Koppenhaver, Della Marie, 1904-
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1904-
Biography
The Tenley family moved to Iowa from Mt. Carroll, in northwestern Illinois. Della Marie Tenley was born on November 12, 1904, the youngest of nine children. She grew up on a farm in Cedar County, Iowa, and married neighboring farmer Everette Koppenhaver in 1923. They moved to a farm near Martelle, Iowa and raised four children. They retired from farming in 1968 and moved to Martelle. She moved into a care center in Anamosa in the late 1980s.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Della Marie Koppenhaver papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0436
Abstract
Arrangement
Two reminiscences of Alice Tenley Hora, an Iowa farm woman, detailing farm life in the 1920s.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1958-1981
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives