Mrs. JOSEPH P. (Gail H. Boyes) UDELHOFEN 1900-2003

PEACOCK, BOYES, UDELHOFEN, BURNS, SCHROEDER, VERTANEN, CLAYTON, BURGER, BRADLEY, HUSEMAN

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 9/23/2003 at 13:58:17

Gail H. Udelhofen

Telegraph Herald - Thursday, Aug. 7, 2003

Mrs. Joseph P. (Gail H.) Udelhofen, 103, of ManorCare Health Services, formerly of 723 Edith St., died at 3:40 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque.

Chapel services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Behr Funeral Home, 1491 main St. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Udelhofen did housework for various families, wallpaper hanging and flower arranging.

She was born on April 26, 1900, in Dubuque, daughter of Beecher and Jane Ann (Peacock) Boyes. She married Joseph P. Udelhofen on April 1, 1921, in Dubuque; he died on Aug. 12, 1943.

Gail liked to write poetry and published a book of poetry called "Poems by Hannah." She enjoyed traveling and was always ready to take a ride. She also was an avid card player. She was a true fisherman and often said, "An hour of fishing is like a week of vacation."

Surviving are a daughter, Jennie A. (Robert) Burns, of Dubuque; a son, Gerald L. (Joan) Udelhofen, of Dubuque; two daughters-in-law, Dorothy Udelfofen, of Bellevue, Iowa, and Mona Udelhofen, of Dubuque; 21 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; and 35 great-great grandchildren.

She also was preceded in death by three daughters, Lila Udelhofen, Mrs. Alfred "Red" (Eileen) Schroeder and Mrs. Arne (Vera) Vertanen; two sons, Claire Udelhofen and Glen Udelhofen; a granddaughter, Sherry Clayton; three sisters, Mrs. Sam (Violet) Burger, Mrs. Nathan (Lillian) Bradley and Mrs. Carl (Gladys) Huseman; and four brothers, Everett "Pete" Boyes, Norman "Newt" Boyes, Reuben "Happy" Boyes and Victor Boyes.

A Gail H. Udelhofen Memorial Fund has been established.