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Lucille K. Eckman, age 85 of Amana, died Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at Colonial Manor of Amana. Funeral Service: 10:00 A.M. Saturday, May 21, 2011, Middle Amana Community Church, Middle Amana, with Elder Eleanor S. Hoehnle officiating. Burial will be in the Amana Cemetery. Visitation: 9 A.M. Saturday until service time at the church. Memorials may be contributed to Safe Haven of Iowa County. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo is in charge of arrangements.
Lucille is survived by her husband Harold of Amana; her son David and wife Marina of Cedar Rapids; a grandson Greg Eckman (Molly) of Amana and three great-grandchildren, Nikki Eckman of Cedar Rapids, Talli Krueger (Chase) of Central City, and Melanie Eckman of Amana. Also surviving are two siblings, Donald Krauss of Amana and Virginia Hoppe of Amana. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother Marvin Krauss.
Lucille Krauss was born December 30, 1925 in Amana, Iowa, the daughter of David Krauss and Helen Seifert Krauss. She graduated from the Amana High School in 1944 and attended the Cedar Rapids Business College. Lucille married Harold Eugene Eckman on December 22, 1944 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Lucille worked for many of the Amana businesses, including the Amana Main Office, Amana Refrigeration, the Woolen Mill and Krauss Furniture Shop. Lucille was a member of the Amana Church. She enjoyed her volunteer work at Colonial Manor of Amana for over 10 years. She was very caring and was also known to help many of the stray animals in the area.
Layde Arlillian “Lil” Gould Gates age 90, of Marengo died Sunday morning May 8, 2011 at Rose Haven Nursing Home after a brief illness. Funeral Services: 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at Koszta United Methodist Church, Koszta, IA with Rev. Katie Dawson officiating. Burial will be in the Koszta Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 7 P.M. Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. Memorials may be contributed to the Marengo Library, Hospice Compassus, and to Rose Haven Nursing Home for a secure garden spot.
Layde is survived by her brother Carol “Kelly” Gould, Belle Plaine, and six children: Linda (Tom) Kamp Le Claire, IA; Sandy Rupnow, Ames; Rita Gates, North Liberty; Rick Gates, Marengo; Julie Gates; Belle Plaine; and Steve (Lori) Gates, Neosho, MO. Also surviving are nine grandchildren: Susan Young and Teresa Suchomel, Iowa City; Gates Kamp, New York; David (Ann) Kamp, Le Claire, IA; Kathy Kamp, Chicago; Mike (Rhonda) Spencer, Phoenix, AZ; Matt (Jessica) Spencer, Laurel, IA; Ryan Gates, Maryville, MO.; and Megan Gates, Springfield, MO. Also surviving are 16 great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were her husband Maynard (1999), her parents Benjamin F. Gould and Layde Eva Sloan Gould and five siblings: Merlyn, Margaret Gould Kanton, Wilbur, Gregory, and Dorothy Gould Herber; and a grandson, James Bowton.
Layde Arlillian “Lil” Gould was born October 30, 1920, in rural Iowa County south of Belle Plaine, IA., the first of seven children born to Benjamin F. and Layde Eva Sloan Gould, farmers. The Goulds and Sloans were among the early settlers to Iowa and Poweshiek Counties in the 19th Century. Lil attended and graduated from the Iowa County Schools in 1934. She also actively supported her parents, beginning at an early age, through the hard times of the 1920’s, the Great Depression, and numerous family illnesses by helping raise her younger siblings, doing household and farm chores for her parents, and working as hired help on neighboring farms to support the family.
As a child, she developed a life-long passion for music, inspired by her parents and relatives who incorporated music into their work and social lives. School inspired a passion for reading, especially history and geography that later led to her many trips and travel to foreign countries.
Lil worked full-time for a series of farm families until she met and later married a childhood friend, Maynard C. Gates, son of Charles C. and Myrtle Cronbaugh Gates, on December 13, 1941, at the Methodist Church in Vinton, IA. Lil and Maynard began farming south of Koszta on one of the Kemler farms where daughters Linda, Sandra, and Rita were born. In 1948, they moved to the Bill Wilkenson farm south of Marengo where son, Rick was born. In 1951 they moved to another Kemler farm, north of Marengo near the old brick factory, purchasing the farm in 1951 and later the river-bottom land below the farm, from Vernon (Honker) Parks in 1953. Here, daughters Julie (1952) and Steve (1955) were born. Together, they farmed there until Maynard retired in 1982. Her consummate book-keeping skills and personal resilience allowed them to expand their farming enterprise while minimizing debt. Lil remained on the farm until she moved to the Rose Haven Nursing home, following recovery from cancer, in 2008.
