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REKERS, Thelma M. 1908-1998

REKERS, LEECH, STINGLEY, GOWAN, BRAUCHT

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 5/4/2012 at 01:54:03

Thelma M. Rekers was born on June 18, 1908 in Center Junction, Iowa, the daughter of Earl H. and Mary K. (Leech) Stingley. She died Tuesday, December 15, 1998 at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls, Iowa at 90 years of age.

She married Russell V. Rekers on July 30, 1935 at the First United Methodist Church in Davenport, Iowa. Thelma was a graduate of Cedar Falls High School and the University of Northern Iowa. She taught school at Buffalo Center, Whitten and at Peet Jr. High School in Cedar Falls for many years. Thelma was a member of First United Methodist Church, the Meriam Circle, Omicron Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, American Association of University Women and the National and County Retired Teachers Associations.

Thelma is survived by her sister, Faye Gowan (Al) of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and two grandchildren, Scott Braucht (Mary) and Marcy Braucht both of Madison, Wisconsin; two great-grandchildren, Drew and Derek Braucht.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and her son, Donald Rekers.

Private services were held 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 21, 1998 at the Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home with burial at Fairview Cemetery, Cedar Falls. Memorials to Sartori Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit.

[Source: Dahl - Van Hove - Schoof Funeral Home]


 

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