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Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/22/2021 - 12:37

Lillian Stence passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday, June 12, at 5 p.m. She was surrounded by her loving best friends Betty Boots and Sue Larson.

 

Lillian was 99 and a half. She always said she would live to be 100, but in recent years had decided that wouldn’t be much fun. True to form, she did it her way.

 

Lillian Stence, originally Lilly Rosa Mohr, was born on Dec. 15, 1921, in Hohenferde, Germany. When she was six months old, she immigrated to America with her mother, Christine Horns Mohr, and father, William F. Mohr, on the ship Resolute. They came through Ellis Island and eventually settled in Elkader.

 

She met and married James Kenneth Stence on Nov. 4, 1946. They welcomed their son Lee William Stence on Aug. 20, 1947. Seven years later, their daughter, Debra Jane Stence, was born on July 3, 1954.

 

Lillian went on the have three grandchildren, Jennifer Stence-Curran and husband Steve, Matthew Stence and wife Molly and Tova Thomas and husband Adam, as well as eight great-grandchildren, Kelsey Stoffel, Ben Stoffel and Jamie Stoffel, Lily Stence, Henry Stence and Avery Stence, Painter Lovrin and Mojo Gurr. Countless others were her chosen family.

 

She was known to refer to herself as “hard hearted Hannah,” but that didn’t fool anyone.

 

To know her was to love her. She was as spicy as she was sweet. Lillian’s door was always open and her table was always full. She was giving and loyal, beautiful and strong, hardworking and sharp.

 

She had a twinkle in her eyes and a smile always ready. Lillian was a rock for so many to rest on, to return to and to find in darkness. Her love was constant and true.

 

Lillian Stence is a legend to those who know her and love her. And legends never really die.

 

Lillian was preceded in death by her husband James on July 12, 1991, her parents, and sister, Effie Bromelkamp. May their reunion be joyous and full of dancing.

 

Leonard-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Elkader is assisting the family.

 

A private graveside service will be held at St. Joseph Cemetery, Elkader.

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