Mildred Eleanor (Horner) Nollsch

NOLLSCH, HORNER, FRITZ, LEWIS, HOLMES, KAPKE

Posted By: Tara (email)
Date: 2/5/2012 at 09:10:33

Mildred Eleanor (Horner) Nollsch, 88, of Iowa City, died peacefully from complications of cancer, on her sixty–fourth wedding anniversary, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at Mercy Hospice. Funeral Services will be held at 10 am Tuesday, February 7 at Lensing Funeral Home, 605 Kirkwood Avenue, Iowa City. Visitation will be on Monday from 4-7 pm at the funeral home. Private family burial will be held at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to First United Methodist Church of Iowa City or Mercy Hospice.
Millie was born on March 29, 1923 in Akron, Colorado, the daughter of Ernest and Frances (Fritz) Horner. She was raised in Brighton, Iowa and graduated from Brighton High School. Following high school she attended the institute of Business in Davenport. From 1946 to 1948 she attended the Cadet Nursing program at the University of Iowa, where she met her future husband, Duane, an engineering student. Millie loved to dance and the couple would dance through the rest of their lives together.
Millie married Duane Nollsch on February 1, 1948 at First United Methodist Church in Marion, Iowa. The couple moved east where Millie practiced nursing in a hospital, doctor’s office, and in private home care. In 1950 Millie and Duane returned to Iowa City. Millie worked at University Hospital until starting her own family. Millie raised four children, who all graduated from City High School and the University of Iowa. She was a member of Methodist Women’s Church Circle, an avid knitter, bridge player, Sunday school teacher, garage sale shopper, and designed the family home of 48 years.
She is preceded in death by her parents Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Horner, infant son Douglas, and sister Miriam. She is survived by her husband Duane Arthur Nollsch, brother Harold Horner, sister Ruth Lewis, children Nancy (Bob) Holmes, Jackie (Paul) Kapke, Daniel Nollsch, David (Leslie) Nollsch, and seven loving grandchildren Nathan, Beth (Russell), Rachel, Daniel, Jennifer (James), Travis, and Matthew.