Florence M. Flogel 1917-2008

TILL, ZIMMER, FLOGEL, BOECKENSTEDT, SHEEHAN, REMAKEL

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 2/20/2008 at 19:51:58

Florence M. Flogel

Florence Marie Flogel, 90, of 3736 Pennsylvania Ave., formerly of Massey Station, died at 1:10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008, at Stonehill Care Center.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the St. Catherine (Iowa) Catholic Church, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Leonard Funeral Home & Crematory, 2595 Rockdale Road, where there will be a wake service at 4 p.m. Friends also may call after 10 a.m. Friday at the church.

She was born on Jan. 3, 1917, in Bellevue, daughter of George and Susan (Till) Zimmer. She married Carl Flogel on Jan. 23, 1934, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Bellevue, Iowa; he preceded her in death on April 20, 1986.

Florence was a homemaker and also did house cleaning for private residences.

She was a member of St. Catherine's Parish and the Altar & Rosary Society. She also was a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas.

Surviving are three sons, Donald (Bette) Flogel, James (Jane) Flogel and Dick (Gerri) Flogel, all of Dubuque; and a daughter, Mary (Carl) Boeckenstedt, of La Motte, Iowa.

Florence also was the proud grandmother of 17, great-grandmother of 25 and great-great-grandmother of two. She also had a sister, Mary (Tom) Sheehan, of East Dubuque, Ill.; and a sister-in-law, Clara Zimmer, of Bellevue.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Isadore and Sylvester; a sister, Adella Remakel; and a daughter, Jean Marie, in infancy.

Thank you to the nurses and staff at Stonehill, Sunset Park staff and Hospice of Dubuque for all the care and kindness you showed to Florence.

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