LEWERKE, Jennie 1913 - 2005

LEWERKE, VANRAVENHORST, FRENZ, ELWOOD, MUELLER, RICHARDSON, BENNETT, LOECKER

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 12/13/2017 at 12:23:34

Jennie Lewerke, 91, of 1037 19th St. S.W., Mason City, Iowa died Saturday June 4, 2005 at the I.O.O.F. Home, Mason City, Iowa.

Services will be 11 a.m., Thursday, June 9, at Rolling Acres Christian Reformed Christian Church, 340 20th St. S.W., Mason City, with Pastor Jack Vanden Heuvel officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City

Visitation will be Wednesday from 5 -7 p.m. at Hogan-Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St. N.E., Mason City, and again Thursday one hour before the service at the church.

Memorials may be given to Rolling Acres Christian Reformed Church or Hospice of North Iowa.

Jennie was born Aug. 3, 1913 in Barnevold, Holland the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick VanRavenhorst. At the age of six she came with her parents and siblings to America. They settled in Rock Valley, Iowa and later Hollandale, Minn. area where she attended school.

Jennie married Lewie Lewerke on Feb. 26, 1934 in Hollandale. They moved to Crystal Lake, Iowa area where they were vegetable farmers. In their vegetable growing years, truckers from the Midwest and local customers made sure they arrived around coffee, tea or dinner time, as they would always be invited in to dine and socialize with Mom and Dad. Due to their strong Christian beliefs there was a large entry sign stating "No Sale On Sunday" that greeted everyone. They retired in 1967 and moved to Mason City, Iowa. She worked as a banquet waitress for over 25 years at the Sheraton and Hanford Inn Mason City.

She enjoyed canning, gardening, morning coffee and afternoon tea with her family and friends, but the greatest joy in life was spending time with her family. She was a member of Woden Christian Reformed Church until she moved to Mason City and became a member of Rolling Acres Christian Reformed Church, Mason City.

She will be sadly missed by her four children, Ella Frenz, Dick Lewerke and his wife, Bonnie, Al Lewerke and his wife, Barb, and Zelda Elwood and her husband, Larry, all of Mason City; 12 grandchildren: Cindy (Dan) Mueller, Bob Frenz, Penny (James) Frenz Thornton, Kim Richardson, Brian (Jan) Lewerke, Sherry Lewerke, Brad Lewerke, Christine Lewerke, Toma Elwood, Greg Bennett, Troy (Amy) Elwood, and Trevor (Sarah) Elwood; six great-grandchildren: Brook Frenz, Brianna Lewerke, Branden Lewerke, Taylor Richardson, William Elwood, and Madelyn Elwood; three sisters-in-law: Hilda Loecker, Clarks Grove, Minn., Esther Van Ravenhorst, Albert Lea, Minn. and Lois Van Ravenhorst, Lake Mills, Iowa.

Jennie was greeted in Heaven by her parents; husband and his 14 brothers and sisters; son-in-law, Bob Frenz and her 12 brothers and sisters.