Judy Bickel (1941-2020)

BICKEL, ZEADOW, ZUMBRUNNEN

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 7/13/2020 at 09:49:22

Judy Bickel age 78, died Friday, July 10, 2020 at her home following a brief illness.
Private family services will be held Wednesday morning, July 15, 2020 at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa with interment in the Wilcox Cemetery, rural Anamosa. Pastor Vicki Engelmann will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 until 7, Tuesday July 14, 2020 at the Goettsch Funeral Home. Please sign the online guest book at Goettschonline.com. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established. Mask must be worn and fitted properly over the nose and mouth at all times to enter the funeral home. Social distancing needs to be practiced as well.
Surviving is her husband Clifford, 4 children, Stanley, Anamosa, Randy (Deb), Central City, Laura (Greg Frank) Eaton, Pearl City, IL., Mike, Anamosa, 6 grandchildren, Samantha, Hilary, Brooke, Aaron, DeLanee, Charlee, 4 great-grandchildren and her siblings, Jane Stiffler, Anamosa, Joanne Malley, Solon, Joyce Hill and Susan (Marty) Miller, both of Moline, Shirley and Sharon Zumbrunnen, both of Monticello, Steve Zumbrunnen, Phoenix, AZ. She was preceded in death by her parents, a grandson Brandon, and a son-in-law, Bill Eaton.
Judith Marie Zumbrunnen was born July 18, 1941 at Monticello, Iowa. She was the daughter of Harold and Helen Zeadow, Zumbrunnen. She graduated from the Monticello Community Schools in 1960. She then worked as a cook in a restaurant in Cedar Rapids. Judy married Clifford Bickel on October 29, 1964 at the Peace United Church of Christ, Monticello. The couple farmed for a year and then lived in Anamosa and Martelle before moving to their home near Stone City.
Judy stayed home and raised her family. In 1991 she took a job as a cook and dietician at the Anamosa Community Hospital. She retired after 29 years in 2008.