Mrs. Wm. (Anna L. Staack) Hagensick BURLING 1884-1971

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Date: 6/30/2005 at 13:41:57

Mrs. Wm. (Anna L. Staack) Hagensick BURLING

Funeral services for Anna L. Burling, 86, were held at Peace United Church of Christ, Elkader, Saturday, April 10, 1971, at 2 p.m. Burial was in the East Side Cemetery at Elkader. The Rev. A. F. Volle, pastor, officiated. Mrs. Burling died Thursday, April 8, 1971, at Central Community Hospital in Elkader where she had been for eight days.

A daughter of Carl and Sophia Paegel Staack, she was born in Read Township November 3, 1884. She was educated in rural schools of her community. She began employment as a young woman working in Elkader for Reagan's, for Dr. McGrath and for H. H. Hagensick.

She was a member of P. E. O., the Cemetery Association, Peace United Church of Christ, Women's Fellowship, Martha-Esther Circle, and Senior Women's Circle. She was baptized and confirmed at Clayton Center February 8, 1885 and April 3, 1898.

On July 7, 1932, she was married to Frank Hagensick. The husband died May 5, 1938. On December 18, 1945, she was married to William Hale Burling of Postville, in a ceremony at Iowa City. Mr. Burling died March 30, 1969.

She is survived by three step-children: Carl Burling, Rhode Island; Robert Burling, Postville and Mrs. Berniece Schroeder, Columbia, Mo.; two brothers, William Staack, Elkader and Arthur Staack, Volga; two sisters, Mrs. Sophia Dahl, Elkader and Mrs. Louise Gossman, Lutheran Nursing Home, Strawberry Point; also several nieces and nephews.

Postville Herald - contributed by Mary Durr