MORAREND, Leanna J. 1952-1987

NOACK, MORAREND, SMITH

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Date: 9/21/2010 at 15:56:39

Leanna J. Morarend

Funeral services for Leanna J. Morarend, 34, Postville, were held February 19 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Garnavillo. Rev. L. C. Urlaub officiated at the service. Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home, Guttenberg, was in charge of arrangements.

Leanna J. Morarend, daughter of Earl and Phyllis (Noack) Morarend, was born Aug. 15, 1952 at Guttenberg. She died Feb. 16, 1987 in Postville.

She had been employed at Norplex/Oak Corp., Postville, for the last 11 years.

Survivors include her parents; 2 sisters, Mrs. Steve (Karen) Smith, Anamosa and JoAnn Morarend, Melbourne, FL; 3 brothers: Caryles of Dubuque, Steven of Rockford, IL, Kevin of Guttenberg; her maternal grandmother, Leona Noack of Guttenberg.

Casket bearers were Curtis Schroeder, Verdus Schroeder, Randy Keehner, Troy Smith, Tom Johnson and David Thiese.
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Postville Woman Dies In Apparent Suicide

Leanna J. Morarend, 34, of here [Postville] was found dead at her home Monday. The Allamakee County sheriff's office said death was apparently the result of suicide.

She was found in the basement-garage of her home at 407 Lybrand St. here, dead as the result of carbon monoxide poisoning.

She had worked at Norplex-Oak Inc. here since 1975, currently working in the shipping department. She had worked Friday and was scheduled to begin work at 8 a.m. Monday. When she did not show up for work, she was called, which Sherrill Heckman described as routine procedure.

When there was no answer, she and David Lensing, Morarend's foreman, went to her home and found her body sitting in the front seat of her car.

Postville Police were called at 11:30 a.m. and the Allamakee County Sheriff's Office was called at 12:05. Schutte Ambulance Service was called to the scene. Monday night they transferred the body to Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home, Guttenberg, which is in charge of funeral arrangements.

The woman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morarend, live near Guttenberg. Funeral services are planned at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Garnavillo. There is to be no public visitation.

She had 3 brothers and 2 sisters.

Postville, Iowa newspaper of the time clipping, hand dated 1987, from Dorothy Schave's obituary collection.