Wilhelmine 'Minnie' Werner, 26 Jan 1920 - 25 June 2007

WERNER, NEWKIRK, RISTEDT, KOESTER, IBURG, HUEDEPOHL

Posted By: Netha M Meyer (email)
Date: 6/26/2007 at 21:18:52

Wilhelmine “Minnie” Werner, age 87, formerly of Williamsburg, Iowa, died Monday, June 25, 2007 at Colonial Manor of Amana following a brief illness. Funeral Services: 10:30 A.M. Thursday, June 28, 2007, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Williamsburg with Rev. Carl Cloeter officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 P.M. Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at St. Paul Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. Memorials may be contributed to St. Paul Lutheran Church, Williamsburg, Lakeview Village Staff Fund, Amana or Colonial Manor Staff Fund, Amana. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo is in charge of arrangements.

She is survived by her daughter, Virginia Kay Koester and husband John Koester III of Williamsburg; three granddaughters, Donna Patience and husband Donn of Cedar Rapids, Ruth KoesterCraig and husband Mike of Ankeny, and Julie Carrico and husband Jason of Williamsburg; six great grandchildren, Andrew and Bradley Patience, Susan and Nicholas KoesterCraig, and Katie and Laura Carrico.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Carl in 1979, three brothers, Edwin Newkirk, Otto Newkirk and Arthur Newkirk and two sisters, Martha (Mrs. Louis) Iburg and Frieda (Mrs. Lothar) Huedepohl.

Wilhelmine Anna Rosine Newkirk was born January 26, 1920 in York Township, Iowa County, Iowa, the daughter of Christian C. and Wilhelmine Ristedt Newkirk. She received her education at St. Paul Lutheran School and graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1938. She married Carl Gustav Werner on March 26, 1939 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Williamsburg. Over the years, Minnie worked at Mereks Café as a waitress, H.F. Witte Department Store as a sales clerk, and the Woodman Accident Insurance Company in Williamsburg. She then was employed by Amana Refrigeration and the Amana Woolen Mills, and for 26 years she worked at the Owens Brush Company in Iowa City as a mold machine operator, retiring in 1984. Following retirement, Minnie did seasonal work for Holden Foundation Seeds. She enjoyed fishing, hunting, playing cards, bingo and bowling. Minnie was the oldest lifelong member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Williamsburg.

Kloster Funeral Home
Cedar Rapids Gazette, 27 June 2007