Passed Away - Evelyn Vote

Evelyn Vote
March 13, 1916 - June 18, 2011
Sac City, IA

Visitation: 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. Monday, June 20, 2011 at Farber & Otteman Funeral Home, Sac City, IA
Funeral Service: 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Sac City, IA
Interment: June 21, 1911 at Oaklawn Cemetery, Auburn, IA

Julia Evelyn Vote, age 95, of Sac City, IA, passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2011, at Loring Hospital in Sac City. Evelyn was born on March 13, 1916, at home near Gowrie, IA, to Andrew and Nellie (Monson) Burnett. She lived on a farm near Somers and attended country school. In 1933 Evelyn graduated from Somers High School.

Evelyn was united in marriage to John William Vote on June 10, 1933, at the 1st Congregational Church in Fort Dodge, IA. To this union four children were born: Lorraine, Betty, Bill and Bud. She was a homemaker all her life and a wonderful mother and grandmother who had a passion for many things including: sewing, dancing, embroidery, fishing and traveling. Each grandchild received five new outfits when they started school from Grandpa and Grandma. Her 80th and 90th birthday parties were celebrated with a dance and party.

A member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Sac City, Evelyn was baptized and confirmed January 31, 1999.

Those left to cherish her memory include her daughter, Betty Albers and husband Warren of Sac City; sons: Bill Vote and wife Judy of Auburn and Bud Vote and wife Joan of Sac City; son-in-law Don Janssen of Victoria, Canada; sister Maxine Brandt of Newton, IA; grandchildren: Connie Warnke, Cindy Steffens, John Vote, Sharon Bride, Lori McGhee, Kathy Hart, Linda Peterson, Curt Vote, Dave Janssen, Renee Gastelum, Donna Railsback, Annette Green and Dorothy Wirtjers; 21 great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; and many extended family members.

Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents; husband John; daughter Lorraine Janssen; grandson Rick Janssen; great-grandson Taylor Vote; daughter-in-law Joanne Vote; brothers: Harry and Leonard Burnett; and sisters: Irene Hetland, Mabel Franklin, Ruby Rutledge, and Rosalee Burnett.

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