Strackbein, Faith Aletha 1928-2015

STRACKBEIN, HOYER, ASMUS, SIMPSON HULL, KARR

Posted By: Ruth Maring - Volunteer
Date: 1/4/2016 at 19:04:55

Faith A. Strackbein, age 87, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Lowden, died Friday September 18, 2015 at St. Lukes Hospital in Cedar Rapids. A memorial service will be held at Zion United Church of Christ in Lowden on Sunday September 27, 2015 with visitation at 2:00 p.m. and service starting at 3:00 p.m. Reverend Stephen Stepp will be officiating.

Faith Aletha Hoyer was born in Arlington, Iowa on July 25, 1928, to Gustav and Elnora Asmus Hoyer, the ninth of ten children. She moved with her family to Oxford Junction at age 8, where she later graduated from high school. She attended Iowa State Teachers College (now UNI), received a teaching certificate and taught for 2 years in rural Cedar County schools.

On June 14, 1947 she married Erwin Strackbein of Lowden at Zion United Church of Christ. During their 64 years together, Faith and Erwin, who operated Strackbeins, Inc., a John Deere dealership, raised a family and were active in the Lowden community. Faith was a past member of Zion’s choir and Evening Circle, the American Legion Auxiliary, the 3/30 Country Club, and served as a longtime board member of the Lowden Medical Clinic. For 25 years Erwin and Faith spent winters at their second home in Mesa, Arizona. She was an avid reader, golfer, artist and quilter. After Erwin’s death in 2011, she moved from Lowden to Keystone Place in Cedar Rapids.

Faith is survived by three children: daughters Irma Simpson of Bradenton, Fla., Ellen (Richard) Hull of Cedar Rapids, and son Terry (Judy) of Charlottesville, Va.; grandchildren, Aaron Hull of Cedar Rapids, and Amy (Kris) Karr, of Robins, and great-grandchildren Arianna, Noah, Leah and Elijah Hull, and Alexander Karr. She was preceded in death by her parents, 3 brothers and four sisters.

Memorials may be directed to Zion UCC or the Holden Cancer Center. Faith donated her remains to the University of Iowa School of Medicine. Her family extends its gratitude to St. Luke’s Hospice and Keystone Place for such thoughtful care and attention to their mother and grandmother.