Jane Stiffler (1943-2021)

STIFFLER, ZEADOW, ZUMBRUNNEN

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 11/17/2021 at 09:21:40

JANE STIFFLER

Anamosa

Jane Stiffler, 77, died Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, at her home following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 19, at Peace United Church of Christ, Monticello, with interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Pastor Frank Shephard will officiate at the services. Mask are recommended but not required.

Survivors include four sons, Dennis (Pam), Scott, Will (Kori), and Zeb (Jennifer), 11 grandchildren, Sarah, David, Jason, Bryant, Lucas, Alex, Kinsey, Nicholas, Tyler, Amelia and Emma; a great-grandson, Renley; five siblings, Joann Malley, Joyce Hill, Susan (Marty) Miller, Shirley Zumbrunnen and Steve Zumbrunnen; and a brother-in-law, Clifford Bickel.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her son, Matt, in 2001; husband, Russell, in 2018; and two sisters, Judy Bickel and Sharon Zumbrunnen.

Jane Ann Zumbrunnen was born Dec. 24, 1943, at John McDonald Hospital, Monticello, Iowa. She was the daughter of Harold and Helen Zeadow Zumbrunnen. Jane graduated from Monticello Community Schools with the Class of 1961. Jane worked as a waitress and also at Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids. Jane married Russell Stiffler on April 30, 1966, at Peace United Church of Christ. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years raising her five sons. She returned to the working force doing day care in her home and later working in housekeeping at the Anamosa Care Center.

She loved her time spent with family, doing sewing, cross stich and crosswords, as well as Yahtzee.