Deloris Lorraine (Hansen) Dau

Deloris L. Dau, age 95, of Cushing, passed away on Monday, August 26, 2019 at Correctionville Specialty Care of Correctionville. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at the St. John’s Lutheran Church of Cushing with Rev. Tami Groth & Pastor Lynford Dau officiating.  Burial will be held at the Cushing Cemetery of Cushing. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. at the Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home of Correctionville. 

Deloris Lorraine Hansen Dau, daughter of Jens “Bill” and Minnie Voght Hansen was born on July 14, 1924 south of Correctionville, IA at Rock Township in Woodbury County.  She lived in various places in the area for 20 years and attended rural school and high school.  She worked for several years as a hired girl.

On October 19, 1944, she was united in marriage to Vernon H. Dau of Holstein at the St. Paul Lutheran Parish.  Deloris was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church of Holstein in 1945.

Deloris and Vernon lived on several farms north of Cushing and she helped her husband with the farming until 1954 when they bought a home in Cushing.  She worked in both cafes and at the telephone office until 1960.  They bought the Andy Henderson farm south of Cushing in Ida County.  She worked for four years at Younkers in Sioux City, IA, then helped her husband with the farming again in 1975.  They built a new home in Cushing and moved into it in September 1982.

Deloris was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church and was a 50 plus year member of the American Legion Auxiliary of Cushing.  She was an active member in both as well as belonging to three card clubs in Cushing.

On September 1, 2014 she moved to The Ridge senior apartments in Holstein.  In November of 2018 she moved to the Correctionville Specialty Care Facility.

Survivors include her stepson, Rich Hefner and wife Linda of Cushing, IA; three step-grandchildren, seven step-great-grandchildren; and a godson Jason Meins.  She is also survived by sisters-in-law, Myrtle Goettsch of Williamsburg, Mary Hahn and husband Bob of Cherokee, and Geraldine Dau Susie of Cushing as well as many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Vernon; parents; parents-in-law; five brothers, Merland, John, Buford, LeWayne and Rex Hansen; four sisters-in-law, Lois, Anita and Viola Hansen and Lou Dau; brothers-in-law, Clarence Dau, Herb Goettsch and Les Dau; a niece, Lori Sokolowski; three nephews, Ronald Hansen, Dr. James Goettsch and Dr. Gerald Goettsch; and a great-nephews, Aaron Sokolowski.

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