Kieffer, Rosina M.

KIEFFER, JACOBS, KLOFT, OWENS, CAIN, GENZ, MORIO, MARTYN, BANOWETZ, MEDINGER, HERTING, ROEDER

Posted By: carol (email)
Date: 11/13/2006 at 10:19:09

BELLEVUE — Rosina M. Kieffer, 82, of Bellevue, died Tuesday at Stonehill Care Center, Dubuque.

Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

She was born Dec. 8, 1923, in Springbrook to John “Tony” and Mary Jacobs Kloft. She married Donald J. Kieffer on Sept. 12, 1944, at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Springbrook. He died in 1974.

She was a homemaker and helped her husband on the farm.

She was a member of the Rosary Society and volunteered at St. Joseph’s in the hot lunch program.

Survivors include 10 children, Jerry (Kris) Kieffer, Jean (Steve) Owens, both of Dubuque, Wayne Kieffer of Bellevue, Mary Cain of Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., Pat Kieffer, Deb Genz, Connie Kieffer, all of Iowa City, Rita Kieffer of Charlottesville, Va., Barb (Jack) Morio of Marion and Betty (David) Martyn of Gardiner, Mont.; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three brothers and sisters, Alma (Ray) Banowetz of Marion, Vera (Norbert) Banowetz of Cedar Rapids and Don (Ann) Kloft of Dubuque; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Alvin Medinger and Leona Kieffe, both of Bellevue, Rita Herting of Dubuque, Lois Roeder of St. Louis and Brother Larry Kieffer of Papua, New Guinea; and other relatives.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Society of the Divine Word, Bellevue Ambulance Service or to the family.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, one brother and one sister.

Source: Clinton Herald; Clinton, Iowa
Death date: Nov. 7, 2006