Ehlers, Madeline Mae (Coontz) (1928 – 2019)

EHLERS, COONTZ, ZOLCK, EHLERS, MCCOOL, SEE, SCHNOOR, EVANS, JAHN, TOWERS

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 5/29/2019 at 16:11:32

Name of deceased: Madeline Mae Ehlers (nee Coontz)

Aged: 91 yrs, 2 mo, 12 days

Residence: Avoca, Pottawattamie County, IA

Born: March 9, 1928 in Logan, Harrison County, IA

Died: May 21, 2019; Avoca Specialty Care Center, Avoca, Pottawattamie County, IA

Funeral services: Friday, May 24, 2019; United Church of Christ, Minden, IA

Survived by: Children, Larry (spouse, Dianne) Ehlers of Minden, IA, Peg (spouse, Gene) McCool of Shelby, IA, LaRee (spouse, Randy) See of Harrison, AR, and Sandy (spouse, Ron) Schnoor of Manilla, IA; 8 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Melvin and Bernice (nee Zolck) Coontz; husband, Donald Ehlers; daughters, Janette Evans and Donna Jahn; step-father, Albert Zolck; sister, Reva Towers; sister-in-law, Gert Ehlers; brothers-in-law, Robert Towers and her husband’s twin brother, Ronald Ehlers

Education: Graduated from Shelby Consolidated School, Class of 1946. She had been a basketball player and a cheerleader for all 4 years in high school, as well as having played the violin in the orchestra there

Religious affiliation: Confirmed into the United Church of Christ, Minden, IA

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Donald Ehlers; Aug. 31, 1946; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA

Employment: Farmer’s wife

Hobbies/Interests: Dancing (which she did at the Council Bluffs, IA, Senior Center, at the Omaha, NE Eagle’s Club and at the Minden, IA Community Hall).

Sources: pauleyjones.com