Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Teacher

Notes:

Obituary can be found in The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Tuesday, May 3, 2005

Survived by one son, one daughter, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Preceded by her parents, her husband, two brothers, and four sisters.

Graduated from Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Employed as a grade school teacher in Marengo for over 25 years. Member of the PEO, National Honor Socity, Kappa Delta Pi and Gold Key as well as a member of First United Methodist Church in Marengo and active in the United Methodist Women's Association.

Favorite pasttimes included reading and music.

Married on March 13, 1982.

Viola married Nieland, Lester Christian in UNKNOWN in Iowa, USA. Lester (son of Nieland, Leopold Philipp "Leo" and Petersen, Hannah L) was born on 21 Jun 1908 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; died on 18 Mar 1982 in Marengo, Iowa, Iowa, USA; was buried in Mar 1982 in International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]