Alice Stattler, 11 Apr 1919 - 06 May 2007

STATTLER, BEAN, JANSSEN

Posted By: Netha M Meyer (email)
Date: 5/8/2007 at 17:56:24

Alice Stattler, age 88, of Conrad, formerly of Williamsburg, passed away Sunday, May 6, 2007 at Oakview Nursing Home in Conrad, Iowa while in the care of Amenity Hospice. She had been a resident of Oakview since February 5 th and had been in declining health for several months. Funeral Services: 10:30A.M. Friday, May 11, 2007 at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. Burial will be in the Millersburg Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 8 P.M. Thursday, May 10, 2007 at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to Iowa County Hospice or Oakview Garden Project 511 E. Center St., Conrad, IA 50621, or Amenity Hospice, 211 1 st Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401

She is survived by her brother George Bean, Jr. (Eunice) rural Marengo, IA; son Gary (Mary) of Conrad; grandson David (Azucenna) of San Francisco, CA,;three nephews; Larry Bean (Margo) of Casper, WY, Leslie Bean (Susan) of Williamsburg, IA, Don Bean (Tanya) of rural Marengo, IA; 7 great-nephews, 5 great nieces, and 8 great-great nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two sons, Edwin and Steven, her husband, her parents and one nephew.

Alice Margaret Bean was born on April 11, 1919 to George Benjamin Lovell Bean and Anna F. Janssen Bean in rural Sumner Township, Iowa County, Iowa. She spent her early years in and around Sumner and Pilot townships and married Russell E. Stattler on October 6 th, 1939 at the Ohio Methodist Church of rural Ladora. To that union were born three sons, Gary, Edwin, and Steven.

She and her husband farmed in the Ladora area after having moved from rural Williamsburg where he had been a hired hand. When his health began to fail they quit farming, moved to Ladora and went into the house painting business, which she continued after his death on August 19, 1960.

In 1962 Alice moved to Bethany, Kentucky where she supervised the farming operation at the Bethany Children’s Home and served as principal driver for Marjorie Burt, the home’s founder. They attended many camp meetings throughout the eastern United States and made a tour of the western states and Canada to visit Miss Burt’s brother on Prince Edward Island.

In 1964 she left Kentucky and moved to Wisconsin where she served as a cook in a resort near Bolder Junction and later as the cook in a hospital at Phelps. She then moved to Milwaukee where she worked as a die maker in a short run metal stamping factory. When her father suffered a stroke, she retuned to Williamsburg to help care for him. During this period she was the night cashier at the Landmark Filling Station. She continued to live in Williamsburg until February 2003 when she moved into the Senior Citizen Apartments in Conrad to be closer to her son and his wife.

Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo