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Olivia Grenz Obituary

Olivia Neppl, 87, formerly of Breckenridge, Minn., died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, at Pioneer Home, Fergus Falls, Minn.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20 at Glende-Nilson Funeral Home, Fergus Falls, with the Rev. Harry Olson officiating.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery, Breckenridge.

Olivia Ebel was born on a farm five miles northeast of Wishek, N.D., to William P. and Pauline (Mack) Ebel on Feb. 15, 1923. She was baptized in Wishek and confirmed in Napoleon, N.D., in June 1936.

Olivia went to a country school northeast of Wishek for three years then moved to Napoleon with her mother and sister Thelma. She graduated from Napoleon High School May 1943 and worked in various stores in Bismarck and Linton, N.D.

Olivia and Albert Grenz were married March 10, 1946, in Napoleon. They lived in various towns in North Dakota, Wyoming and Minnesota. Olivia married Harold Neppl in Breckenridge on January 13, 1979.

Olivia was a “jack of all trades,” able to fix almost anything. She was a dog-lover and groomer, enjoyed life and kept busy.

She is survived by: her son, Gerald (Joycelyn) Grenz, Rosemont, Minn.; daughters, Ginger (David) Kropp, Fergus Falls, and Garlet Grenz, Fargo, N.D.; grandchildren, Brian Grenz, Stacey (Nate Meath) Grenz, Tim Grenz, Yvette (Scott) Oppegaard, Ben (Lindsay) Graff, Andy (Mandie) Graff, Ashley Graff, Tony and Anna Register; one sister, Thelma Narum, Minot, N.D.; brothers, Benny (Lorene) Ebel, Wishek, and David (Vivian) Ebel, Bismarck, N.D.; step-children, Richard (Marlene) Neppl, Trudy (Ray) Such, Marjorie Polansky, Morris (JoAnn) Neppl, Nila (Wally) Grenz, Timothy Neppl, Jay Neppl, Carol (Paul) LeNoue, Renee (Scott) Rossow, Randy (Jan) Neppl; many step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by: her parents; husband, Harold; sister, Amanda; son, Graves Grenz; step-sons Kenneth Neppl and Terrance Neppl.