Norma Jean Cecelia Wegner 1943-2009

KUENNEN, SCHAUFENBUEL, DENNER, WEGNER, SCHMITT, BODENSTEINER, NIENHAUS, LYNCH

Posted By: Nancy (email)
Date: 9/24/2009 at 18:41:25

Norma Jean Cecelia Wegner, 65, of New Hampton, Iowa, went to the Lord on Saturday Sept. 5, 2009, at her home, surrounded by her family, after a long courageous battle with cancer.

Visitation was scheduled from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the Holy Family Parish-St. Joseph Center Gathering Space in New Hampton, where there was to be a 3:30 p.m. rosary and a 6 p.m. Scripture service.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. today (Wednesday) Sept. 9, at Holy Family Parish-St. Joseph Center in New Hampton. Monsignor Carl Schmitt, the Rev. Ivan Nienhaus, the Rev. John Barnes, the Rev. John Harpel, the Rev. John Paisley and the Rev. Mike Tauke will celebrate the Mass.

The pall will be placed by Norma's husband and four children.

Ann Bennett will be the organist, accompanying cantor Joyce Shatek and the Holy Family Resurrection Choir.

Tim Bodensteiner will be the lector. The Offertory gifts will be presented by Norma's children and grandchildren. The Eucharist ministers will be Wilfred Kuennen, Dick Nienhaus, Cora Lynch and Marilyn Wegner.

Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, New Hampton, with Ken Lynch, Mike Schmitt, Ryan Wegner, Rick Kuennen, Matt Kuennen, Daryl Kuennen, Deano Kuennen and Randy Kuennen as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Norma's six grandchildren, Zach Denner, Hannah Denner, Darian Wegner, Michael Denner, Sydney Wegner and Molly Wegner.

Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home in New Hampton is in charge of arrangements.

Norma Jean Cecelia (Kuennen) Wegner was born Nov. 10, 1943. The daughter of Nick and Frances (Schaufenbuel) Kuennen, she was raised on a farm near St. Lucas.

Norma was a 1961 graduate of the St. Lucas High School. After graduation she moved to New Hampton and worked at the St. Joseph Hospital.

While in New Hampton she met Gary Wegner and they were married May 1, 1965, at St. Luke Catholic Church in St. Lucas. To this union four children were born.

In 1970, Gary and Norma bought Wegner Welding in New Hampton from John and Margaret Wegner. Norma worked various positions over the years at New Hampton Hospital and retired from the Radiology Department in 2005. In February 2007, Norma and Gary sold their business, now New Hampton Metal Fab, to their sons, Jamie and Nick.

Norma was very involved in her church and the community. She was active at St. Joseph Church and School, including the Parish Council, Rosary Society, Parish Housekeeping, St. Joe's Fun Nights, Fall Festivals, and many school projects involving her children.

Norma co-chaired and led many fundraising efforts for Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, Ladies' Hospital Auxiliary, the American Cancer Society and its Relay For Life. She also was an active member of the New Hampton Golf and Country Club, including serving on the board.

Norma will be greatly missed and forever remain dearly loved.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Nick and Francis Kuennen; two brothers, Delbert and Richard Kuennen; a sister, Rosalia Kuennen; and a granddaughter, Jenna Lynn Denner.

Norma is survived by Gary, her husband of 44 years; four children, Janet of Cedar Rapids, Linda (Dave) Denner, Jamie (Trish Lechtenberg) Wegner and Nick, all of New Hampton; six grandchildren, Zach, Hannah and Michael Denner, Darian, Sydney and Molly Wegner.

Also surviving are five brothers, Donald (Mary) Kuennen, Wilfred (Pat) Kuennen, Gaylord Kuennen, all of St. Lucas, Dennis (Jan) Kuennen and Allan (Pam) Kuennen, both of Cedar Rapids; four sisters, Victoria Schmitt of West Union, Leona (Tim) Bodensteiner of Grinnell, Marilyn (Richard) Nienhaus of Ft. Atkinson and Cora Lee (Tom) Lynch of New Hampton; and a sister-in-law, Mary Ann Kuennen of Lawler.

Fayette County Union - September 9, 2009