Grace Nettie Gantenbein

GANTENBEIN, MEYERS, BECKNER

Posted By: Ruth Gantenbein Jenkins (email)
Date: 5/11/2002 at 17:32:00

Grace Nettie Gantenbein was born on November 20,
1899 at rural Maynard, Bremer County, Iowa. She
was the daughter of George and Jessie (Beckner)
Meyers. She lived her early years in and around
the Maynard area where her parents farmed. She
attended the rural Fayette County Schools and
Maynard High School. She married Andrew M.
Gantenbein on September 15, 1920, at Maynard,
Iowa. Andrew died on March 20, 1979. Grace was
a homemaker and lived all her life in and around
the Maynard area until she moved to Colorado
Springs, Co. in 1990. She was a member of the
First Presbyterian Church where she was active
in Helping Hand and Ruth Circles, Ada Reading
Circle, was a charter member of the Maynard
Senior Citizens, Farmer Bureau Women member,
and a former member of the Maynard Eastern
Star. She supported many church, school, and
community activities.
Grace is survived by her daughters and son-in-laws: Ruth and Edgar Jenkins of Colorado Springs,
Colorado; and Verna and Charles Weieneth of Webster City, Iowa; 7 grandchildren: Linda
Lambeth, Christine Rose, Beth Schroeder, Sue
Hayward, Rene' Didio, Robert Weieneth, and
David Weieneth; 10 great grandchildren; 2 great,
great grandchildren; sister: Doris Roberts of
Oelwein; 2 sister-in-laws; Lydia Sprague of
Maynard and Alma Gantenbein of Fayette. Grace
was preceded in death by her parents and her
husband. Kerns-Jamison Funeral Home