Irene H. Jaeger

JAEGER, PETSCHE, SPODEN

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Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Monday, February 11, 2013

WORTHINGTON, Iowa - Irene H. Jaeger, 82, of Dyersville, formerly of Worthington, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque, after a brief illness.

A Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at St. Paul's Catholic Church, Worthington, with the Rev. Dennis Quint officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where a parish vigil service will be at 7 p.m. and an Altar and Rosary Society rosary will be recited at

4 p.m. Friends also may call from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Irene was born on Sept. 28, 1930, in Guttenberg, daughter of Albert and Lottie (Spoden) Petsche at their home. She attended St. Mary's and the rural school in Guttenberg until the death of her brother, Donald.

She worked outside on the farm until she married Urban Jaeger on Aug. 23, 1947, at St. Mary's Church in Guttenberg. They moved to Dyersville, where Urban began his trucking business. They moved to Worthington in 1955. In 1973, Urban and Irene moved to a farm southwest of Dyersville. He preceded her in death in 2010.

In 1965, she became the president of the St. Paul Altar and Rosary Society. During this time, she and the late Leo Knepper started the tradition of deep frying chicken for the parish picnics.

Surviving are children, Russell (Pat) and Sue (Jim) Guthrie, both of Hopkinton, and Eldon (Barb), of Worthington; six grandchildren, Angela Maddin, David Guthrie, Sharon Guthrie, J. Russel Guthrie, Rodney Jaeger and Kathy Massey; a grandson-in-law, Mike Heiderscheit; 10 great-grandchildren, Tyler and Austin Jaeger, Logan and Leah Massey, Bailey Rickels, Jacob Yearous, Ben, Betsy and Taylor Guthrie and Alexandra Maddin; a stepgreat-grandchild, Luke Soppe; a sister, Bernice Blunk, of Garnavillo; a brother, Lavern (Norma) Petsche, of Dyersville; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Joan Helle, of Dubuque, Eileen Appel, of Houston, William (Mary Ann) Jaeger and John (Ruth) Jaeger, both of Manchester; and four half-siblings-in-law, Leo (Diane) Jaeger, of Kenton, Ohio, Leroy Jaeger, of Earlville, Loras (Mikki) Jaeger, of Bettendorf, and Marilyn (Pat) Werner, of Dyersville.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Theodore, Lawrence and Donald; a granddaughter, Brenda Heiderscheit in 2011; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Verni Blunk, Della Rose Downey, George Helle, John Appel and Diane Jaeger; a nephew, Jerome Petsche; and a niece, Diane Petsche in infancy.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.kramerfuneral.com

Author: Telegraph Herald