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Florence Viola Sturm Kalenda
10 Feb 1935 – 28 Mar 2013
| Birth | 10 Feb 1935 |
| Death | 28 Mar 2013 |
| Cemetery | Hallsville Cemetery Hallsville , Harrison County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | KD Burleson on 20 Aug 2023 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/251075267 |
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Born In Pecan community near Holland, Texas Obituary for Florence Kalenda Florence Sturm Kalenda, 78, of Hallsville, passed away peacefully at home on March 28, 2013 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. She was born February 10, 1935 in the Pecan community near Holland, TX to Herman and Flora Steglich Sturm. She attended rural Pecan school in the lower grades, graduating from Bartlett High School in Bartlett, TX in 1953. Following graduation, she completed cosmetology school in Austin, TX and began her career at Johnson's Beauty Salon in Temple, TX and eventually purchased the business. ... She was a full-time mom and homemaker, raising four daughters, and later became a second mother to many others while their parents worked. She will be forever remembered for her warm smile and gracious manner. She was also known for her wonderful cooking and baking, which she shared with so many of her neighbors and businesses in the Hallsville community, especially during the holiday seasons. Her home was always open to her children's friends where their fondest memories were of the aroma of warm food that greeted them. She loved to garden and raise flowers among her many other activities. She was an active member of the Hallsville school's PTA, receiving a lifetime membership for her dedication. She was also an active and lifelong member of First Lutheran Church in Longview where she was a Sunday school teacher and was involved with the ladies quilter's program. She is preceded in death by her parents, brother Marvin Sturm and [infant] grandson Dylan [Joseph] Rice.
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