Lois Maxine Ahrens, 12 Apr 1917 - 24 Apr 2017

AHRENS, OLSON, ODONNELL, NEIRA, MCFARLANE, DAVIS, GERMONY, JONES, FETZER

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 5/8/2017 at 15:44:49

Celebration of life service for Lois Maxine Ahrens, 100, Conroy, was held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 27, at the First Lutheran Church, north of Conroy. She died Monday, April 24, 2017, at the Rose Haven Nursing Home, Marengo.

Burial was in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the First Lutheran Church or Hospice of Compassus of Cedar Rapids.

Powell Funeral Home, Williamsburg, was in charge of arrangements. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.

Lois Maxine Ahrens was born April 12, 1917, in Conroy, the daughter of Jule and Blanche (Olson) Olson. She graduated from Hilton Consolidated School in Conroy.

She married Elmer “Pete” Ahrens on Aug. 29, 1940, in Princeton, Mo. In addition to being a life long partner to Pete on the farm and raising four children, she served as school board secretary at Hilton Consolidated School until its closing and assistant postmaster for the Conroy post office into the early 1980's.

She was a member of First Lutheran Church where she had been active in the Ladies Aid, Church Council, Sunday School and Bible School. She enjoyed being active and supporting 4-H and was a life long sports fan of the Iowa Hawkeyes and St. Louis Cardinals.

Ahrens is survived by two sons, Richard Ahrens, Conroy, and Stephen (Sue) Ahrens, Conroy; a daughter, Julie O’Donnell, Minneapolis, Minn.; a son-in-law, Norbert Neira, Cedar Rapids; seven grandchildren, Chris (Melanie) Ahrens, Stephanie Ahrens, Nick (Sue) Neira, David (Jennifer) Neira, Scott (Nicole) Neira, Molly (Brian) McFarlane and Anthony (Rebecca) O’Donnell; 13 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren and a sister, Jean Davis, Oskaloosa.

She was preceded in death by her husband, in 2011; her parents; a daughter, Connie Neira; two brothers, Duane and Forrest Olson, and four sisters, Muriel Germony, Carolyn Jones, Doris Fetzer and Phyllis Olson.

THe Journal Tribune, 03 May 2017 pg 5
The Gazette, 26 Apr 2017 9a [abbreviated]