HUGEBACK, Kathleen Elizabeth (Wentz) 1918-2008
HUGEBACK, WENTZ, SMITH, KUKHAN, SHAW, KUHLEMEIER, YOUNG, FISHER, WELTER
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 6/7/2014 at 18:36:10
Kathleen E. Hugeback, age 90 of Charles City, Iowa died Friday afternoon December 26, 2008 at Floyd County Memorial Hospital in Charles City.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Charles City, with Rev. Carl Ries celebrating the Mass. The pall will be placed on the casket by Shirley Kukhan, Holly Fisher, Heidi Young and Deb Kuhlemeier. The offertory gifts will be presented by Elizabeth Shaw, Trey Fisher, Collin and Connor Kuhlemeier.
Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, with Michael Shaw, Ty Kukhan, Eric Shaw, Tyler Fisher, Jordan Feltz and Jacob Feltz serving as pallbearers.
Friends may call 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Social Hall where there will be a 4:00 p.m. rosary. Visitation continues an hour prior to Mass at church on Wednesday. Memorials may be given to the Kathleen Hugeback Memorial Fund.
Kathleen Elizabeth Hugeback was born March 28, 1918, on the Wentz family farm near Ionia, IA, the daughter of George and Elizabeth (Smith) Wentz. She attended Deerfield Country School through the fifth grade, then attended St. Mary’s Grade School in New Hampton for two years and finished elementary education in a rural school. Kathleen then attended New Hampton High School graduating the class of 1935. Her education continued and in 1940, she became a graduate of the former Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, majoring in Home Economics and minoring in Science and Physical Education. Kathleen began her teaching career in Marble Rock, IA, for a year and a half.
On July 1, 1941, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Ionia, she married Clayton Hugeback. To this union two daughters were born. The couple farmed near Bassett, IA, where Kathleen was active in 4-H. Kathleen resumed teaching at St. Joseph School in New Hampton from 1966-1970 and then briefly taught in Inglewood, CA before moving back to the area. She began by substitute teaching and then became a full time Home Economics teacher at the New Hampton High School retiring in 1983. After retirement she moved her home from the farm into Charles City.
During retirement Kathleen enjoyed traveling extensively throughout the world. She was an active volunteer in many organizations including being a ‘Pink Lady’ at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital, doing income taxes for local residents at the Senior Citizens Center and leading the Fountain of Youth Exercises at the YMCA. She was a member of I.C. Church and the St. Francis Circle, Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority, Women’s Club, the Hoe and Hope Club and the Chickasaw and Floyd County Historical Societies.
Kathleen was well known for her chocolate chip cookies and afghans, but will be remembered most by her family and friends as a person who spent her life giving.
Survivors include one daughter, Shirley, (Arlyn) Kukhan of Charles City; five grandchildren, Michael Shaw of Osage, IA, Deborah (Brett) Kuhlemeier of Rudd, IA, Heidi (Brian) Young of Ionia, IA, Holly (Tony) Fisher of San Antonio, TX, Ty (Laura) Kukhan of Charles City; fourteen grandchildren, Eric Shaw, Alyssa (Zach) Perrin, Elizabeth Shaw, Connor, Collin, Clayton, Cooper and Camden Kuhlemeier, Jordan and Jacob Feltz, Tyler, Trey and Tristan Fisher, and Austin Kukhan.
Kathleen was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter, Sharon Shaw in 1997; two brothers, Peter and Glen Wentz; one sister, Evelyn Welter.
[Source: Hugeback Funeral Home]
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