Kuennen, Shirley Ann (Huinker) 1925 - 2014

KUENNEN, HUINKER, EINCK, SCHEIDEL, HUINKER, ZIEGELMAIER, BENGFORT, FRANA, LECHTENBERG, ANDERSON, MERONUCK, BENDJY, SOLEM, BRUESS, SMITH, FINN, MEINERT, HAPP

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 9/26/2014 at 08:57:12

Shirley Ann Kuennen, 89, of Ossian, Iowa, died Sunday, September 21, 2014, at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, Iowa. She was born on April 22, 1925, to Leo and Mathilda (Einck) Huinker in Monona, Iowa, and raised on the family farm outside Festina, Iowa. She attended St. Mary's School in Festina.

Shirley was united in marriage to Al Kuennen on August 9, 1948, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors in Festina, Iowa. They had nine children. Al and Shirley owned and operated the Wagon Wheel Supper Club where they served Al’s Famous Chicken. She also cooked at the Ossian Senior Hospice for seventeen years before retirement. In her final years, she was well cared for by her Aase Haugen family.

Shirley was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church and the Rosary Society. She enjoyed cooking, baking, gardening, knitting, crocheting, traveling, and fishing. She was an avid sports fan, attending her children and grandchildren’s athletic events. Shirley rooted for the Chicago Cubs and played cards with her family and friends. She and her husband were members of the Silver Springs and South Winn Country Clubs.

Shirley is survived by her children, Bruce (Lynn Hollenbeck) Kuennen of Olympia, Washington; Don (Jackie Scheidel) of Waukon; Doris (Gary) Huinker of Ossian; Bill (Jane Ziegelmaier) of Lansing; Tom (Lois Bengfort) Kuennen of Decorah; Patty (Keith) Frana of Calmar; Lori (Mike) Lechtenberg of Ossian; Julie (LaVerne) Anderson of Ossian; Jane (Chris) Meronuck of St. Paul, Minnesota; her grandchildren, Chris (Heather) Kuennen, Steve Kuennen, Dave Kuennen, Reid Kuennen, Shelly (Kevin Bendjy) Kuennen, Carly Kuennen, Ted (Nicholle) Kuennen, Bobby (Ellie) Kuennen, Jeremy Frana, BreAnne (Matt) Solem, Matthew (Bridget) Lechtenberg, Garret (Debra) Lechtenberg, Erin Anderson, and Allen Anderson; her great-grandchildren, Landon, Trevor, Ethan and Logan Kuennen, Maura Frana, Kale and Brynn Solem, Leyton and Lucca Lechtenberg and baby Bendjy, due in February; her brother, Art (Ann) Huinker and sisters-in-law, Lori Huinker and Betty Kuennen.

Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, Al, on February 6, 1996; her parents; her brothers, Linus Huinker and Kenny (Aileen) Huinker; her sister, Irene (Art) Bruess; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Ben and Louis Kuennen, Agnes (Irvin) Smith, Clara (Sr. Mary Bernita) Kuennen, Mary (Earl) Finn, Ida (Joe) Meinert, Kate (James) Happ, Leonard (Wilhelmine) Kuennen and Lee Kuennen.

Visitation will be Wednesday, September 24, 2014, from 4 to 8 p.m. with the Rosary at 4 p.m. and a Scripture Service at 6:30 p.m. at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Ossian, Iowa. There will also be a visitation one hour before Mass time on Thursday.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday, September 25, 2014, at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Ossian, Iowa, with Msgr. Cletus Hawes as the Celebrant.

Burial will follow at the St. Francis de Sales Catholic Cemetery, Ossian, Iowa.

Schmitz-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Ossian, Iowa is helping the family with the arrangements.

Source: Grau Funeral Home database

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