Lil was the perfect host for visiting friends and families. Beautifully landscaped flowerbeds decorated the yards. The bright colors and fragrant aromas sparked the curiosity of many a grandchild. Coffee, hot cocoa, pastries, and deserts sustained many a conversation into the late afternoon and evening. Lil also made time for a number of volunteer organizations including the Iowa County Extension Service and actively supported her children’s school activities in band, chorus, football, basketball and track. She eventually fulfilled her life-long dream for American and International Travel. With her egg money and other savings, she planned family vacations to the Rocky Mountains and Great Lakes. Her travels eventually took her to over 12 foreign countries on three different continents, including a walk on the Great Wall of China and a lap around the site of the ancient Olympic Games in Greece.
Her early life during hard times tempered a resilience that sustained her for 90 years, during which she not only raised a family, but nurtured grandchildren, lost her husband, beat cancer, and lived independently until moving to Rose Haven. Her passion for music sustained her at the nursing home where she inspired the residents with her dancing and singing. Lil was loved by her family and will be missed by all those who knew her as sister, farmwife, historian, mother, grandmother, or friend.
Johanna E. Geiger, age 83, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2011 at her home in West Amana, Iowa. Funeral Services: 10:00 A.M. Monday, March 28, 2011, Middle Amana Community Church, in Middle Amana, with Elder Emilie Hoppe officiating. Burial will be in the West Amana Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 7 P.M. Sunday, March 27, 2011 at the Middle Amana Community Church. A memorial fund has been established. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo is in charge of arrangements.
She is survived by her son, Willard (Judy) of Homestead and her daughter, Suzanne Beltz (Terry) of Amana; six grandchildren, Misty Martinez (Luis) of Amana, Nichole Beltz (Cainnon) of Amana, Jonathan Beltz (Angela) of Cedar Rapids, Travis Beltz of Amana, Holly Geiger of Homestead and Justin Geiger of North Liberty; four great-grandchildren, Riley Fox of Amana, Liam Beltz of Cedar Rapids, Jonah Beltz of Cedar Rapids, and Serina Martinez of Amana. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Marvin in 1981.
Johanna Ernstine Berger was born October 10, 1927 in South Amana, the daughter of Theodore and Susanna Wiswaesser Berger. She attended the South Amana school and graduated from the Amana High School in 1946. Johanna attended cosmetology school in Chicago and married Marvin Geiger on August 21, 1951 in Clark County, Nevada. She was employed at many Amana area businesses, including the South Amana Sandwich Shop, Krauss Furniture, Amana Refrigeration, the Woolen Mill and the Ronneburg and Ox Yoke restaurants. She also worked as a beautician. She enjoyed gardening, crocheting and crafts of all sorts. She especially enjoyed her family and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Rev. Jonathan J. Honn, age 65, of Oxford, died Saturday, April 2, 2011 near Winterset, Iowa. Private family services werre held. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo was in charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his wife Linda of Oxford; a daughter Melody Hillier also of Oxford; one grandchild; and a brother William Honn (Maria) of McAllen, TX. He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant sister, Mary Carol.
Jonathan Jay Honn was born December 15, 1945 in Oxford, Iowa, the son of Faye H. and Iowa L. Floerchinger Honn. He graduated from Clear Creek High School in 1964. He also served in the National Guard. Jonathan founded and was presently the pastor of the Anchored in Faith Gospel Church in Oxford, Iowa. He and Linda Fisher were united in marriage on November 14, 1998 at the Anchored in Faith Gospel Church.
Karen E. Grimm, age 68 of Apache Junction, AZ, formerly of rural Deep River, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011 in Arizona. Memorial Services: 10:00 A.M. Friday, March 11, 2011, Deep River Community Center, 701 Main Street, Deep River, IA. with Shirley Van Dee officiating. Visitation: 4 to 7 P.M. Thursday, March 10, 2011 at the Deep River Community Center. Inurnment will be at a later date. A memorial fund has been established.
She is survived by her husband Kenneth; a son Todd Grimm (Sara) of North English; two daughters Nicole Sue Hartman (James) of Montezuma and Lauri Guzman (David) of Fresno, CA; thirteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; a brother Darlo Kelting (Diana) of Grinnell and a sister Lanette Crow (Lyle) of Oxford. She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter Kristi Neil, two brothers, Arlen “Buck” Kelting and Garth Kelting, a brother-in- law, Dean Wright, and a sister-in-law, Norma Kelting.
Karen Erlene Kelting was born March 5, 1942 in Williamsburg, Iowa, the daughter of Harold and Eleanor Newkirk Kelting. She received her education in the local Lutheran schools and graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1960. Karen married Kenneth Grimm on June 7, 1973 in Las Vegas, NV. Karen was a beautician in Deep River and Millersburg for 30 years. The couple also owned and operated the Livingroom Greenhouse in Deep River. In 1990, they moved to Arizona, where Karen worked with Allstate Insurance until 2000.
Karen was an awesome wife, mother and grandmother. She enjoyed floral arranging for weddings, bowling, playing cards and socializing with her friends. Karen was an avid sports fan and followed the Iowa Hawkeyes, Phoenix Suns, Diamondbacks and the Chicago Cubs. She also was a member and past president of the Millersburg JayCettes.
