Calvin Juergensen

February 25, 1931 - April 28, 2022

Calvin Juergensen Churdan, Iowa Date of Death: April 28, 2022 Funeral services for Calvin Juergensen, 91, long time resident of Churdan, will be held at 10:30am Monday, May 2, 2022 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Farnhamville, Iowa. Graveside committal service with military rites will be in Highland Twp. Cemetery in Churdan at 2:00pm Monday, May 2, 2022. The family will greet friends from 4:00 – 6:00pm Sunday, May 1, 2022 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Farnhamville, Iowa. For those who cannot attend, we will attempt to live stream the funeral service, however we hear that internet service in this area can be unpredictable. . Live streaming will begin a few minutes prior to the start of the service. You do not need a pass word. Click the link below to connect to the Slininger-Schroeder Face Book page. https://www.facebook.com/SliningerSchroederFuneralHome/?view_public_for=105863521139107 Calvin Conrad Juergensen was born February 25, 1931 at home near Columbus, Kansas to Conrad A. and Emma C. (Wittfoth) Juergensen. Calvin passed away April 28, 2022 at the age of 91 in Boone, Iowa. When Calvin was 3 years old, he and his parents moved to rural Churdan, Iowa. Calvin was baptized in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was a confirmed member of Christ Lutheran Church, Churdan, Iowa on April 14, 1946. Calvin attended country school Highland Township #1 near his home and was a 1949 graduate of the Churdan High School. He served two years in the Armed Forces, including time in Germany. Calvin married Erma P. Christiansen on November 27, 1954 at St. John Lutheran Church in Pittsburg, Kansas. They were the parents of four children. Calvin made farming, along with raising livestock, his life career with Erma by his side. He also did custom corn shelling with his dad and brother. Calvin and Erma moved into Churdan in 1993 and they fully retired in 1995. Calvin served as a Highland Township Cemetery trustee, on the council of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, and as a director of the Farmers Coop, now known as Landus. He was preceded in death by his parents, his infant twin brothers, his daughter Paula Jean in infancy, his son Chris, and his brother Carl (Betty) Juergensen. Left to mourn are his wife Erma, daughter Deb (Rich) Bennett, daughter Dena Dilka, and daughter-in-law Jill (Ray) Hansen; grandchildren Jessica (Derik) See, Cale (Alyssa) Juergensen, Mackenzie (Mitchell) Lewis, Connor (Lindsay) Juergensen, Noah (Mackenzie) Juergensen, Chase Juergensen, Cody Dilka, and Hannah Dilka; great-grandchildren Bryce Schulte, Brooklynne See, Nora Lewis, Rowen Lewis, Emma Juergensen, and Cade Juergensen. Also surviving are his sisters-in-law Thelma (Orman, deceased) Wuerdeman, Martha (Galen, deceased) Christiansen, and Edna (Murle, deceased) Lassman. Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home, Jefferson