Edna Neubauer, 24 Oct. 1907 - 30 Sep. 2006

NEUBAUER, SMITH, SCHULTZ, CUMMINS

Posted By: Netha M Meyer (email)
Date: 10/1/2006 at 19:54:51

Edna M. Neubauer, age 97, of Amana, passed away Saturday, September 30, 2006 at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a brief illness. Funeral Services: 10:00 A.M. Monday, October 2, 2006, Trinity United Church of Christ, rural Marengo with Rev. Lynne Bisson officiating. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, rural Ladora. Friends may call from 5 to 7:30 P.M. Sunday, October 1, 2006 at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. Memorials may be contributed to Trinity United Church of Christ or the Amana Heritage Society.

She is survived by her sons, Loren and wife Valerie of Cedar Rapids, and Allyn and wife Gaycia of Amana; five grandchildren, Brent Neubauer and wife Ann of Homestead, Blaine Neubauer and wife Tracy of North Liberty, Heather Robinson and husband Mark of Swisher, Keith Neubauer and wife Jennifer of Shueyville and Tracy Denahy and husbnd Kurt of Highlands Ranch, CO; eight great-grandchildren, Mallory, Jake, Alissa and Ryan Neubauer, Shea Denahy, and Rachel, Jordon and Sarah Robinson. She was preceded in death by her husband George on November 27, 2002, her parents, Joseph and Alma, her stepmother, Edna Cummins Smith, a brother, Leonard and a sister, Alice.

Edna Maria Smith was born October 24, 1907 in Lincoln Township, Iowa County, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph, and Alma Schultz Smith. She graduated from Millersburg High School. After educational training during the summers at Upper Iowa, Iowa State Teachers College and Coe College, she taught in a one room school house near her home. Edna married George Neubauer on June 10, 1936 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua and the couple settled in Amana. They lived in Las Vegas during World War II and returned to Amana where Edna remained until her death. Most recently she resided at Colonial Manor in Middle Amana.

Edna’s life was enriched by her faith. The times she and George would travel “Out West” were special. They saw most of the United States along with a bit of Canada and Mexico. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, and canning. She also had a great love of music. Many hours were spent at the piano with a lifetime of sheet music to choose from. She especially loved to gather together the whole family, including grand and great-grandchildren. Edna spent a lifetime caring for others.

Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Oct., 1, 2006, page 4b