Clarence Adolph Reihmann, 01 Jul 1926 - 10 Sep 2020

REIHMANN, GEYER, MOSER, MELENOVSKY, LEFEBVRE, UTECHT

Posted By: Sarah Witte (email)
Date: 9/17/2020 at 12:50:20

Clarence Adolph Reihmann, age 94, of Middle Amana, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 10, 2020, at his home. Graveside Services with military honors will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 19, 2020 at the Middle Amana Cemetery, Middle Amana with Elder Alan Trumpold officiating. The family requests those in attendance to meet at the Middle Amana Church at 10:45 a.m., then proceed to the cemetery together. Please practice social distancing and wear masks. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo is assisting the family with arrangements.

Clarence was born July 1, 1926, in Middle Amana, Iowa, the son of Adolph and Helene Geyer Reihmann.mHe graduated from Amana High School in 1944 and entered the U.S. Army, 84th Infantry Division, serving in Germany during World War II. On September 16, 1950, Clarence married the love of his life, Esther Lou Moser at the Amana Church. They enjoyed nearly 70 years together.

Clarence worked at Amana Refrigeration for 36 years as a tool engineer. He was a skilled woodworker and enjoyed his wood shop where he made furniture, picture frames, and fixed many things. He did metal work and learned to oil paint. Clarence loved his Middle Amana family home, where he could walk to work and church, and enjoyed lifelong friends and a membership in the Amana Community Church, where he was a song leader. Clarence had a wonderful tenor voice, and was known to “burst into song”, and found many willing participants and harmonizers. In his last days he was leading his daughter in singing “Amazing Grace”.

Clarence and Esther enjoyed going to his Army reunions, traveling abroad, dancing and family gatherings. The joy of his life was being “Opa” to his granddaughters and to his young great-granddaughter, Helena.

He will be dearly missed by his wife Esther; his daughter Susan Melenovsky; his granddaughters and families, Amy (Nate) Lefebvre of Bloomington, MN, and Abby Utecht of Cedar Rapids; and great granddaughter Helena Lefebvre.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his son-in-law Robert Melenovsky and his beloved daughter, Julie.

The family requests no plants or flowers. Instead those wishing to honor Clarence’s memory, may make a donation to the Amana Community Church in hopes of planting new trees, to replace those destroyed by the storm. Cards and memorials may be sent to Susan Melenovsky, P.O. Box 94, Middle Amana, Iowa 52307

Published in The Gazette on September 15, 2020