ODILE "Sunny" LAVERNE NETKOW
(née GENDREAU)

Born: January 23, 1924    Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota
Died: August 22, 2018    
Interred: September 25, 2018    Minnesota State Veterans' Cemetery, Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota


Parents:
 
 
Marriage:
 
 
 
Adelard Gendreau
Anna Frances Maier
 
Robert Arthur Netkow
Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota
January 4, 1947
 
Odile "Sunny" Gendreau Netko 1924-2018

Children: Robert    
  Sylvia A. Feb. 14, 1949  
  Daniel Anthony Abt. 1951  
  Richard "Rick" Alan Jan. 13, 1953  
  James Arthur Dec. 27, 1954  
  Patrice Marie Mar. 9, 1958  
  Janice Odile Mar. 9, 1958  

Notes: Odile Laverne Gendreau was born on Jan. 23, 1924, in Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota, to Anna Frances Maier, age 26, and Adelard Gendreau, age 31.
 
Her sister Dorothy Rose was born on Aug. 20, 1926, in Little Falls, Minnesota, when Odile was 2 years old.

Odile was living with her family in Little Falls, Minnesota, on April 11, 1930, and also on April 1, 1935.

She loved caring for her twin sisters Judith Ann and Jeannine Marie who were born on Apr. 10, 1936, in Little Falls, Minnesota, when Odile was 12 years old.

At the time of the Apr. 9, 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Odile was 16 years old and living with her parents, and her four siblings at 811 1st Street S.E. in Little Falls City, Morrison, Minnesota in their own home valued at $2,600. Her father was working about 15 hours a week as the proprietor of some tourist cabins. They had been living in the same house on April 1, 1935 with the exception, of course, of the twins, Jeanne and Judy, who had not yet been born at that time. Her father told the census taker that both he and his wife had completed an eighth grade education. Sister Elaine was a high school graduate, Odile was a sophomore in high school, and Dorothy had completed the 7th grade. The twins were 3 years old.
 
Odile Laverne Gendreau served in the military on March 18, 1944, when she was 20 years old. Odile lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1944.

Odile Gendreau married Robert Arthur Netkow in Little Falls, Minnesota, on Jan. 4, 1947, when she was 22 and he was 20 years old.

Their daughter Sylvia A. was born on Feb. 14, 1949. Son Daniel Anthony was born in 1951, and son Richard Alan was born on January 13, 1953, in Anoka, Minnesota. Their son James Arthur was born on Dec. 27, 1954, in Hennepin, Minnesota. Twin daughters Patrice Marie and Janice Odile were born on Mar. 9, 1958, in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

Her father Adelard passed away on July 9, 1958, in Walker, Minnesota, at the age of 65. Her mother Anna Frances passed away on Apr. 13, 1985, in Santa Rosa, California, at the age of 87.

Odile and Bob were listed as living at 725 80th Ave NE in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in both 1992 and 2001.

Her husband Robert Arthur passed away on Mar. 18, 2010, in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, at the age of 83. They had been married 63 years.

Her sister Dorothy Rose died on July 22, 2015, when Odile was 91 years old.

Odile "Sunny" Gendreau Netkow died on Aug. 22, 2018, when she was 94 years old.

Ancestry: The Johann "Hans" Kempa Line

U.S., World War II Cadet Nursing Corps Card Files, 1942-1948 for Odile Gendreau

Minneapolis, Minnesota Newspaper Article of July 3, 1946 with Odile Gendreau

Minnespolis Star-Tribune Obituary for Odile "Sunny" Netkow, Sept. 2, 2018

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