PETERSEN, Evelyn F. Loonan (Dengler) 1915-2004

PETERSEN, LOONAN DENGLER, SCHMIDT, DRENNER, HYDE, FRANCK, BROWN, DEWEY, ANDERSEN

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 2/24/2015 at 22:56:52

(Note: Evelyn is buried as Evelyn F. Loonan with her first husband, obit called her Evelyn Petersen)

Evelyn F. Loonan Petersen, 88, of Reinbeck died Sunday, April 25, 2004 at Parkview Manor.

She was born September 23, 1915 in Tama County, Iowa, the daughter of Louis and Matilda (Schmidt) Dengler. She graduated from Hudson High School in 1931 and married Gordon J. Loonan on September 16, 1938 in Marshalltown, Iowa. He died December 13, 1967. She then married Clarence M. Petersen on July 31, 1971 in Hudson, Iowa. He died January 4, 2003.

Evelyn worked in Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona and in Iowa at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, West Side Maid Rite, Blue Goose Café, St Francis Cafeteria and retired from Hawkeye Tech in 1981

She was a member of the Community Church of Hudson and also belonged to the American Legion Auxilary.

Evelyn is survived by her two sons, Kent Loonan and his wife, Katie of Hudson, IA and their daughter, Sara Loonan of Scottsdale, Arizona; Greg Loonan and his wife, Marlene and their two children, Carly and Amy Loonan, all of Swisher, IA; step daughter, Janice Van Deest of Holland, IA; step daughter, Sharon Drenner and her husband, Duane of Cedar Falls, IA; step son, Denny Petersen and his wife, Pat of Minnetonka, MN; step daughter, Jean Hyde and her husband, Jerry of Waterloo, IA; 14 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; brother, Percy Dengler of Cedar Falls, IA; sister in law, Verna Mae Dengler of Cedar Falls, IA; and sister in law, Joice Dengler of Denver, IA.

She is preceded in death by her husbands; sisters, Erma Franck, Esther Brown, Madeline Dewey, and Frances Andersen; and brothers, Howard Dengler and Willis Dengler.

Friends who wish may direct memorials to the Community Church of Hudson or Cedar Valley Hospice.

[Source: Locke Funeral Home]