Alice M. (Ernst) Weinschenk

ERNST, RIES, WEINSCHENK, KRESS, MUELLER, SIEVERDING, GRIEBEL, BESCHEN

Posted By: Barbara Gehlsen Nugent (email)
Date: 7/31/2011 at 22:14:03

The Clinton Herald on-line obituaries
March 25, 2011

Alice M. Weinschenk

Bellevue - Alice M. Weinschenk, 78, of Bellevue, died Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, March 28, at 10:30 a.m. in St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bellevue. Burial will be in the Parish Cemetery. Visitation for Alice will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Hachmann Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Bellevue and again Monday morning after 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home.

Alice was born May 6, 1932, in Bellevue, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph and Josephine (Ries) Ernst. She married Lavern L. Weinschenk on May 9, 1950, in St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bellevue. He passed away December 14, 1997.

Alice and her husband, Lavern, farmed the family farm south of Bellevue before moving to town in 1995.

She was a quiet, patient and loving person who enjoyed spending time with her family. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were everything to her. She was extremely proud of all of them. Alice always kept herself busy, playing bingo, taking bus trips, playing cards with the "Young At Heart Card Club" and spending time with her best friend and aunt, Katie Ries.

Those left to honor her memory include her four sons, Joseph (Deb), of Camanche, Iowa, Richard (Karla) and Tom (Deb), both of Bellevue, and Lavern Jr. of Springfield, Illinois; three daughters, Donna Kress of Dubuque, Nancy (Jeff) Mueller and Sarah (Ron) Sieverding, both of Bellevue; fourteen grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; five great-grandchildren; sister, Mary Lou (Lawrence Jr.) Griebel of Bellevue; five brothers, Carl (Olivia) Ernst, Marvin Ernst, Greg (Patricia) Ernst, all of Bellevue, Donald (Frieda) Ernst of Andrew and Herbert (Joanne) Ernst of Dubuque; two sisters-in-law, Mary Ernst and Ann (Bob) Beschen; and aunt, Katie Ries.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; infant son, Robert; and granddaughter, Melanie; brothers, Harold, Joseph and Norbert; sister, Algean; and two sisters in-law, Mary Joan and Shirley Ernst.

The family would like to give a special thank you to the Mercy Medical Center, third floor and ICU doctors and nurses.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.hachmannfuneralhome.com.

Death date: March 24, 2011