Loraine was born on a farm near Oyens, IA, the daughter of Nicholas and Cecilia Frances (Arens) Gengler. She died peacefully at the Ellsworth Care Center.
At an early age she moved with her family to the small town of Oyens, IA. She attended school at St. Catherine's. Loraine moved with her parents near Cavour, SD in 1930. She attended rural school and moved to Elkton, SD in 1933. Loraine met Robert Marcus Steffen in Elkton and was united in marriage on June 18, 1939. Together they had four children: Carl Robert, Mary Ann, Sandra Catherine and Donald Michael. Loraine and Bob lived in the following places in Minnesota: Pipestone, Slayton, Mankato, Garfield, Alexandria, and Little Falls. In 1957, they moved to Ellsworth and in 1959 bought the Ellsworth Recreation Bowling Alley. They moved to Stewartville, MN in August 1964 and then back to Slayton in 1967 to buy Broadway Bowl. They retired out of the bowling alley in 1971. They traveled many lakes of Minnesota and spent the winters in California on the Foresthill Ranch. Bob died on August 31, 1976. After his death, Loraine spent time at Foresthill Ranch and Slayton, MN. The Foresthill Ranch was sold in 1990 and Loraine moved to Bone Lake in the spring of 1991 and has remained in the Hager City-Ellsworth area. She was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church in Ellsworth. She loved to bowl, fish, camp, play pinochle, bingo, cook and watch bowling, baseball and football, especially the Minnesota Twins and Vikings.
All four of Robert & Loraine's children preceded Loraine in death.
Loraine's siblings include Dorothy Johnson, Mary Kathryn Adams, Rose Marie McTague, Margaret, Lucille, Arnold Gengler, Milton Gengler, and Francis Gengler.
At an early age she moved with her family to the small town of Oyens, IA. She attended school at St. Catherine's. Loraine moved with her parents near Cavour, SD in 1930. She attended rural school and moved to Elkton, SD in 1933. Loraine met Robert Marcus Steffen in Elkton and was united in marriage on June 18, 1939. Together they had four children: Carl Robert, Mary Ann, Sandra Catherine and Donald Michael. Loraine and Bob lived in the following places in Minnesota: Pipestone, Slayton, Mankato, Garfield, Alexandria, and Little Falls. In 1957, they moved to Ellsworth and in 1959 bought the Ellsworth Recreation Bowling Alley. They moved to Stewartville, MN in August 1964 and then back to Slayton in 1967 to buy Broadway Bowl. They retired out of the bowling alley in 1971. They traveled many lakes of Minnesota and spent the winters in California on the Foresthill Ranch. Bob died on August 31, 1976. After his death, Loraine spent time at Foresthill Ranch and Slayton, MN. The Foresthill Ranch was sold in 1990 and Loraine moved to Bone Lake in the spring of 1991 and has remained in the Hager City-Ellsworth area. She was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church in Ellsworth. She loved to bowl, fish, camp, play pinochle, bingo, cook and watch bowling, baseball and football, especially the Minnesota Twins and Vikings.
All four of Robert & Loraine's children preceded Loraine in death.
Loraine's siblings include Dorothy Johnson, Mary Kathryn Adams, Rose Marie McTague, Margaret, Lucille, Arnold Gengler, Milton Gengler, and Francis Gengler.
Loraine was born on a farm near Oyens, IA, the daughter of Nicholas and Cecilia Frances (Arens) Gengler. She died peacefully at the Ellsworth Care Center.
At an early age she moved with her family to the small town of Oyens, IA. She attended school at St. Catherine's. Loraine moved with her parents near Cavour, SD in 1930. She attended rural school and moved to Elkton, SD in 1933. Loraine met Robert Marcus Steffen in Elkton and was united in marriage on June 18, 1939. Together they had four children: Carl Robert, Mary Ann, Sandra Catherine and Donald Michael. Loraine and Bob lived in the following places in Minnesota: Pipestone, Slayton, Mankato, Garfield, Alexandria, and Little Falls. In 1957, they moved to Ellsworth and in 1959 bought the Ellsworth Recreation Bowling Alley. They moved to Stewartville, MN in August 1964 and then back to Slayton in 1967 to buy Broadway Bowl. They retired out of the bowling alley in 1971. They traveled many lakes of Minnesota and spent the winters in California on the Foresthill Ranch. Bob died on August 31, 1976. After his death, Loraine spent time at Foresthill Ranch and Slayton, MN. The Foresthill Ranch was sold in 1990 and Loraine moved to Bone Lake in the spring of 1991 and has remained in the Hager City-Ellsworth area. She was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church in Ellsworth. She loved to bowl, fish, camp, play pinochle, bingo, cook and watch bowling, baseball and football, especially the Minnesota Twins and Vikings.
All four of Robert & Loraine's children preceded Loraine in death.
Loraine's siblings include Dorothy Johnson, Mary Kathryn Adams, Rose Marie McTague, Margaret, Lucille, Arnold Gengler, Milton Gengler, and Francis Gengler.
At an early age she moved with her family to the small town of Oyens, IA. She attended school at St. Catherine's. Loraine moved with her parents near Cavour, SD in 1930. She attended rural school and moved to Elkton, SD in 1933. Loraine met Robert Marcus Steffen in Elkton and was united in marriage on June 18, 1939. Together they had four children: Carl Robert, Mary Ann, Sandra Catherine and Donald Michael. Loraine and Bob lived in the following places in Minnesota: Pipestone, Slayton, Mankato, Garfield, Alexandria, and Little Falls. In 1957, they moved to Ellsworth and in 1959 bought the Ellsworth Recreation Bowling Alley. They moved to Stewartville, MN in August 1964 and then back to Slayton in 1967 to buy Broadway Bowl. They retired out of the bowling alley in 1971. They traveled many lakes of Minnesota and spent the winters in California on the Foresthill Ranch. Bob died on August 31, 1976. After his death, Loraine spent time at Foresthill Ranch and Slayton, MN. The Foresthill Ranch was sold in 1990 and Loraine moved to Bone Lake in the spring of 1991 and has remained in the Hager City-Ellsworth area. She was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church in Ellsworth. She loved to bowl, fish, camp, play pinochle, bingo, cook and watch bowling, baseball and football, especially the Minnesota Twins and Vikings.
All four of Robert & Loraine's children preceded Loraine in death.
Loraine's siblings include Dorothy Johnson, Mary Kathryn Adams, Rose Marie McTague, Margaret, Lucille, Arnold Gengler, Milton Gengler, and Francis Gengler.
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