Ada Pauline Langenberg 1911-2003

PAINTIN, BOWMAN, LANGENBERG

Posted By: Lori Clark
Date: 5/28/2003 at 11:38:48

Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service
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Ada P. Langenberg age 91 of West Branch and formerly of Tiffin died on Saturday, May 24, 2003 following a brief illness at the Crestview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in West Branch. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at the Gay and Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery, Tiffin. Visitation will be on Monday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Ada P. Langenberg Memorial Fund. Online condolences may be sent to her family @ www.gayandciha.com.
Ada Pauline Langenberg was born on December 18, 1911 in North Liberty, Iowa the daughter of Frank E. and Clara K. Paintin Bowman. She attended Tiffin Schools and was a member of the women’s basketball team at Tiffin High School; she then switched to University High School in Iowa City. In 1930 she married Edmund “Ned” J. Langenberg at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Iowa City. Ada was a mother and homemaker for her family as well as helping on the family’s farm. She and Ned farmed near Tiffin until they moved to town in 1967. After her children had grown she worked for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic’s as a housekeeper until she retired. In 1999 she moved to the Crestview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Ada was a fan of all University of Iowa Athletics; her favorite was women’s basketball. She attended many games, often times she would travel to different schools to watch her Hawkeye’s. For many years she was the caretaker of the Oak Hill Cemetery in Tiffin. She enjoyed the mowing and maintenance of the cemetery in which she took great pride. Reading, playing cards, solving puzzles, needle work and crocheting were a few of her many hobbies. Her family will remember her ability to communicate with just the point of her index finger. With a simple point and facial expression she could speak volumes, she will be missed by her family and friends.
Her family includes three daughter’s: Marjorie and husband Frank Floerchinger and Rosemary and husband Bill Maske of West Branch, Kathleen and husband Henry Rios of Solon, two son’s: Edmund “Ron” and wife Johnita Langenberg of Tiffin and Larry Langenberg North Liberty, fourteen grandchildren and twenty six great-grandchildren, a sister: Doris Graham of Solon and a sister in-law Maxine Bowman of Iowa City along with numerous nieces nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three brothers, one sister and one granddaughter. The Gay and Ciha Funeral and Cremation service are caring for Ada’s services and her family.