Edward Oltmanns (1950-2021)

OLTMANNS, WISE, TOPPING

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 8/5/2021 at 21:13:02

Edward Oltmanns, 71, of Anamosa, died Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at Unity Point Jones Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held at 10 am Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at SS Peter and Paul Lutheran Church, rural Monticello. Pastor Holly Knouse will officiate. Burial; will be in Prairie Hill Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 pm Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa. Please use the Guestbook link, located to the left, to share your stories, memories, thoughts and condolences.

Edward John Oltmanns was born July 11, 1950 in Monticello, the son of Emil and Gertrude (Wise) Oltmanns. He attended schools in Anamosa and graduated from Anamosa High School in 1968. He married Grace Topping on September 27, 1975 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Anamosa. He was employed as a meat cutter at Wilson Foods, later Farmstead, in Cedar Rapids. After farmstead closed operations he worked as an assembler at Ertl Toys in Dyersville. When Ertl closed operations he went to work at Pearson Educational in Cedar Rapids. He retired in 2013.

Edward was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Anamosa. He enjoyed attending his childrens’ sports activities, working puzzles, and babysitting his grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife of nearly 46 years Grace, his children Chris Oltmanns, Anamosa, Michael (Patty) Oltmanns, Middlebury, IN and Heather (Tyler Koppenhaver) Oltmanns, Anamosa, grandchildren Christina, Mercedes, Rhinhart, Dominic, Aspan, Brandin, Nicholas, Alexander and Kaydence, step grandchildren Dustin and Derrick, his siblings Bob (Joan) Oltmanns, Center Junction, Evie Blattner, Cedar Rapids, Carol Oltmanns, Ely, and Jackie (Jim) Lovell, Alburnett, his in-laws Bill Topping, Anamosa, Karen (Dennis) Fleming, Anamosa and Ron (Vanessa) Topping, Muskogee, OK, a sister-in-law Sharon (Steve) Hanken, Monticello, and by several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his father and mother -in-law Rhinhart and Helen Topping, a brother Dave, and a brother-in-law Russ Blattner.

The family would like to thank their extended family and friends for their care and support during this time and the entire staff of Unity Point Jones Regional Medical Center.