REWERTS, Jennie 1919-2000

REWERTS, HOOK, HAAN

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 3/2/2017 at 08:43:58

Jennie Mae Rewerts, 81

Jennie Mae Rewerts, of Aplington, passed away Friday, April 21, 2000 at the Maple Manor Care Center from natural causes. She had reached the age of 81 years and 17 days.

Funeral services were held 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 24, at the Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, rural Wellsburg. Rev. Jeanne Koughn officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers were Darcy Rewerts, Rick Rewerts, Lonnie Rewerts, Darwin Rewerts, Scott Reinke and Ryan Sicard.

Jennie was born the daughter of Henry and Minnie Haan Hook on April 4, 1919, in Grundy County near Wellsburg. Jennie received her education in Pleasant Valley No. 4 School House in rural Aplington.

Jennie was united in marriage with Melvin Rewerts on November 7, 1939, in Ackley. Their first home was on a farm north of Wellsburg then in 1963 they moved to a farm south of Aplington. Jennie was a loving wife and mother. She enjoyed caring for her family and home. Jennie also worked in the husking shed at Asgrow in Aplington for approximately 20 years. Jennie was a member of the Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church in rural Wellsburg. She became a resident in the Maple Manor Care Center in Aplington in August of 1996.

Jennie was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin Rewerts on February 3, 1994; a great-granddaughter, Alisha Davis; her parents; and her brother, John Hook.

Jennie is survived by her two sons and their wives, Larry and Mildred Rewerts and Ervin and Marcella Rewerts, both of Aplington; seven grandchildren and their spouses, Audrey and Tim Davis, Darcy and Kathy Rewerts, Darwin and Candy Rewerts, Lonnie and Janelle Rewerts, Rick and Patti Rewerts, Cindy and Scott Reinke and Tammy and Ryan Sicard; 19 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Anna Ridder of Wellsburg.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 27 April 2000, pg 3