Galen W. Beitz 1934-2012

BEITZ, FELDMANN, HOYME, KNAPP, BLEY, KEITH, UTLEY, ULFERTS

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 10/21/2015 at 09:40:13

Galen Beitz, 78, of Hopkinton, died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at the Beitz family farm east of Hopkinton, with his boots on. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12, at Hopkinton Community Church, with interment in Hopkinton Cemetery, with military honors. Friends may call from 4 until 8 p.m. Thursday at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello.

Surviving are four children, Carmela (Randy) Feldmann, Robert (Sarah), James (Ronna), all of Hopkinton, and Debra (Chris) Hoyme, Decorah; nine grandchildren, Daniel (Shawna) Beitz, William (Lori) Feldmann, Charles (Emily) Feldmann, Stephanie (Curtis) Knapp, Rachel Beitz, Jackie Hoyme, Jenna Beitz, Maria Hoyme and Kassie Hoyme; four great-grandchildren, Nathan and Tyler Beitz, Emma Feldman and Shaylynn Knapp; his brother, John Max (Carol) Beitz, Hopkinton; a sister, Geraldine (Raymond) Bley, Grand Junction, Colo.; three sisters-in-law, Claudia (Gordon) Keith, Mary Utley and Elizabeth Ulferts; a brother-in-law, Steven (Georgia) Haynes; and his good friend, Lucille Wilson.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Eleanor.

Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.

Instead of flowers, memorials may be made to the Hopkinton Ambulance Service or Senior Dining.

Gazette, The (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA) - Sunday, October 7, 2012