Anna (Rettig) Clemen 1906-2002

CLEMEN, RETTIG, KERN, JAMES, ADRIAN, KREMER, INMAN, DEBORD

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 10/17/2015 at 22:14:58

Anna Clemen, 95, of 6509 Ryan Road, died Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at home.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Holy Family Catholic Church, New Melleray, rural Peosta. Burial will be in Holy Family Cemetery, Peosta. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home, 2659 Kennedy Road, where there will be a rosary at 5 p.m.

She was born on July 17, 1906, in New Vienna, Iowa, daughter of William and Anna (Kern) Rettig.

She married Clarence Clemen on June 7, 1932, at St. Bonifus Church, New Vienna. They bought a farm and moved to Peosta in 1934.

Anna went to school in New Vienna as a child. She was a member of Holy Family Church, Rosary Society and St. Anne Circle for 68 years. Over the years Anna worked at the 12 Mile House, Hilltop and Timmerman's Supper Club. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, crocheting, raising her chickens and turkeys, and living on the farm. Her greatest joy could be found in spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Anna will be remembered as a great wife and mother.

Surviving are her sons, James (Vivian) Clemen, of Cascade, Iowa, and Kenneth and Mike Clemen, both of Peosta; a daughter, Mary Ann Clemen, of Peosta; a daughter-in-law, Marian Clemen, of St. Catherine, Iowa; grandchildren, Patricia (Mark) James, of Fort Collins, Colo., Betty (Ken) Adrian, of Littleton, Colo., Karen (Gary) Kremer, of La Motte, Iowa, and James Jr. (Amy) Clemen, of Farley, Iowa; seven great-grandchildren; five step great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband: Clarence Clemen, on March 2, 1989; a son, Joseph Clemen; a granddaughter, Kristin Clemen; her parents; a brother, Frank Rettig; and two sisters, Tillie Inman and Patricia DeBord.

An Anna Clemen Memorial Fund has been established.

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Friday, April 12, 2002