Bernadine Marie Hall, age 85 of Brooklyn, died Thursday, February 3, 2011 at the Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Mass of Christian Burial: 10:00 A.M. Monday, February 7, 2011, St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with Fr. Brian Shepley and Fr. Richard Okumu officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Brooklyn. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be contributed to Camp Courageous. Kloster Funeral Home, Brooklyn is in charge of arrangements.
Bernadine is survived by her sons, Terry Hall (Germaine) and Craig Hall (Connie) all of Brooklyn; eight grandchildren, Tony Hall (Kelly) of Grinnell, Doug Hall (Sandi) of Marissa, IL, Laurie Gerard (Brett) of Victor, Kurt Hall of Brooklyn, Robert Hall (Crystal) of Victor, Angie Princehouse (Chad) of Toledo, Archie Hall (Anne) of Victor and Amy Rider (Chris) of Urbana; and eighteen great-grandchildren, Brandon and Kayla Hall, Brandon and Chelsea Weekley, Danielle Hall, Tyler Johner, Dayna, Shelby, Jamie and Cassidy Gerard, Jocelyn Hall, Josie and Ashlyn Hall, Garrett and Laney Princehouse, Brock and Brody Hall and Owen Rider. Also surviving are two sisters, Patsy Seye, and Yvonne Hawkins (Dale) of Brooklyn. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Lloyd in 2001, and a son Allen in 2009.
Bernadine Marie LaKose was born July 1, 1925 in rural Victor, Iowa, the daughter of Charles Phillip LaKose and Flora Maria Dalle LaKose. She received her education in the Warren Township #9 School. Bernadine was united in marriage to Lloyd LeRoy Hall on March 10, 1947 at St. Patrick’s Rectory, Brooklyn, Iowa. Bernadine loved her family. She enjoyed gardening, flowers, canning and bird watching. She loved playing the organ and also loved to dance. She especially enjoyed baking for her grandchildren.
Jeanette Franke Hemphill, age 78, of Amana, died Sunday, March 27, 2011 at Colonial Manor of Amana. Funeral Services: 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, March 30, 2011, Middle Amana Community Church, Middle Amana, with Elder Mike Shoup officiating. Burial will be in the Amana Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 7 P.M. Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at the Middle Amana Community Church, Middle Amana. Memorials may be contributed to the Amana Church Society, the Amana Library or the Amana Arts Guild. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo is in charge of arrangements.
Jeanette Franke Hemphill was born September 17, 1932 in Amana, Iowa, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Erzinger Franke. She received her diploma in the Amana High School, as valedictorian of her class in 1950. She earned her B.A. degree at the University of Denver in 1953 and her M.A. at the University of Denver in 1956. She met her husband William E. Hemphill at the University of Denver, and they were married in Denver, Colorado on August 11, 1956.
Before entering graduate school Jeanette worked in the Reference Department of the Denver Public Library, which prompted her to get her Master's degree in Library and Informational Services. After graduation she accepted a position with the University of Colorado Denver Campus where she served in various capacities from 1956 - 2001, first as head librarian of the CU Denver library and finally as the Associate Director of the Auraria Library.
In 1996 she received an award for exemplary service in libraries, and in 2003 she was awarded the University of Colorado medal for outstanding service to the University and the State of Colorado.
After her husband's death in 2000, Jeanette sold their house in Westminster, Colorado and in 2001, moved back to her ancestral home in Amana. She grew up and was confirmed at the Amana Church, which she rejoined at the move. Since her return to Iowa, she was active in a number of volunteer activities for the Amana Church, the Amana Arts Guild, the Heritage Agency on Aging, as a Hospice volunteer, and trained for the Stephen's Ministry.
Jeanette is survived by her son, Tristan, of Denver and her daughter, Joanna Vermace of Amana, three grandchildren: Elizabeth Langford, Elijah Binney, and Riva Vermace, and one 2-year old great-grandson Canan Olson. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Duane, and her husband Bill.
Dustin J. Henning, age 30, of Blairstown, died Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at his home. Memorial Service: 10:30 A.M. Saturday, April 30, 2011, Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo with Rev. Katie Z. Dawson officiating. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 P.M. Friday, April 29, 2011, at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. A memorial fund has been established.
Dustin is survived by his father Jeff Henning (Laurie) of Marengo; His mother Donna Soderblom (Daryl) of Newton; a son Brydon Henning of Elkader; paternal grandmother, Janice Henning of Oskaloosa; two step-brothers, Calvin Korns of Marengo and Kyle Soderblom of Newton; and three step-sisters, Jenelle, Chelsea and Melissa Soderblom, all of Newton. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, paternal grandfather, and a step-sister Jenny Korns.
Dustin Joseph Henning was born February 14, 1981 in Grinnell, Iowa, the son of Jeff and Donna James Henning. He received his high school diploma from DMACC at Newton. He was employed as a welder, and did auto body work and painting. Most recently he worked in the construction industry.
