Carol Ann E. Gudenkauf

GUDENKAUF, AMENT, GRACE

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Date: 12/7/2014 at 22:16:28

From the July 27, 2010 edition of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald

DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- Carol Ann E. Gudenkauf, 74, of Dyersville, died at her daughter's house Saturday, July 24, 2010, in the presence of her family. She was a 50-year survivor of diabetes.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 29, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Richard Ament officiating. Pallbearers will be Jeff, Dan and Kurt Gudenkauf, Carl Bockenstedt, Mark Meyer and Ben Jones. Private burial will be held at a later date in St. Francis Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 28, at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish scripture service at 7 p.m.

She was born on May 27, 1936, in Monticello, daughter of Herman and Frances (Grace) Ament. She married Godfrey "Fay" Gudenkauf on April 24, 1957 in Torrance, Calif.; he preceded her in death in 1972.

Carol had worked at the physical therapy department at Mercy Health Center in Dyersville. She had been a caretaker for Fr. Peters at Boys Town and for the Dyersville Progress Home.

Carol loved cooking, taking care of children, playing cards, bowling, gardening, working and being with her family.

Surviving are six children, Douglas (Deb) Gudenkauf, of Dyersville, David (Mireille) Gudenkauf, of Cascade, Keith (Catherine) Gudenkauf, of Cedar Rapids, Kevin (Kathy) Gudenkauf, Ann Gudenkauf and Karla Gudenkauf, all of Dyersville; 11 grandchildren, Kurt Gudenkauf, Carmen (Tony) Fagan, Bob (Kim), Jeff, Dan, Lisa and Julie Gudenkauf, Alex, Wesley, Travis and Kayla Gudenkauf; two great-grandchildren, Ian and Erin Fagan; a brother, Rev. Richard Ament, of Otter Creek; a sister, Helen (Don) Meyer, of Dyersville; brothers-and-sisters-in-law, Lois Fangmann, of Manchester, Edna Wolter, Donna Richards and Lloyd (Lois) Gudenkauf, all of Dubuque, Bernice Gudenkauf, of Carol Stream, Ill., Mae Ella (Jack) Vennemann and Florabelle Ornales, both of Tucson, Ariz., Joyce Peterson, of Phoenix, and John (Barb) Gudenkauf, of Cedar Rapids; and a close friend, Shirley Gaul, of Dyersville.

She also was preceded in death by an infant daughter, her father and mother, Herman and Frances (Grace) Ament; a brother, Paul Ament, and his wife, Alice (Then); a sister, Doris Ament; father and mother-in-law, Carl Gudenkauf, Salome (Jaeger), Margaret (Cairy) and Elsie (Zimmerman); brothers-and-sisters-in-law, Carl Jr. (Mary) Gudenkauf, Edwin Fangmann, Gerald Wolter, Alfred Gudenkauf, Keith Peterson and Joe Ornales.