Wageman, Rita Julia (1917 – 2012)

WAGEMAN, COENEN, TRUEMAN, HANSEN, KORTH, BRINCKS, WEIHS, GUBBELS, KRIENERT

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/19/2013 at 19:04:18

Name of deceased: Rita Julia Wageman (nee Gubbels)

Aged: 95 yrs, 6 mo, 2 days

Residence: Omaha, NE

Born: May 6, 1917, on a farm SW of Westphalia, IA

Died: Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, Omaha, NE

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, IA; Rev. John Dorton officiated. Burial was at St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia, IA

Survived by: Children, Carol (spouse, Marvin) Coenen of Omaha, NE, Shirley Trueman of Camarillo, CA, Janelle (spouse, Russell) Hansen of Omaha, NE, Joseph Wageman of St. Joseph, MO, and Tim Wageman (spouse, Jenny) of Monroe, NC; 15 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; sisters, Lorraine Korth and Genevieve Korth, both of Randalph, NE, and Theresa Brincks of Adair, IA; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Nicholas and Anna (nee Weihs) Gubbels; husband of 38 years, Tony (deceased May 15, 1979); brothers, Harry and Nick Gubbels, and sisters, Edna and Marie Gubbels and Lucille Krienert.

Education: graduated from St. Boniface Catholic School, Westphalia, IA, Class of 1935

Religious affiliation: baptized, received first communion, and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Westphalia, IA; life-long member there

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Anthony "Tony" Joseph Wageman; Feb. 18, 1941; St. Boniface Catholic Church, Westphalia, IA

Employment: She worked as a cook for St. Boniface Catholic School from 1965 until the school closed in 1978. She also worked for several years for the Head Start program while it was in Westphalia, IA.

Hobbies/Interests: Rita was a lifelong member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, the Rosary Society, Sewing Circle, and Happy Hour Club.

Sources: ancestry.com, pauleyjones.com