ELTJES, Caroline Marie 1926-2013

ELTJES, GARBES, PRIEPKE, STICKFORT, ERSKINE, FENNEMAN, MENNENGA, WADEY, FRANZEN, GRAWE, KLUITER

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 2/12/2013 at 17:20:22

[Waterloo Courier, Wednesday, January 16, 2013]

CEDAR FALLS — Caroline Marie Eltjes, 86, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Kesley and Waverly, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, at Windhaven Assisted Living.

Mrs. Eltjes received her education in a country school.

She was born Nov. 30, 1926, in rural Clarksville, daughter of Fred and Anna Priepke Garbes. She married Walter “Bud” Eltjes on July 30, 1948, in Shell Rock. He died March 26, 2001.

Survived by two daughters, Doriece (Randy) Stickfort of Cedar Falls and Darla (Dan) Erskine of Waverly; six grandchildren, Autumn (Todd) Penz, Faresse and Walker Erskine, and Skyller, Dakota and Nate Stickfort; a great-grandson, Brecken Penz; two brothers, Raymond (Jeanette) Garbes of Nashua and Carl (Vera) Garbes of Clarksville; two sisters, Ruth (Don) Fenneman and Marlene (Bud) Mennenga, both of Clarksville; a sister-in-law, Mary Jane Garbes of Clarksville; and many nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by infant twin granddaughters (Erskine); four sisters, Martha Wadey, Laura Franzen, Louise Grawe and Dorothy Kluiter; and three brothers, Albert, Frederick and Harlan Garbes.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Bethany Bible Chapel, Cedar Falls, with burial in Hitesville Cemetery, rural Aplington. Visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, Cedar Falls, and for an hour before the services Thursday at the church.

Memorials may be directed to the family, Cedar Valley Hospice or Gideons International.

Caroline trusted Christ as her Savior on April 13, 1948, through Romans 5:6. She was a wonderful homemaker, mother and grandma who loved spending time with her family. She blessed others with her hospitality, sewing, baking, gardening and music.

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