Ann Wade

WADE, SHRADER, RUMMELHART, DEL CURTO, MEYER, MEER, WAGNER, SCHAEFFER

Posted By: Sarah Fletcher (email)
Date: 3/1/2020 at 10:25:32

Ann Wade, 89, of Iowa City, Iowa passed away on February 24, 2020 at the Bird House Hospice Home of Johnson County. Her family will celebrate her life by greeting friends Sunday, March 1st, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at Lensing’s Oak Hill, 210 Holiday Road in Coralville. Ann suggested that instead of flowers and plants, contributions be directed to the Johnson County Crisis Center or Table to Table, both in Iowa City, Iowa.

Ann was born Gertrude Ann Shrader on November 25, 1930 in Iowa City to Truman and Tillie (Rummelhart) Shrader. She attended and graduated from St. Mary's School; worked at Bremer's Clothing Store, Miller's Trucking Firm and Swaner's Dairy before moving from Iowa City.

Ann married Jerrold Wade at St. Mary's Church on December 30, 1949. They were divorced 13 years later in Tucson, Arizona. They were parents of three children. Valerie Del Curto (Rick) of Socorro, New Mexico, Brian Wade of McGregor, Iowa, and Kevin Wade of Phoenix, Arizona. There are two grandchildren, Levi Del Curto of Albuquerque, New Mexico and Trudie Jo Meyer (Carl) of Solon, Iowa, and two great grand-children, Kaiah Meyer and Kayden Meyer.

Ann was a sibling to Rose Meer of Iowa City, Jack Shrader deceased in 2018, Charlotte Schaeffer of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mary Jo Wagner of Omaha, Nebraska, and Bernard Shrader deceased, 2012.

After leaving Iowa City in 1953, Ann lived in New Jersey for three years; then Tucson, Arizona for 24 years, Minneapolis, Minnesota for 22 years, retiring to Iowa City in 2001. Ann had a 36-year career in the corporate world; Burr-Brown Research in Tucson, Honeywell in Minneapolis, ending as a independent consultant for four years. Upon her return to Iowa City, in 2000, Ann authored and published six books.

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