Erma L. Valentine
Dec. 10, 1916 - Oct. 19, 2006
WILLMAR -- Erma Lucille Valentine, 89, of Willmar died Thursday at Infinia Care Center in Willmar.
The service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Ebenezer Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kandiyohi. Burial will be at the church cemetery.
Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar.
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She was born Dec. 10, 1916, in Correctionville, Iowa, to Glen and Kate (Bennett) Elliott. The family moved to the Willmar area in 1919, and she attended country school. She worked as a domestic for many families in the area.
She married Raymond H. Valentine on Sept. 28, 1938, in Kerkhoven. They lived and farmed in the rural DeGraff area until 1949, when they returned to the Willmar area. She later worked at Red's Cafe and Jennie-O Foods until she retired.
She is survived by her children: Shirley Clark of Kandiyohi, Virgil Valentine (and Dianna Prior) of Spicer, Gerold (and Diane) Valentine of Apple Valley, Norma (and Kenneth) Williams of Foley; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and four siblings: LaVerne (and Hazel) Elliott of Willmar, Opel Pederson of Clara City, Ila Shosten of Detroit Lakes and Marilyn Wonderschied of California.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 2000; son-in-law: Walter Clark; three brothers; and one sister.
