Jungers, Oscar 1914-2010

JUNGER, GERST, KLUNENBERG

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/8/2010 at 08:25:44

OSCAR JUNGERS
HOSPERS, Iowa — Oscar Jungers, 96, of Hospers died Friday, March 5, 2010, at Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City, Iowa. Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Alton, Iowa, with the Rev. Paul Eisele officiating. Burial will be in St. Anthony’s Catholic Cemetery at Hospers. Visitation will be anytime after 4 p.m. today, with a parish rosary at 5 p.m. and a vigil prayer service at 7 p.m., all at the church. Arrangements have been entrusted to Fisch Funeral Home & Monument of Remsen, Iowa.
Oscar was born Feb. 28, 1914, on the family farm near Hospers, the son of Dominic and Rose (Gerst) Jungers. He was raised and educated in the Hospers area. After school he farmed with his family near Hospers. Oscar was very active in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, and in his youth helped build the church. On Feb 4, 1939, he married Beatrice Klunenberg. The couple made their home on a farm near Hospers. Their son, Francis "Frank" arrived into the family in November 1944. Shortly afterward, they moved onto the family farm near Hospers, where they lived until he entered Heritage House Nursing Home in August 2003. Beatrice died March 22, 2009. He was a member of St. Anthony‘s Catholic Church.
Survivors include a sister, Bertille Meyers of Denver, Colo.; a daughter-in-law, Joann Jungers of Sioux Falls, SD.; a grandson, Kenneth Smidt of Sioux Falls; three great-grandchildren, Catherine Fetter and her husband, Mike, Ben and AJ Smidt, all of Sioux Falls; a great -great - granddaugh -ter, Abgial Fetter of Sioux Falls: numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Francis: a brother, Everett Jungers; and a sister Adella Vortherms.
Source: Sioux City Journal 3-7-2010