Mrs. Engskow moved to Johansen Manor in Blair. She had been residing at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home since May 2006.
She was an active member of First Lutheran Church in Blair, the church circle and the church quilting group. She did volunteer work at the Good Shepherd Home and at the Danish Immigrant Archives at Dana College, where she translated Danish into English.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Rosalie Engskow of Marco Island, Fla., daughter and son-in-law, Becky and Eugene Gnuse of Arlington; sister, Inga Larsen of Cedar Falls, Iowa; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ben, in 1981; and a brother, John Schultz.
Memorials are suggested to the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home; Dana College; the Danish Immigrant Archives at Blair; and the Oaks Indian Center in Oaks, Okla.
Reckmeyer-Moser Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Source
Printed in the Washington County Enterprise on 9/15/2006
This obituary was added online on 8/20/2010 by the Washington County Genealogy Society.
Family Members
Spouse Bernhard J. Engskow 1906-1981
Children Rebecca Louise Engskow Gnuse 1946-2013
Created by: Lloyd Donahoo (47132707)
Added: 29 Nov 2009
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44918862/ninna-f-engskow
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44918862/ninna-f-engskow : accessed 22 February 2022), memorial page for Ninna F. Schultz Engskow (9 Mar 1909–11 Sep 2006), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44918862, citing Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Washington County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by Lloyd Donahoo (contributor 47132707). |