1924
Arleen
2014
Arleen Koors (Dahl)
June 2, 1924 — November 15, 2014
Arleen Dahl Koors, age 90 of Warsaw, Indiana passed away Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 9:25 A.M. in Miller’s Merry Manor Nursing Home of Warsaw.
She was born June 2, 1924 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Paul and Annetta Chapman, (Her biological name: Helen Rose Chapman), in 1928 she was taken in foster care by John and Gordenna Dahl, name changed to Arleen Helen Dahl. On January 25, 1952 she married Joseph Anthony Koors who preceded her in death on March 26, 1987. She lived in Kosciusko County since 1951.
She graduated in 1942 from Cood Counsel Academy, Mankato, MN. She served during World War II in the United States Navy Medical Corp. for approximately two years. She worked as a secretary for several local attorneys, and later as a secretary in Civil Service for eight years in the Air Force-Civil Air Patrol Liaison Office in Warsaw. She also worked at Lake City Bank as a Student Loan Officer and Credit card Representative until her retirement in 1975. She then was a partner in Koors Insurance agency until 1986.
She received her Private Pilot’s license the summer of 1951 in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. She was a member of the American Legion Post #49; was a charter and past member of the National Secretaries Association; was a past co-editor for the Bowen Center Newsletter; was a charter and past president of the Elks #802 Auxiliary, and was the first and only woman in Indiana to serve on a Selective Service Board; was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Rosary Altar Society.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Joseph Allan (Korky) and Krista Koors, Winona Lake, Indiana, Step daughter and step son-in-law, Judith Ann and Dave Kable, Decatur, Indiana, Grandson, John Joseph (J.J.) and wife Dana Koors along with two great grandsons, Gaige and Lucas, and Grandson Jared Alan Koors all of Warsaw, along with four step grandchildren and eight step great grandchildren and sister Dianne Dahl (Mrs. John) Banocy, Derry, PA.
She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Anthony Koors, March 26, 1986, a sister, two brothers, and parents: Paul Thaddeus and Anetta Chapman and John and Gordenna Dahl.
Service will be Thursday, November 20th at 11 A.M. in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Warsaw with Father Phil DeVolder officiating.
Friends and family will gather on Wednesday, November 19th from 2-4 & 6-8 P.M. at Titus Funeral Home 2000 E. Sheridan St. Warsaw, Indiana. Rosary service will follow at 8 P.M. in the funeral home.
Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana with Military Honors by the Warsaw American Legion #49 and V.F.W. Post #1126.
The family requests memorial contributions in memory of Arleen be made to: Sacred Heart School Association or “Right to Life”.
She was born June 2, 1924 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Paul and Annetta Chapman, (Her biological name: Helen Rose Chapman), in 1928 she was taken in foster care by John and Gordenna Dahl, name changed to Arleen Helen Dahl. On January 25, 1952 she married Joseph Anthony Koors who preceded her in death on March 26, 1987. She lived in Kosciusko County since 1951.
She graduated in 1942 from Cood Counsel Academy, Mankato, MN. She served during World War II in the United States Navy Medical Corp. for approximately two years. She worked as a secretary for several local attorneys, and later as a secretary in Civil Service for eight years in the Air Force-Civil Air Patrol Liaison Office in Warsaw. She also worked at Lake City Bank as a Student Loan Officer and Credit card Representative until her retirement in 1975. She then was a partner in Koors Insurance agency until 1986.
She received her Private Pilot’s license the summer of 1951 in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. She was a member of the American Legion Post #49; was a charter and past member of the National Secretaries Association; was a past co-editor for the Bowen Center Newsletter; was a charter and past president of the Elks #802 Auxiliary, and was the first and only woman in Indiana to serve on a Selective Service Board; was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Rosary Altar Society.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Joseph Allan (Korky) and Krista Koors, Winona Lake, Indiana, Step daughter and step son-in-law, Judith Ann and Dave Kable, Decatur, Indiana, Grandson, John Joseph (J.J.) and wife Dana Koors along with two great grandsons, Gaige and Lucas, and Grandson Jared Alan Koors all of Warsaw, along with four step grandchildren and eight step great grandchildren and sister Dianne Dahl (Mrs. John) Banocy, Derry, PA.
She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Anthony Koors, March 26, 1986, a sister, two brothers, and parents: Paul Thaddeus and Anetta Chapman and John and Gordenna Dahl.
Service will be Thursday, November 20th at 11 A.M. in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Warsaw with Father Phil DeVolder officiating.
Friends and family will gather on Wednesday, November 19th from 2-4 & 6-8 P.M. at Titus Funeral Home 2000 E. Sheridan St. Warsaw, Indiana. Rosary service will follow at 8 P.M. in the funeral home.
Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana with Military Honors by the Warsaw American Legion #49 and V.F.W. Post #1126.
The family requests memorial contributions in memory of Arleen be made to: Sacred Heart School Association or “Right to Life”.
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