Jean Fetzer, 07 Apr 1925 - 17 Apr 2018

FETZER, FREDERICK, CARNEY, EMBURY, STANERSON, GENGLER, STAHL, COLE, SCHULTE, MEEKS, SIEDSCHLAG

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 5/18/2018 at 12:56:56

Funeral Mass for Jean Fetzer, 93, Williamsburg, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 21, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Williamsburg. She died Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at the Highland Ridge Care Center.

Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery.

Visitation will be Friday, April 20, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home, Williamsburg, with a prayer service followed by a rosary at 3 p.m. There will be a Ladies VFW Auxiliary service at 7 p.m.

Memorials are for St. Mary's Catholic Church or Iburg Poulson Ladies VFW Auxiliary.

Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.

Jean Fetzer was born April 7, 1925, in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of James H. and Sadie (Carney) Frederick. She attended and graduated from St. Patrick Catholic School in Cedar Rapids. She went to business school in Cedar Rapids and worked at Iowa Manufacturing as a bookkeeper and an accountant before her marriage.

Jean married Lester R. Fetzer on April 23, 1949, in Cedar Rapids. She was a homemaker, raising their eight children on the family farm west of Williamsburg, and later worked for the Amana Society as an office clerk retiring in 2000. The couple moved to Williamsburg in 1980 and then to Highland Ridge Presbyterian Home in the spring of 2007.

She enjoyed bowling, crocheting, knitting, gardening, dancing, playing cards and spending time with family and friends. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the Ladies VFW Auxiliary.

Jean is survived by eight children, Michael (Bernita) Fetzer, Cedar Rapids; David (Jeannie) Fetzer, Williamsburg; Gerald (Sandy) Fetzer, Marion; Diane (Bob) Embury, Plattsmouth, Neb.; Kevin (Susan) Fetzer, Lancaster, Mass.; Sheila (Craig) Stanerson, Williamsburg; Denise (Paul) Gengler, LeMars, and Pamela (Stuart) Stahl, Ankeny; 27 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Marie Cole, Sun City, Ariz., and Frances Schulte, Amana.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband and three sisters, Dolores Frederick, Maxine Meeks and Rita Siedschlag.

Williamsburg Journal Tribune, 25 Apr 2018
The Gazette, 19 Apr 2018