Reng, Gertrude (1905-2013)

RENG, JOHNSON, ERBEL, BUSHEY, MILLER, NELSON

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 12/31/2013 at 18:30:04

Gertrude Reng
October 2, 1905 - December 16, 2013

Gertrude Reng, age 108, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa, died on Monday, December 16, 2013, at the Sioux Care Center in Sioux Rapids.

Gertrude Johnson, a daughter of Lars and Mayme (Erbel) Johnson, was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on October 2, 1905. When Gertrude was four years old, her mother passed away. Then, her Grandmother Johnson came to Sioux Rapids to live with the family in 1912. She received her education at the Sioux Rapids School through the 8th grade. Gertrude had two sisters, Viola and Irene. Irene died when she was ten years old.

In 1931, Gertrude married Otto Reng at the Lutheran parsonage in Spencer, Iowa. Gertrude and Otto farmed in the Royal and Sioux Rapids areas until Otto’s death in 1968. In 1969, Gertrude purchased Ruth Sickles’ home and moved into Sioux Rapids.

Confirmed at the First Lutheran Church in Sioux Rapids in 1960, Gertrude became actively involved in all church activities, especially in making hundreds of quilt tops for missions. She received great enjoyment from her hobbies, baking pies and making quilts. In 1968, she began babysitting for the Richard Herrig family when Todd was two years old and Tom was nine years old. Loving known to them as “Gram,” she became a very important part of the Herrig family for the next forty-four years.

Those left to cherish her memory include her niece, Jean Bushey, and her children, Becky and Scott Miller and their family, of The Plains, Ohio, and John Bushey, of Springfield, Virginia; her nephews: Gary (Hattielee) Nelson, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and Jim (Carolyn) Nelson and his family, of St. Paul, Minnesota; and the Herrig family, including: Glenn and Jan (Herrig) Johnson, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa; Tom and Sue Herrig and their children, Tyler, Courtney, and Sydney, of Webb; and Todd and Tanya Herrig and their children, Bailey, Presley, and Trey, of Peterson; as well as many cousins, great nieces and nephews, and lifelong friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Otto; her sister and her husband, Viola and Howard Bushey; her sister, Irene Johnson; her nephew, Boyd Bushey; her special family friend, Richard Herrig; and her sister-in-law and her husband, Bernice Reng Nelson and Irven Nelson.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 20, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Sioux Rapids. Burial will be in the Lone Tree Cemetery in Sioux Rapids. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids is in charge of the arrangements.

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