SPEICHER, Edna Elizabeth (Vetter) 1920-2008

SPEICHER, VETTER, LITTERER

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 6/6/2014 at 12:57:23

Edna Elizabeth Speicher, age 88, of Fredericksburg died peacefully on December 31, 2008, at her sister's home in Nashua.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 5, 2009, at Hillcrest Baptist and Brethren Church, Fredericksburg, with Pastor Ron Pinckney officiating. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg, with Dan Bequeaith, Chris Boom, Erin Hoskins, Jeremy Cockayne, Jennifer Grant and Nathan Speicher as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Amy Boom, Mindi Myers, Michael Musal and Kyla Harbison.

Friends may call 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Sunday, January 4, 2009, at the Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home in Fredericksburg. Visitation continues an hour prior to the service at the church on Monday.

Memorial contributions can be sent to the Hillcrest Baptist Brethren Church in Fredericksburg or the Garden Club in Fredericksburg.

Edna was born September 17, 1920, in Floyd County, Iowa, the daughter of Walter and Anna Marie (Litterer) Vetter. She was the second oldest of seven children. On March 16, 1947, at St. John’s United Church of Christ, rural Nashua, she married Donald Eugene Speicher. The couple raised their four children in the Fredericksburg area. They took great pride in their grandchildren and treasured their visits to the family farm to explore the world of open fields, creeks, haymows, animals, tractors, fresh baked donuts, and the endless cookie jar.

Edna passed to her family a sense of deep family commitment, faithful love, dignity of all people, hard work attitude, value of life long friendships, love of reading, and faith based values. Her green thumb abilities and determination was evident each year in the magnificent floral and vegetable gardens. The enjoyment of sharing plant clippings and roots with others magnified her love and joy of growing and nurturing plants. Edna’s raised donuts are a legend in the family and the community.

Survivors include three daughters, Dixie (John) Bequeaith of Polk City, IA, Lu Ann (Dale) Boom of Urbandale, IA, Kay (Rich) Musal of Norwalk, IA; a daughter-in-law Cheryl Speicher of Yukon, OK; ten grandchildren Dan (Michelle) Bequeaith, Chris (Jill) Boom, Erin (Todd) Hoskins, Amy Boom, Jeremy (Kelce) Cockayne, Jennifer (Seth) Grant, Nathan Speicher, Kyla Harbison, Michael (Bonita) Musal, Mindi (John) Myers; ten great-grandchildren Madeline Bequeaith, Tatum Speicher, Christian Bequeaith, Julia Bequeaith, Sienna Boom, Carter Hoskins, Samantha Cockayne, Rebecca Musal, Audrey Musal, Will Myers; two brothers, Donny (Shari) Vetter of Greene, IA, Gerald (Beulah) Vetter of Nashua, IA; three sisters, Dorothy Scott of Charles City, IA, Louise Gersema and Laura Koeff both of Nashua.

Edna is preceded in death by her husband Donald, son Tim, parents Walter and Anna Marie Vetter, and sister Elsie Heitz.

[Source: Hugeback Funeral Home] (Credit: S. Bell)

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