POTRATZ, Alexander Ray 1996-2013
POTRATZ, SORENSON
Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 6/22/2014 at 20:03:34
Obituary for Alexander Potratz
Alexander Potratz, age 17 of Ionia, Iowa, died Tuesday morning, September 10, 2013, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, from injuries sustained in an auto accident.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, September 16, 2013 at St. John Lutheran Church, 200 S. Main Street, Charles City with Pastor Dennis Niezwaag presiding. Andrea DeVore will be the organist with Amy and Mary Catherine McDonough and James DeBerg as vocalists.
Interment will be in St. Boniface Cemetery, Ionia with Jack McDonough, Hunter Mueller, Ryan Donlan, Ramsey Bark, Isaac Masters, Seth Harrington, Austin Deutsch, Tryston Crook and Jacob Scribner as casketbearers. Honorary casketbearers are Cade Demro, Jacob Glaser, Shane Usher, Cole Berger, The Nashua Plainfield Freshman, Sophomore and Junior Football teammates.
Friends may greet the family 2:00 - 7:00 p.m. Sunday, September 15, 2013, at the Nashua-Plainfield High School Gymnasium. Visitation continues an hour prior to the service at the church on Monday.
Arrangements are with Hugeback Johnson Funeral Home - Olson Chapel in Nashua.
Alexander Ray Potratz was born June 5, 1996, in Waterloo, Iowa; the son of Kevin and Diane (Sorenson) Potratz. Alex went to Nashua Elementary School and was a senior at Nashua-Plainfield High School. He attended Republic United Church of Christ in rural Ionia and was confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Charles City, Iowa.
Alex loved to listen to music, especially classic rock. As a child, he loved being outdoors and helping his mom and dad in the garden. Alex loved playing with his dogs, Sadie and Dilly. He was currently building a gun case and enjoyed target practice. He was fond of riding bikes; playing X-Box; fishing; riding the lawn mower; he enjoyed watching his older brother play rugby; participating in mission trips through St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church; lifting weights; and being a center on the Nashua-Plainfield Football Team. Alex was very patriotic and loved his country. He helped with many fundraisers for the Ionia Fire Department where the crew enjoyed his enthusiasm.
Alex’s family and friends were very important to him. He had many good times with his friends Cade Demro, Jacob Glaser, Shane Usher and his cousin, Jack McDonough. Alex treasured the time he spent with his grandparents and especially enjoyed World War II stories from Grandpa Ray. He had a very close relationship with his mom and dad and cherished their time together. Alex was so dearly loved by his step-father, Derek Day, and was so proud of the wonderful example he set for Alex and the community.
Alex had a strong, Christian faith and will be overjoyed to spend eternity with all his family that have gone before him.
Survivors include his mother, Diane (Derek) Day of Ionia; his father, Kevin Potratz of Nashua; one brother, Andy Potratz of Ankeny, Iowa; ten aunts, Mary Adkins of Cedar Rapids, Judy (Chuck) Smith of Oelwein, Linda (Marv) Folstad of Hesper, Iowa, June Wood of Waukee, Iowa, Angie (Randy) Dieken, Carrie (Alan) DeBerg all of Dike, Terri (Wes) Wadey of Nashua, Kathy Day-Bobb of Sunnyvale, California, Michelle (Steve) Bartling of Ackley and Jill Tidman of Bondurant, Iowa; two uncles, Mark (Bonnie) Potratz of Nashua and Jon (Angie) Day of Charles City; many cousins.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Ray and Betty Sorenson and paternal grandparents, Milton and Evelyn Potratz; and his dogs, Sadie, Lucky, Ranger and Bo.
Source: Hugeback Funeral Home website
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