TRAPPE, Lucile Clara (nee Heise)(Venz) 1922-2005

HEISE, HARNICH, VENZ, TRAPPE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/2/2009 at 14:28:59

Lucile Clara Louise Carolyn (Heise)(Venz)Trappe

CHARLES CITY, IOWA — Lucile C. Trappe, 82, of 2371 Windfall Ave., Charles City, died early Thursday morning (Aug. 25, 2005) at the 11th Street Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City. Lucile fought a courageous battle with breast cancer, first diagnosed three years ago. Following radiation treatments and a two-year remission, Lucile again faced the ravaging affects of her disease in April when her cancer returned, this time targeting her brain.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Messiah Lutheran Church, 705 3rd Ave. in Charles City, with the Rev. Dennis Niezwaag officiating. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery in Charles City. The family will greet relatives and friends from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Fullerton-Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St. in Charles City, with a “Time of Sharing” beginning at 7 p.m. The visitation will continue at the church one hour prior to Lucile’s service. Those wishing to extend memorials or expressions of sympathy may direct them to the Lucile C. Trappe Memorial Fund or to the Women of the Moose in Charles City, which she was a member of.

Lucile Clara Louise Carolyn Heise was born Sept. 4, 1922, in Ionia, to Albert and Amanda Harnich Heise. She was the fourth child and first daughter of six children born to her parents. Lucile graduated from Charles City High School and furthered her education in Cedar Falls, completing her teaching certificate (Normal Training). She spent all of her life in the Charles City area.

While teaching at the Charles City rural country school, Lucile met Merlin Venz and the couple was united in marriage in 1943. Merlin died in 1954, leaving behind a very determined Lucile and four young children. Lucile was a dedicated mother in the responsibility of raising her children, always sacrificing and giving of herself in their interest. She was the sole financial supporter in her home, was a strong woman and knew the true meaning of manual labor. Her children and family fondly remember Lucile’s freshly baked cookies, sweet rice and pies. They claim her potato salad among the best.

After Lucile’s children were grown, she attended a dance at the Surf in Clear Lake, where she met Willard H. Trappe. They married at St. James Lutheran Church in Mason City on May 23, 1989. Together, they treasured dancing at the Moose Lodge and looking forward to attending and dancing at the annual Polka Fest in Monona, Iowa.

Some of Lucile’s leisure activities, interests and hobbies included flower and vegetable gardening, sewing clothing, fishing with Willard, creating craft items and cooking. She is described as a loving and positive woman who had only kind words toward others. Lucile was a calm and accepting person who had a “magical personality,” always desiring peace for herself and those around her.

Lucile may be well-remembered in the area communities as she was employed at the Nashua/Waverly Lockers, where she packaged meat for approximately 26 years. She also enjoyed volunteering at the Moose Lodge in Charles City.

Sadly missing Lucile is her husband, Willard H. Trappe of Charles City; her son, Alan (Renee) Venz, of Northwood; her three daughters, Nancy (Larry) Joyce of Georgetown, Ind., Linda (Rex) Bates of Loveland, Colo., and Judy (Steve) Lindquist of Richmond, Texas; Willard’s children, Shirley Peterson and Cheryl Rennal of Wisconsin, William (Linda) Trappe of Slab City, Wisconsin and Richard (Carolyn) Trappe of Mason City; her siblings, Bernice Troge, Florence (Virgil) Greenzweig and Wilbur Heise, all of Charles City. She will also be a cherished memory of her special friend, Dolly Theilen, numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends.

Preceding Lucile in death are her parents, Albert and Amanda Heise; her first husband, Merlin Venz; her infant brother, Delbert Heise; her brother, Harold Heise; Willard’s son, Harlan Dean Trappe; her niece, Dawn Greenzweig; and two nephews, Larry Heise and Larry Chroup.

Thoughts, condolences and stories may be e-mailed to the family on the www.fullertonfh.com Web site. Arrangements are by Fullerton Hage Funeral Home and Cremation Services, (641) 228-4211.

[Globe Gazette]