Dora Metta Frances Block 1914–2011

Dora Metta Frances Block, 1914–2011 (aged 96 years)

Name: Dora Metta Frances /Block/
Given names: Dora Metta Frances
Surname: Block
Married name: Dora Metta Frances /Button/

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Birth	May 13, 1914 Chatfield, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA
29th President of the United States	Warren G Harding March 4, 1921 (aged 6 years)
30th President of the United States	Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923 (aged 9 years)
31st President of the United States	Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929 (aged 14 years)
32nd President of the United States	Franklin D Roosevelt March 4, 1933 (aged 18 years)
33rd President of the United States	Harry S Truman April 12, 1945 (aged 30 years)
34th President of the United States	Dwight D Eisenhower January 20, 1953 (aged 38 years)
35th President of the United States	John F Kennedy January 20, 1961 (aged 46 years)
36th President of the United States	Lyndon B Johnson November 22, 1963 (aged 49 years)
37th President of the United States	Richard Nixon January 20, 1969 (aged 54 years)
38th President of the United States	Gerald Ford August 9, 1974 (aged 60 years)
39th President of the United States	Jimmy Carter January 20, 1977 (aged 62 years)
40th President of the United States	Ronald Reagan January 20, 1981 (aged 66 years)
41st President of the United States	George H W Bush January 20, 1989 (aged 74 years)
42nd President of the United States	Bill Clinton January 20, 1993 (aged 78 years)
43rd President of the United States	George W Bush January 20, 2001 (aged 86 years)
44th President of the United States	Barack Obama January 20, 2009 (aged 94 years)
Death	March 4, 2011 (aged 96 years) Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA
Burial	March 12, 2011 (8 days after death) Chatfield, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA Address: Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery Note: The funeral for Dora Button, 96, of Chatfield, will be on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at 1 p.m. at St.… The funeral for Dora Button, 96, of Chatfield, will be on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at 1 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Chatfield, with Rev. Preston Paul officiating. There will be a spring burial at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Chatfield. Mrs. Button died Friday, March 4, 2011, at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester where she had been for three days. Dora Metta Block was born on May 13, 1914, in Chatfield, to August and Anna M. (Jackson) Block. She married Monroe Button on June 27, 1942, in Chatfield. He died on May 17, 1998. Dora was a lifetime Chatfield resident, and a lifetime member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, St. Paul Lutheran Alter Guild, Ladies Aid, Chatfield Historical Society, Child Health Study Club. She enjoyed gardening, and all outdoor activities, and baking. Dora is survived by her son, Earl (Sue) Button of Monroe, Wis.; four grandchildren, John (Sarah) Button of Aurora, Ill., Heidi (Stefan) Smith of Belleville, Wis., Heather (Detlef) Wehner of Mainz, Germany, and Julie (Tony) Albright of Aurora, Ill.; three great-grandchildren, Joenke and Fleya Wehner of Mainz, Germany; and Eli Button of Aurora, Ill.; one nephew, Claude (Kathy) Moore of Chatfield; two nieces, Mary Lou (Bob) Reevs of Lincoln, Neb., and Barbara Rahn of Utica, Minn. Dora was preceded in death by her husband, one brother, Walter, and one sister, Alzada Moore. Visitation will be one hour before the service on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Chatfield. Riley Funeral Home of Chatfield is handling the arrangements. Obituary and photo from Rochester Post Bulletin, Mar. 9, 2011. C. Monroe and Dora M. Button gravestone

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Burial	The funeral for Dora Button, 96, of Chatfield, will be on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at 1 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Chatfield, with Rev. Preston Paul officiating. There will be a spring burial at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Chatfield. Mrs. Button died Friday, March 4, 2011, at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester where she had been for three days. Dora Metta Block was born on May 13, 1914, in Chatfield, to August and Anna M. (Jackson) Block. She married Monroe Button on June 27, 1942, in Chatfield. He died on May 17, 1998. Dora was a lifetime Chatfield resident, and a lifetime member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, St. Paul Lutheran Alter Guild, Ladies Aid, Chatfield Historical Society, Child Health Study Club. She enjoyed gardening, and all outdoor activities, and baking. Dora is survived by her son, Earl (Sue) Button of Monroe, Wis.; four grandchildren, John (Sarah) Button of Aurora, Ill., Heidi (Stefan) Smith of Belleville, Wis., Heather (Detlef) Wehner of Mainz, Germany, and Julie (Tony) Albright of Aurora, Ill.; three great-grandchildren, Joenke and Fleya Wehner of Mainz, Germany; and Eli Button of Aurora, Ill.; one nephew, Claude (Kathy) Moore of Chatfield; two nieces, Mary Lou (Bob) Reevs of Lincoln, Neb., and Barbara Rahn of Utica, Minn. Dora was preceded in death by her husband, one brother, Walter, and one sister, Alzada Moore. Visitation will be one hour before the service on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Chatfield. Riley Funeral Home of Chatfield is handling the arrangements. Obituary and photo from Rochester Post Bulletin, Mar. 9, 2011.

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The funeral for Dora Button, 96, of Chatfield, will be on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at 1 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Chatfield, with Rev. Preston Paul officiating. There will be a spring burial at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Chatfield.

Mrs. Button died Friday, March 4, 2011, at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester where she had been for three days.

Dora Metta Block was born on May 13, 1914, in Chatfield, to August and Anna M. (Jackson) Block. She married Monroe Button on June 27, 1942, in Chatfield. He died on May 17, 1998.

Dora was a lifetime Chatfield resident, and a lifetime member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, St. Paul Lutheran Alter Guild, Ladies Aid, Chatfield Historical Society, Child Health Study Club. She enjoyed gardening, and all outdoor activities, and baking.

Dora is survived by her son, Earl (Sue) Button of Monroe, Wis.; four grandchildren, John (Sarah) Button of Aurora, Ill., Heidi (Stefan) Smith of Belleville, Wis., Heather (Detlef) Wehner of Mainz, Germany, and Julie (Tony) Albright of Aurora, Ill.; three great-grandchildren, Joenke and Fleya Wehner of Mainz, Germany; and Eli Button of Aurora, Ill.; one nephew, Claude (Kathy) Moore of Chatfield; two nieces, Mary Lou (Bob) Reevs of Lincoln, Neb., and Barbara Rahn of Utica, Minn. Dora was preceded in death by her husband, one brother, Walter, and one sister, Alzada Moore.

Visitation will be one hour before the service on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Chatfield.

Riley Funeral Home of Chatfield is handling the arrangements.

Obituary and photo from Rochester Post Bulletin, Mar. 9, 2011.

Burial	C. Monroe and Dora M. Button gravestone
Media object	Dora Metta Frances Block Button