Eunice Lucille Hoien was born August 14, 1914, at home near Conde, S.D., to John Hoien and Pricilla (Anderson) Hoien, the youngest of four children.
She married Donovan Dahlgren on May 28, 1935 and in October 1936 gave birth to twins, Dennis and Darlene. They moved to California during the Depression and later to Portland, where Donovan became pastor of a Wesleyan Methodist Church.
They later moved to Crawfordsville, to minister to the church there…