Tracy Lee (Badker) Asher (2007)

ASHER, BADKER, ALLSTOT, MORSCH

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 4/18/2007 at 18:51:16

Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa
April 15, 2007

TRACY LEE ASHER, Des Moines

Tracy Lee Asher died April 11, 2007 as the result of an auto accident near Earlham.

Funeral services for Tracy will be held April 17, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. at the Earlham Community School auditorium, with burial in the Earlham Cemetery.

Tracy was born the daughter of Thomas and Mary Kay (Allstot) Badker November 1, 1972 in Rochester, MN. She graduated from Dover-Eyota High School in 1991. Tracy and Eric Asher were married May 10, 1997 and had three sons, Matthew, Jacob and Lucas. She worked for the Young Explorers Day Care in Earlham and previously worked at State Farm Insurance Co. of Des Moines. Tracy was a member of the Immanuel Methodist Church, Des Moines.

Tracy is survived by her husband, Eric, and son, Jacob of Des Moines; parents, Thomas and Mary Kay Badker of Dover, MN; brother, Troy (Denise) Badker of Dover, MN; in-laws, Roger (Sharon) Asher, Des Moines, and Lynn (Howell) Morsch of Earlham. She was preceded in death by her grandparents and sons, Matthew and Lucas Asher.

Visitation will be held April 16, 2007 from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Kuhn Funeral Home in Earlham. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m.

Memorials may be directed to the Asher Memorial Fund at the Earlham Savings Bank and Wells Fargo Banks.

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Earlham Advocate
Earlham, Iowa
April 19, 2007
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Funeral services were held for Tracy Lee Asher, Matthew Michael Asher and Lucas Michael Asher on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 230 p.m. at the Earlham School Auditorium in Earlham, Iowa.

Pastor Jerry Van Cleave – Chaplin Polk Co Jair officiated. Debbie Jones was the pianist and special music was “Jesus Loves Me”, “Wind Beneath My Wings”, and “Because He Lives”.

Pallbearers were Jaime Johnson, Tim Asher, Adam Asher, Kip Morsch, Jerry While, and Scott Driskell.

Interment was held at the Earlham Cemetery in Earlham, Iowa. Kuhn Funeral Homes was in charge of arrangements.

Tracy Lee Asher was born the daughter of Thomas and Mary Kay Allstot Badker in Rochester, MN on November 11, 1972. She died in an auto accident, along with her two sons Matthew and Lucas, near Earlham, IA, on April 11, 2007. Tracy had reached the age of 34 years, 5 months and 10 days.

Tracy attended Dover-Eyota School and graduated in 1999. Tracy then attended Winona State University, Rochester Community College and Rasmussen Business College in Minneapolis, MN. She began working at State Farm Insurance in Rochester and transferred to Des Moines where she worked as a claims adjuster for approx. 12 years.

Tracy and Eric Asher were married in the Dover United Methodist Church in Dover, MN on May 10, 1997. This union was blessed with 3 children: Matthew, Jacob and Lucas.

Tracy was a member of the Immanuel Methodist Church in Des Moines. She loved photography and took hundreds of pictures. Because she was behind the camera there are not a lot of pictures of Tracy. She was working at the Young Explorers Day Care Center in Earlham and enjoyed being around the children, teaching them and reading books to them. She would spend time each day with her own boys reading books and chapters for school work. She enjoyed going camping and fishing with the family. Family and friends were of great importance to Tracy.

Tracy leaves the following family to celebrate her life: husband Eric Asher of Des Moines; son Jacob Asher of Des Moines; parents Thomas and Mary Kay Badker of Dover, MN; brother Troy (Denise) Badker of Dover MN; father-in-law Roger (Sharon) Asher of Des Moines; mother-in-law Lynn (Howell) Morsch of Earlham; nieces and nephews Nicole Bengtson of Eyota, MN; Ben and Blake Badker of Dover, MN; Sam Asher of Phoenix, AZ; Ashley Gibson, Garret Tyler and Katlyn Wable of Fountain, CO.

Tracy was preceded in death by her sons Matthew and Lucas, maternal grandparents Vera (LuVern) Kinter and Bernard Alstott; paternal grandparents Lee and Kenneth Badker.