NEUMANN, Jeannette Irene (nee Hartwig) 1923-2004
NEUMANN, HARTWIG, BETHKE
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/19/2009 at 13:34:14
JEANNETTE IRENE (Hartwig) NEUMANN
ST. ANSGAR, IOWA — Jeannette Irene Neumann, 81, died Tuesday (Oct. 5, 2004).
Funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar with the Rev. Byron North-wick officiating. Burial will be in St. John’s Cemetery, Rock Township. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home in St. Ansgar.
Jeannette Irene Hartwig was born Jan. 1, 1923, at home in Newburg Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, the daughter of Leo and Anna (Bethke) Hartwig. Jeannette was baptized into the Christian faith at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Rock Township, Feb. 25, 1923. On March 17, 1937, she was confirmed. Jeannette grew up southwest of St. Ansgar, Iowa, in Newburg Township, and at-tended Country School No. 5. In 1941, she graduated from St. Ansgar High School. She was employed at the Jack Sprat Grocery Store in St. Ansgar.
May 20, 1943, she was united in marriage to William F. Neumann at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Rock Township, by the Rev. Fred Ide. This union was blessed with four children, two daughters and two sons. Jeannette became a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar. Jeannette was a housewife and was later employed at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar as a nurses aide and med aide for 26 years. She was active as a homemaker health aide and an Avon Representative.
Jeannette enjoyed growing flowers, watching and feeding the cardinals and humming birds in her backyard, baking, making holiday decorations, visiting with friends at the Senior Center and spending time with family.
Jeannette was preceded in death by her parents, husband William; and great-grandsons, Samuel and Adam Bruggeman.
Jeannette is survived by two daughters, Charlene Bruggeman of St. Ansgar and her children, Michael, of St. Ansgar and his children Cassie, Ariel, Colton and Cari; Steven and his wife, Kim, and their children, Travis and Anna of Rose Creek, Minn.; LaDonna Cleveland of Shakopee, Minn., and her son, Jeffrey, of Forest City; two sons, Darwin “Butch” and wife, Jeanne, of St. Ansgar, and children Angela Retterath and husband, Chad, and their children, Skylar and Hunter of St. Ansgar;, Joshua and wife, Bobbi Jo, and their daughter, Madeline, of Stacyville; David and wife, Mary, and their children, Lindsay and Brooke of Gilbert, Ariz.; two sisters, Lucille Scharper of Osage and Lois Dutcher of Manly; nieces and nephews.
Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, (641) 713-4920.
[Mason City Globe Gazette]
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PHOTO BELOW IS HER 1941 ST. ANSGAR HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR PHOTOGRAPH, AS WELL AS A MORE RECENT ONE.
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