Stolz, Alice (1914 - 2015)

STOLZ, FINKEN, GRAEVE, JACOBY, KILIBARDA, MICHELS, FOSTER, WAGEMAN, SCHOMERS, HATFIELD, KNOWLES, SLETTEDAHL

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 10/3/2015 at 15:13:44

Name of deceased: Alice Magdeline Graeve Stolz (nee Finken)

Aged: 101 yrs, 6 mo, 26 days

Residence: Harlan, IA

Born: Feb. 20, 1914; Defiance, IA

Died: Sep. 15, 2015; Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Monday, Sep. 21, 2015, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Earling, IA; burial was in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Earling, IA

Survived by: Children, Phil (spouse, Harriett) Graeve of Defiance, IA, Mary (spouse, Frank) Kilibarda of Courtland, MN, Ed (spouse, Mary Kay) Graeve of Denison, IA, Ken (spouse, Dixie) Graeve of Brookfield, WI, Bob (spouse, Sue) Graeve of Omaha, NE, Neil (spouse, Jolene) Graeve of Tucson, AZ, Ann Graeve of Harlan, IA, Pat (spouse, Joe) Michels of Panama, IA, Kathy (spouse, Dennis) Foster of Land O Lakes, FL, Teresa Wageman of Harlan, IA, Rose (spouse, Dave) Schomers of Harlan, IA and Jack Graeve of Des Moines, IA; 39 grandchildren; 74 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Matthias and Susan (nee Jacoby) Finken; husbands, Ray (deceased 1958) and Melvin (deceased 2007); son, Mark; grandchildren, David Graeve, Sam Schomers, Sean Hatfield, and Michelle Hatfield; great-grandchild, Nathan Knowles; brothers, Longinus, Howard, William, Father Basil, and Gail Finken; sisters, Bernice, Sister M. Augustine Finken and Mary Jane Slettedahl

Education: attended and graduated from St. Paul’s Catholic, Class of 1932; attended 1 year of college at Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison, KS

Religious affiliation: baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Defiance, IA; member for 81 years of Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court St. Catherine No. 266; member, Benedictine Oblate of St. Benedict’s Abbey in Atchison, KS

Military service: n/a

Marriages: (1) Ray Graeve; April 11, 1939; St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Earling, IA (2) Melvin Stolz; 1982; location not provided

Employment: taught in a one-room schoolhouse in Grove Township for 6 years until she was married; she then left to raise her 13 children. After her husband’s death, she returned to teaching, retiring in 1982 when she remarried, although she continued to substitute teach in the area Catholic Schools until 2004.

Hobbies/Interests: enjoyed baking bread, rolls, and pies and quilting, especially baby quilts

Sources: harlanonline.com; kjan.com; pauleyjones.com