Jean Huggenberger 1933 - 2017

HUGGENBERGER, TRAFTON, WOOLWORTH

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/12/2017 at 19:11:11

Sioux City Journal
4 January 2017

HINTON, Iowa | Jean Huggenberger, 83, of Hinton, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, at her residence.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Michael Catholic Church in Sioux City. Burial will be in Graceland Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Waterbury Funeral Service of Sioux City.

Jean was born on Nov. 14, 1933, in Sioux City, to Clarence and Viola (Trafton) Woolworth. She graduated from Hinton High School in 1952.

She married Harvey Huggenberger on July 8, 1953, in Emerson, Neb. Jean worked full-time as a homemaker. She was a devoted wife and a caring mother.

She had countless hobbies and was always planning a new craft. Some of her many hobbies included sewing, scrapbooking, gardening, exchanging letters with pen pals, making homemade jellies, canning, baking, recycling cards, and collecting various items. Jean had a love for music, and enjoyed traveling and seeing the country with Harvey. She was an active member of St. Michael Catholic Church and her faith was very important to her.

Survivors include her husband, Harvey; children, Deborah (Russell) Rhude of Hinton, Ronald Huggenberger of Sioux City, Randy (Lori) Huggenberger of Sioux City, Dennis (Marti) Huggenberger of Merrill, Iowa, Lori (Jeff) Winge-Roberts of Sioux City, and Mark Huggenberger of Brooklyn Park, Minn.; 10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several other family members.

Jean was preceded in death by her parents; and her uncle, Harold Trafton.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to her great doctors and nurses, Hospice of Siouxland, and to Rev. Hemann and Sister Jean at St. Michael Catholic Church for their many great visits with Jean.