EWALD, Alice Cornelia (Culbertson) 1920-2012

EWALD, CULBERTSON, POLLOCK

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/4/2012 at 13:35:13

Alice Cornelia Ewald

MONTICELLO, IOWA - Alice Cornelia Ewald, 92, of Monticello, and formerly of Rockford, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a long illness. A Celebration of her Life will be held 11 a.m. Saturday May 5, 2012, at Zion Lutheran Church at Rockford.

The family will receive visitors for an hour prior to the services. Burial will take place at Westside Cemetery in Marble Rock. Cornelia's grandchildren will be the honorary pallbearers.

Cornelia was born on March 3, 1920, in Batavia, Iowa to H. Vern and Ruth (Pollock) Culbertson. Claude Ewald and Cornelia were married on April 18, 1942, in Missouri. Cornelia taught in the RRMR School District retiring in 1990 after touching the lives of hundreds of students. In 2008, Cornelia moved to Monticello. Cornelia was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church of Rockford.

Left to honor her memory are her children Thomas (Reona) Ewald of Anamosa, Richard Ewald of Boise, Idaho, Mary (Bill) Glosemeyer of Apple Valley, Minn. and Jane Govro of Shoreview, Minn.; her grandchildren Ann Ford (Irvin) Palmer, Lannette (Mark) Ford-Mehaffy, Matthew Ewald, Mai-Ly Ewald, Kirstey Ewald, Anna Glosemeyer, Lance (Jill) Glosemeyer, Blake Govro and Jeremy Govro; and 10 great-grandchildren; her sister, Lois Hayden of Coralville, sister-in-law Marvel Hunter of Des Moines as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Cornelia was preceded in death by her husband Claude, her parents, her brothers John and Richard and an infant grandson.

Memorials will be used to purchase library books for elementary students at RRMR. Goettsch Funeral Home in Monticello is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences can be left at goettschonline.com.

[ Globe Gazette online, May 4, 2012 ]