KRATCHMER, Mary Renelda (nee Atkinson) 1913-2001

KRATCHMER, ATKINSON, HICKLE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/21/2009 at 12:33:57

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Mary R. Kratchmer

Mary Renelda (Mrs. Ed) Kratchmer, 87, a former resident of 608 9th Avenue, Charles City, and a former resident of Riverside Chautauqua Guest Home for the past five years, died Thursday, April 19, 2001, at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital in Charles City.

Funeral services for Mary Renelda Kratchmer will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Charles City. The Rev. Diane Mitchell, associate pastor, will officiate. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Charles City.

Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City from 3-9 p.m. Sunday where the family will greet friends from 3-5 p.m. Visitation will continue Monday morning at the church an hour prior to the service.

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Mary Renelda Kratchmer

Mary Renelda, Mrs. Ed Kratchmer, 87, a former resident of 608 9th Avenue, Charles City, and a former resident of Riverside Chautauqua Guest Home for the past five years, died Thursday, April 19, 2001, at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital in Charles City.

Funeral services for Mary Renelda Kratchmer will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Charles City. The Rev. Diane Mitchell, associate pastor, will officiate. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Charles City.

Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City from 3-9 p.m. Sunday where the family will greet friends from 3-5 p.m. Visitation will continue Monday morning at the church an hour prior to the service.

Mary Renelda Atkinson Kratchmer was born May 12, 1913, at Clarksville, the daughter of George and Stella (Hickle) Atkinson. As a child her family moved to Washington Springs, S.D., where they lived until her father's death, at which time they returned to Clarksville. When Mary's mother died, George and Grace Haney of Clarksville raised her as a child. Mary graduated from the Clarksville High School in 1931.

On July 9, 1934, she was united in marriage to Ed Kratchmer at Lena, Illinois. Mary and Ed were active members of the Central Methodist Church which, after the 1968 tornado, merged with the First Methodist Church to become Trinity United Methodist Church. She was a former member of the Rebecca Lodge. Mary enjoyed her flower garden, fishing, spending time with her family and friends, and was known for her quick wit and sense of humor.

Living family members include her husband Ed of Charles City; three sons and their wives, Vernon and Sally of Osage, Perry and Kerry of Harrah, Okla. and Dean and Sharon of Pensacola, Fla.; 12 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Her parents, daughter Elaine Hirschler and a sister, Lucille Walker, preceded her in death.

The family suggests memorials be directed to Heart to Home Hospice, Charles Ciity site.
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SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX:

Name: Mary R. Kratchmer
State of Issue: Iowa
Date of Birth: Monday May 12, 1913
Date of Death: Thursday April 19, 2001
Est. Age at Death: 87 years, 11 months, 7 days
Confirmation: Verified
Last known residence:
City: Osage, Meroa, Mitchell, New Haven, Rock Creek
County: Mitchell
State: Iowa

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Notes:
See obit for her husband, "Eddie Louie Kratchmer."