GADEN, Charlotte R. (Lorenzen) 1920-2019

GADEN, LORENZEN, PROPP

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 6/6/2019 at 17:55:58

Biography--

Charlotte R. Gaden, 98, of Ash Grove, Missouri, and formerly of Waterloo, Iowa, died at Republic Nursing and Rehab on Monday, May 27, 2019.

She was born November 29, 1920 in Marshalltown, the daughter of Martin H. and Lydia Propp Lorenzen and graduated from Waterloo West High School in 1938.

She married John "Jack" Pershing Gaden in 1940; they later divorced. He preceded her in death on December 25, 1997.

She was the head bookkeeper for Hawkeye Steel Products Inc. for many years and served as Secretary on the Board of Directors, retiring in 1983.

Charlotte was a former member of Trinity Lutheran Church and Ascension Lutheran Church in Waterloo.

She is survived by four daughters: Cheryl (Larry) Unger of Waterloo‚ Jacqueline Heeney of Waterloo‚ Beverly (Dave) Gibson of Ash Grove‚ MO, and Rita (Roger) Heidt of Ozark‚ MO; 10 grandchildren: Wayne Likes, Larry S. Unger, Matt Boltz, Ed Boltz, Audrey Peterson, Heather Marshall, Ryan Christensen, LeAnne Crow, Andre Heidt, and Noelle Burgess; and 21 great-grandchildren.

Charlotte is preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Robert and Myron “Mike” Lorenzen.

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Services:
June 15, 2019 at Locke Funeral Home, 1519 West 4th St., Waterloo

Cemetery:
Memorial Park Cemetery, Waterloo

SOURCE: Locke funeral home