Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameNellie Edna “Eddie” OIEN
Birth Date18 Jun 1910
Birth PlaceSioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
MemoIowa, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999
Death Date18 Jan 1987 Age: 76
Death PlaceSan Diego, San Diego County, California
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Burial PlaceSioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, Logan Park Cemetery
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
OccupationBookeeper
ReligionEvangelical Lutheran
FatherNils Norman OIEN (1884-1934)
MotherEmma Dorothea ANDERSON (1882-1966)
Spouses
Birth Date1 Jun 1900
Birth PlaceWyoming
Death Date31 Oct 1974 Age: 74
Death PlaceEscondido, San Diego County, California
Family ID8807
Marr Date14 Jul 1928
Marr PlaceUnion County, South Dakota
Marr MemoSouth Dakota, U.S., Marriages, 1905-2017
Birth Date2 Sep 1904
Birth PlaceSioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
MemoU.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Death Date21 Jan 2007 Age: 102
Death PlaceSioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
MemoU.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Burial PlaceSioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, Logan Park Cemetery
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
OccupationOwner Industrial Supply
EducationHigh School
ReligionEvangelical Lutheran
FatherJohn Christian PECAUT (1871-1967)
MotherMary Adele “Ida” COFFEY (1877-1953)
Family ID8326
Marr Date15 Apr 1931
Marr PlaceSioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
Marr MemoIowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1951
ChildrenConstance Jean “Connie” (1931-2020)
 M. A. (1935-)
 L. K. (1948-)
 M. S. S. (1951-)
Notes for Nellie Edna “Eddie” OIEN
Mrs.Stanley F. Pecaut

Mrs.Stanley F. Pecaut, 76, #7 McDonald Drive, died Sunday in a SanDiego, Calif., hospital after a long illness.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in First Lutheran Church in Sioux City. The Rev. George M. Dahl will officiate. Entombment will be in the Mausoleum in Logan Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7-9 p.m. Friday in the Nelson-Berger Northside Chapel.

Mrs. Pecaut, the former Edna Oien, was born June 18, 1910, in Sioux City and was a lifelong resident. She graduated from Central High School in 1927. She married Stanley Pecaut April 15, 1931, in Sioux City. Prior to her marriage she worked in the traffic department at Hanford & Co. From 1936 to 1942 she worked as a secretary for her husband's company PECO Equipment Co.

Mrs. Pecaut was a member of First Lutheran Church and the LCW of the church. She was a past president of the YWCA, member and past president of Chapter IA PEO, Sioux Delphian Club, the Woman's Committee of the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra Association and was active in community cultural affairs. She was a member of the Rancho Bernardo PE0 Group. An accomplished pianist and organist, she played for numerous organizations.

Survivors include her husband; four daughters, Mrs. George (Connie) Wilen of Sioux City, Mrs. Joe (Margie) Matkovich of San Diego, Calif., Mrs. Tom (Linda) Thomas of Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Rick (Sue) Stark of Madison, Wis.; a sister, Mrs. Elmer (Florence) Rustwick of Sioux Falls, S.D.; nine grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Memorials have been established in Mrs. Pecaut's name with First Lutheran Church and the Sioux City Symphony.

Taken from the Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, Iowa. Dated; Thursday, January 22, 1987.

On Ancestry from Orlando Jackson.

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Notes for Stanley Floyd (Spouse 2)
Stanley Floyd Pecaut, 102, lifelong resident of Sioux City, passed away Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007, at a Sioux City hospital following a brief illness.

Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at First Lutheran Church with the Rev. Alan Wicks officiating. Entombment will be in Logan Park Mausoleum. Visitation will be 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a Masonic service at 7 p.m., at Nelson-Berger Northside Chapel.

Stan was born Sept. 2, 1904 in Sioux City, the son of John and Mary Adele (Coffey) Pecaut. He attended Sioux City schools and graduated from Central High in 1922. He then worked for the Northwestern Railroad and L.G. Everist Company. Stan married N. Edna "Eddie" Oien in 1931. They were married 56 years until Eddie passed away in 1987.

Mr. Pecaut started his own business, Pecaut Industrial Supply Company in 1936 at 519 Pearl St. He expanded to a new location at 1819 Fourth St. in 1940 as Pecaut Equipment Company. He further expanded the business to Sioux Falls, S.D. in 1946. For over 60 years he serviced the construction and industrial markets of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota with products and services.

Stan was a long-time member of the Sioux City Engineers Club and the Associated Equipment Dealers Association (AED) locally and nationally. Active in the local meat-packing industry, Stan was part of the initial investment and establishment of Sioux City Dressed Beef, Sioux City Dressed Pork, IBP, Needham Packing Co. and Floyd Valley Packing Co. Mr. Pecaut was an investor in and promoter of local real estate, and helped in the campaign to move the YMCA from Pierce Street into a new building on Nebraska Street. He was on the board of Sunrise Manor, and was a long-time and oldest member of the Sioux City Downtown Rotary Club where he was honored as a "Paul Harris Fellow."

Stan was also an active member of First Lutheran Church, serving on many committees and areas of leadership. He and his wife loved music and were patrons of the arts in Sioux City, supporting the Sioux City Symphony, Sioux City Community Theatre, Concert Course, and the Orpheum Theatre, where their support helped save and restore the Wurlitzer Organ.

He was a member of the Sioux City Boat Club for many years, and a member of the Sioux City Country Club for over 55 years. He loved golf and played actively until well into his 90s.

Stan was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and great-grandfather.

He is survived by four daughters, Connie (George) Wilen of Scottsdale, Ariz., Marjorie (John) Matkovich of San Diego, Calif., Linda Thomas of Scottsdale, and Sue (Rick) Stark of Madison, Wis.; nine grandchildren, Steve (Lisa) Wilen, Kerry (Paul) Schneider, Kris Brown, Dr. Robert (Rhonda) Pendleton, Wendy Pendleton, Tom (Sarah) Thomas II, Amanda (Ross) Thomas Carmichael, Colin Stark, and Megan Stark; 15 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Wayne (Dorothy) Pecaut of Sioux Falls, S.D. and Darrel Pecaut of Sioux City; and his very dear friend Mrs. Jane Miller of Sioux City.

He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Eddie, his brother Harold Pecaut, and his sisters Teeny Hood and LaVonne Struck.

Memorials may be directed to the organ fund at the Orpheum Theatre, First Lutheran Church, and Hospice of Siouxland.

On Find A Grave.

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