Dorothy K. Puegner, 18 Sept. 1926 - 20 Apr. 2006

PUEGNER, HERTEL, HAAS, HEISHMAN

Posted By: Netha M Meyer (email)
Date: 4/23/2006 at 09:37:03

Dorothy K. Puegner, 79, died Thursday evening, April 20, 2006, in Colonial Manor, Amana, from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Services: 10 a.m. Monday, Middle Amana Community Church, by Elder Betsy Momany. Burial: High Amana Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the church. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be contributed to the Amana Church Society.

Survivors include a son, Craig William Puegner and wife Barbara of Eden Prairie, Minn.; a daughter, Charlotte Heishman and husband Gary of Amana; four grandchildren, Heather Davis, Joshua Heishman, Jocelyn Puegner and Ashley Puegner; a great-grandchild, Jordan Puegner; and a sister, Emma M. Tapia and husband Nando of Scottsdale, Ariz. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Otto Puegner, on Sept. 20, 2003.

Dorothy Kathryn Hertel was born Sept. 18, 1926, in Amana, the daughter of Theodore "Teddy" Hertel and Mathilda Haas Hertel. She graduated from Amana High School in 1945 and the University of Iowa, Iowa City, in 1949.

Dorothy married Otto Puegner on July 11, 1949, at the Presbyterian Church in Iowa City. She was an executive secretary in the International Department of Amana Refrigeration for many years, retiring in 1991. She was a member of the Amana Church Society. Dorothy enjoyed needlework and cross stitch. Her family was very important to her and she especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.

Cedar Rapids Gazette, 22 April 2006, Edition: F, Page: 8B, Record Number: 2159427