Ida (Becker) Winke - 1900-1985

BECKER, GROTEGUT, WINKE, HELD, KRUGER, JAHNKE

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 2/4/2011 at 20:49:50

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa WAUKON DEMOCRAT December 4, 1985
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Ida L. Winke, age 85, of Waukon, Iowa died Monday, December 2, 1985 at Thornton Manor in Lansing, Iowa. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday afternoon, December 5 at 1:30 p.m. at Salem Church of Christ with the Rev. John Saxton officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery and Martin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers will be Mark Jahnke, Darrell Jahnke, Wayne Jahnke, Lyle Jahnke, Randy Kruger, and Roger Peterson.

A homemaker, she was born on July 14, 1900 in Allamakee County, the daughter of Fred and Henrietta (Grotegut) Becker. She attended local schools and married Albert Winke on March 8, 1923 in Waukon, Iowa. Mrs. Winke was a member of the Waukon Senior Citizens and of Salem United Church of Christ.

She was preceded in death by her husband who died in January of 1976, a brother Fred Becker, and sisters, Emma and Mary.

She is survived by 3 daughters, Mrs. Clifford (Marjorie) Held and Mrs. Alfred (Lorna) Kruger of Waukon, Iowa, and Mrs. Ronald (Marilyn) Jahnke of Spring Grove, Minnesota; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Ruth Winkie *as printed* of Waukon, Iowa.