Martha Jean Kintzinger 1926-2012

KINTZINGER, SHIELDS, BARTLETT, REAVIS, MAUER

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes
Date: 10/31/2015 at 14:03:16

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MARTHA JEAN KINTZINGER

Martha Jean Kintzinger, 86, of 2650 Renaissance Drive, beloved Mother, wife, and Grandmother, passed from this life Thursday morning, May 31, 2012, at Oak Park Place.

Services will be held at 11 AM Tuesday, June 5, at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 255 West 10th Street, Dubuque, with the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Bickel and Rev. Nancy Bickel officiating. Friends may call from 3 to 7 PM Monday, June 4, and Tuesday, 10:00 - 10:45 AM at the church.

Martha Jean was born on January 9, 1926, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, daughter of Clarence East Bartlett and Vada Ruth Shields Bartlett, both Oklahoma pioneers. As a girl, Martha eagerly participated in Girl Scouting, camping, and musical activities, and developed a lifelong love of swimming. These interests led her to Girl Scout adventures and camp counseling jobs as a young woman, and to her college majors of physical education, and music/fine arts. She graduated from the Oklahoma College of Women in Chickasha, Oklahoma in 1947 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

During her career as a Girl Scout executive, Martha lived in Boston, MA and directed the summer Girl Scout Camp Treasure Island on Lake Winnepausakee, New Hampshire. She then served as the Girl Scout Executive Director for the Dubuque Girl Scout Council. She married *Charles A. Kintzinger on April 26, 1952, at the First Congregational Church in Dubuque, and the young couple spent their honeymoon summer at Dubuque's Girl Scout Camp Little Cloud.

As a devoted Mother and tireless homemaker, Martha, together with Chuck, raised four children and supported her husband in building his law practice. She inspired her children with her determination and motto "Make it happen!" Martha was an energetic community volunteer and fund raiser, donating her time to the United Way, VNA, YMCA, Sunshine Circle Auxiliary, the Girl Scouts, and other organizations that found her leadership skills valuable. She was a member of the First Congregational Church, participating in the church bell choir and the Stephen Ministry.

Martha was a 60 year member of the sisterhood of PEO. She served on the PEO State Executive Board and as PEO State President. A committed supporter of this organization, her leadership skills, hours of dedication, and welcoming smile embraced all women and guided many it setting and reaching goals. Martha coined and followed her PEO President's motto: "Come Walk Among the Stars."

She encouraged family and friends alike to embrace life and its many changes and decisions, as reflected in her favorite poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.

She leaves a legacy of love and leadership to her children and beloved grandchildren.

Surviving are her children - two sons, Andrew R. Kintzinger of Washington, D.C., C. Bart Kintzinger (Jennifer) of Dubuque; two daughters - Barbara (Edwin) Reavis of Tulsa, OK, Carol (Dr. Richard) Mauer of Waterloo; and grandchildren Stowe and Grace Kintzinger, Jennifer, Matt, Lexie and Noah Mauer, and Andrew and Colin Kintzinger; a brother Robb Bartlett of Oklahoma City, OK; and many nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to PEO Chapter IK, First Congregational Church of Dubuque, and Finley Hospital Sunshine Circle.

Martha's family wishes to extend a special thanks to the staff of Oak Park Place and Hospice of Dubuque for their kind and considerate care.

The Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home and cremation Services, 2659 JFK Rd. is in charge of arrangements.
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*Charles A. Zintzinger
1925-1999