PTACEK, Ileene A. (1921-2005)

PTACEK, LANG, KUNKEL, SCHLEUGER, FARQUHAR, HOLCK, GOLL, KIRSCHBAUM, CAMPBELL, POTBURY, RAW, BIGWOOD, BECKER, FRANKL, ZIEMET, SCHILTZ, SPANGLER

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 3/11/2016 at 12:51:52

Ileene A. Ptacek, 1921-2005

June 22, 2005

Ileene Agnes Ptacek, 84, of Britt, died on Thursday, June 16, 2005, at the Hospice of North Iowa in Mason City.

A funeral Mass was held on Monday, June 20, at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Britt, with the Rev. Jerry Blake officiating. Interment was in the St. John Cemetery, Duncan. The Ewing-Dugger Funeral Chapel of Britt was in charge of the arrangements.

Ileene, the daughter of Bernard and Caroline Lang Kunkel, was born on June 7, 1921 in St. Benedict. She was raised on the family farm along with her 14 siblings. As a young child, Ileene attended parochial school at the St. Benedict Catholic School.

Ileene was united in marriage with Anton Ptacek on January 6, 1942 in St. Benedict. The couple made their home on a farm near Corwith where Ileene was a full time wife and homemaker. The family left the Corwith area in 1954, and moved to the Ptacek family farm south of Duncan. They resided there until 1959 when they moved into Britt.

Ileene was employed with the Nebraska Milk Packaging Company in Britt until it was closed, she then went to work at Winnebago Industries in Forest City until 1986 when she retired. Following her retirement, she enjoyed playing cards, knitting, reading and making crafts. She also enjoyed playing bingo and volunteering for the residents at the local care center.

She was a member of the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Britt and the Rosary Society. Ileene was also a member of a birthday club and knitting group.

Survivors include three daughters, Sondra Schleuger and her husband, Darold of Forest City, Jan Farquhar and her husband, John of Klemme and Sharon Holck and her husband, Tom of Quincy, Illinois; eleven grandchildren, Cheryl Goll and her husband, Brian, Carol Kirschbaum and her husband, Mike, Carla Campbell, Curt Schleuger and his wife, Gina, Tracy Potbury and her husband, Philip, Tony Raw and his wife, Jennifer, Tammy Bigwood and her husband, Steve, Ryan Holck, Steve Holck, Kevin Holck and Ian Holck; 14 great-grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren.

Also surviving are nine brothers and sisters, George Kunkel and his wife, Evelyn, Kathleen Becker, Rita Frankl and her husband, Gerald, Bernard Kunkel and his wife, Elsie, Virgil Kunkel, Omer Kunkel and his wife, Margaret, Conrad Kunkel and his wife, Rosella, Edna Ziemet, Rose Marie Schiltz and her husband, Ed; and numerous nieces, nephews and other family members.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Anton in 1991; two sisters, Veronica Spangler and Jean Marie Kunkel; three brothers, James, Robert and Clarence Dean; and son-in-law, Bill Raw.

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