Suckow, Joanne Martha (Blumhagen) --- 1934-1983

LESTINA, BLUMHAGEN, SUCKOW, WHITE, MOHS, SCHROEDER, LEEMAN, SCHWEIKERT

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 4/6/2013 at 16:20:17

Joanne Martha Suckow

Funeral services for Mrs. Ray Suckow were held Thursday, Nov. 10, at 10:30 a.m. in St. Paul Lutheran church, Postville. Rev. Julius L. Peterson officiated, assisted by Rev. Paul F. Wegner, Mukwonago, WI. Schutte Funeral Service of Postville was in charge of arrangements. Burial was in the Postville cemetery. Casket bearers were Dean Downing, Harley Radloff, Jr., Harold Everman, Dale Hughes, Bill Schermer, Sr., Charles Fishback.

Joanne Martha Suckow, daughter of Arno and Hazel (Lestina) Blumhagen, was born Aug. 7, 1934, in Bloomfield township, Winneshiek county. She died Nov. 7, at Lutheran hospital, LaCrosse, WI.

She was baptized Sept. 9, 1934, in St. Paul Lutheran church, Monona, with her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Frank Lestina, and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Fredericka Marks, as her sponsors. She was also confirmed there on May 26, 1948.

Joanne attended a rural school until third grade and then the Monona school, graduating in 1952. She was active in many school activities including basketball. In her senior year, she was the starting forward for her team when they were the state runners-up.

On Sept. 19, 1952, she was married to Raymond Suckow, in St. Paul Lutheran church, Monona. To this union, 7 children were born. They began farming in the Maynard area, Hawkeye, Luana and their present farm near Frankville. In September they moved to Postville.

She had been a member of the Frankville Volunteer Fire Department; a 4-H leader for a number of years, and a member of the Winneshiek county CowBelles. For the past 3 years, she had been employed by the postal system in Postville. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran church, Postville, and the LCW.

She is preceded in death by her father.

Surviving are her husband, Ray; 2 sons, William (Sherrie) Suckow of Postville, and Michael Suckow of Waverly; 5 daughters, Peggy (Brad) White of Waukon, Susan (Randy) Mohs of Monona, Vicki (John) Schroeder of Wolf Point, MT, Patricia (Philip) Leeman of Story City, and Penny Suckow, at home; 9 grandchildren, her mother Mrs. Hazel Blumhagen; a brother, Ronald Blumhagen and a twin sister, Joanita, Mrs. Dan Schweikert, all of Monona.

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JOANNE SUCKOW DIES FOLLOWING AUTO ACCIDENT

A Postville woman died Monday from injuries she suffered following a two-vehicle accident Nov. 1.

Mrs. Ray (Joanne) Suckow died at LaCrosse Lutheran Hospital in Wisconsin, where she was taken following an accident in which the car she was riding in collided with a rendering truck.

The accident happened around 3 p.m. Tuesday, seven and one half miles southwest of Waukon, according to a report by the Iowa Highway Patrol on file at the Allamakee County Sheriff's office.

Suckow was a passenger in a 1983 Buick driven by her daughter Penny, 17, also of Postville. The Suckows were traveling north on county blacktop W-60, the report says, when a rendering truck traveling west on a gravel road adjacent to W-60 failed to yield at a stop sign.

Following the accident, the Suckows and the truck's driver, Allan Busta, 21, Waterloo, were taken to Veterans Memorial Hospital, Waukon. Joanne was rushed to the trauma center in LaCrosse. Penny was admitted to the Waukon hospital and Busta was not admitted. Penny was released a few days later.

Joanne remained in critical condition in the intensive care unit at LaCrosse until her death Monday.

As of Monday afternoon, no charges in the accident were on file at the Allamakee Sheriff's office or the Iowa Highway Patrol Office in Oelwein.

The accident report says the 1983 Buick was totaled and the rendering truck sustained heavy damage.

Services for Joanne Suckow will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Postville. Burial will be in the Postville Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday afternoon at Schutte's Funeral Home.

Postville, Iowa newspaper of the time clipping, both hand dated 1983, from Dorothy Schave's obituary collection.