Ehler, Audrey Jean (Whitcanack) 1954-2010
EHLER, WHITCANACK, VAN DER WALL, BRADDOCK, WELLS, DODDS, SCHMITT, SHIPLEY
Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 8/26/2012 at 10:46:52
Audrey Ehler, age 55, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Tuesday evening, January 26, 2010, at her home in Calmar.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 30, 2010, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Festina, Iowa, with Monsignor Cletus Hawes and Monsignor Donald Heineman presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Friday, January 29, 2010, and on Saturday morning until 10:30 a.m., at the Parish Center in Festina, Iowa. There will be a rosary at 4:00 and a scripture service at 5:00 p.m. on Friday evening. The Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Calmar is in charge of arrangements.
Audrey Jean (Whitcanack) Ehler was born on October 22, 1954, at the Keosauqua Hospital to Earl and Leona (Van Der Wall) Whitcanack. She was the second of three daughters born to Earl and Leona. Her older sister, Earleen, died in an automobile accident on November 1, 1959 and is buried in a cemetery near Birmingham, Iowa. Her younger sister, Gay Lynn is married and lives in Danville, Iowa, with her husband, Kenneth and their two sons, Alden and Seth.
Audrey grew up in her Christian faith as a member of the Keosauqua United Methodist Church. She was baptized and confirmed into her faith as a youth and attended Sunday school classes. In her junior and senior years of high school, she taught these classes as well. In 1996, she was baptized into the Catholic faith by Monsignor Donald Heineman. The following Sunday (Corpus Christi Sunday) her husband, Ken, being the lay minister at the mass, had the privilege of giving Audrey her First Communion as a Catholic. She attempted to dutifully fulfill her responsibility as a member of Our Lady of Seven Dolors parish and rosary society.
Audrey received her elementary and high school education at the Keosauqua Public schools. After her graduation from high school, she attended Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa. She graduated as a registered nurse in 1975. Upon graduation, she worked for a short time in the local hospital in Keosauqua and then worked in Keokuk, spending most of the time in the pediatrics department. In 1990, she moved to Calmar and worked for ten years at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home and in 2000, she began work at the Ossian Senior Hospice as a registered nurse.
On September 28, 1991, Audrey was united in marriage to Kenneth Ehler in a ceremony at the Keosauqua United Methodist Church. Since their marriage they have resided in Calmar. She lived her life as a wife, homemaker and a caring person, who was constantly supportive of her husband in whatever he was involved in. She spent her free time with antiques, reading, and various minor hobbies, but her love for her family and others in need really set her apart from the others.
Audrey’s survivors include her husband: Ken Ehler, Calmar, IA. Her parents: Earl and Leona Whitcanack, Keosauqua, IA. One sister: Gay Lynn (Ken) Braddock and their sons: Alden and Seth Braddock, Danville, IA. Three aunts: Mabel Wells, Keosauqua, IA; Frances Dodds, Stockport, IA; and Clara Whitcanack, Keosauqua, IA. Other survivors include her mother-in-law: Sylvia Ehler, Calmar, IA. Brothers and sisters-in-law: Larry Ehler, Calmar, IA; Theresa Lou (Loren) Schmitt and their sons: Matthew, Brian & Kurt, Calmar, IA; Marianne Ehler, Minneapolis, MN; and Terry (Bonnie) Ehler, and sons: Andrew & Adam, Urbandale, IA.
Audrey was preceded in death by her grandparents: Albert & Susan Van Der Wall and Harrison & Dott Whitcanack. One sister: Earleen Ann Whitcanack. Uncles and aunts: Rex Whitcanack, Everrt Wells, Harve Dodds, Howard & Pauline Shipley. Her father-in-law: Edmund Ehler.
Source: Schluter - Balik Funeral Home database
Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic cemetery
Winneshiek Obituaries maintained by Bruce Kuennen.
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