Catherine Yoerger(1919-2008)

ABELN, YOERGER

Posted By: Anne Hermann (email)
Date: 6/18/2008 at 07:14:24

A Life Remembered
Catherine Yoerger

Catherine Abeln was born on June 7, 1919, in Bellevue, IA., daughter of John & Josephine (Hager) Abeln. She attended school in Bellevue and Maquoketa. She married Arnold W. Yoerger on April 11, 1939 in Bellevue, Iowa. He died on November 17, 1980.

She was a nurse assistant for many years in Dubuque and Maquoketa. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Maquoketa, and later the Blessed Sacrament in Waterloo, where she served as a Lay Minister. She loved to travel, enjoyed all kinds of crafts and spending time at the Senior Center.

Catherine is survived by children, Phyllis (Darrell) Clark, of Westcliffe, Colorado, Diane Hensley, of Waterloo, and Arnold (June) Yoerger, of DeWitt; six grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson; and one sister, Betty (Vincent) Goedert, of Dubuque.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, one daughter, Mary in infancy, and two sisters.

Catherine Yoerger, 88, of Cedar Falls, and formerly of Maquoketa, died Sunday, June 1, 2008, at the Windsor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa, following a brief illness.