Who raised one of the top mythical governors in South Dakota history died less than two months before his 107th birthday.
LouElla Gulbranson Janklow, 106, died at his home in Flanders on Saturday, December 26, in his sleep, crowning a life in which he raised seven children, adding to former governor and congressman Bill Janklow, while living in places like Germany and Chicago before. She also leaves a legacy as a business owner, chef, philanthropist and former missionary nurse who once spent time spending time spending Bibles in Russia.
“They don’t like them anymore,” Nace’s grandson Russ Janklow told leader Argus this week after his death. “I’ve never met anyone who’s more benevolent and doesn’t need the distinctions that come with the gift. “
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According to her grandson and others who remained close to her in recent years, she was alive, mentally alert and intelligent until her last days. Marshall Damgaard, a long-time assistant to Governor Janklow, said a few days before Nace’s death that she was still cooking and had “a brain arranged to the end. “
She was born on weekly trips to get her hair done at a local beauty salon and went out regularly for lunch with her friends after her 106th birthday, according to an article in brookings Register last year.
But the age at which she lived is the least notable component of the “Mama Lou” story, as she was known in Flanders over the years.
After the death of her first husband, Arthur Janklow, who had brought the family circle to Germany where he was a United States prosecutor in the Nuremberg trials, she nevertheless moved with her six children to Flanders, she would remarry and would have one. more child.
In 1954, she a nursing facility that treated 3 patients.
Approximately 12 years later, he expanded his operations and built a facility.
And even though she owned the business and had the ability to manage it efficiently, she didn’t hesitate to get her hands dirty and make any paint that was necessary.
“He even pressed in time for a lawn (and that also means weeding),” read a 2010 article about Born in Dakota Nurse Connection magazine. “He often worked all night in the kitchen and on the floor in the morning during his shift. . “
In 1975, she went to Africa in the first of the 3 she made to paint as a missionary nurse, giving birth to more than 250 babies. It would continue to paint as a liaison between the Somali government and the United Nations.
Throughout all this, he also assisted in the crusade of the Four Crusades of Governor of his son Bill, who was governor number 27 and 30 of South Dakota before being elected to the U. S. House of Representatives in 2002 and died of brain cancer in 2012.
Nace’s funeral will take place at 2 p. m. Saturday, January 2, at the American Church of the Saviors of Flanders with burial at the city’s Union Cemetery. The stop will precede that of the church. Livestream will be available in www. skrochfc. com. Masks and social esttachment are required.