Ellen M. Shulenberger-Furlich 1924 - 2017

SHULENBERGER, FURLICH, HAYWARD, STAPLETON

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 4/18/2017 at 05:44:45

Sioux City Journal
2 April 2017

SOUTH SIOUX CITY | Ellen M. Shulenberger-Furlich, 92, of South Sioux City, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017, at a South Sioux City care center.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Michael Catholic Church in South Sioux City, with the Rev. David Fulton officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, with the family present at 4 p.m., and a Scriptural wake service at 4:30 p.m., at Becker–Hunt Funeral Home.

Ellen was born June 19, 1924, in Battle Creek, Iowa, the daughter of Joe and Jane (Hayward) Stapleton. She grew up and received her education in Battle Creek, graduating from Battle Creek High School.

She married John M. Schulenberger on April 18, 1953, in Dakota City. He passed away Aug. 28, 1983 in Sioux City.

Ellen was united in marriage to Michael G. Furlich on July 8, 1995, in South Sioux City. The couple made their home in South Sioux City.

Ellen was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church. She enjoyed traveling, playing golf, bowling, and doing cross word puzzles. She was also an avid Nebraska Cornhuskers fan.

Left to cherish her memory are her loving husband, Michael; two stepdaughters, Catherine Furlich and her husband, Pat Hogan of Torrance, Calif., and Barb Furlich of Sioux City; a stepson, Douglas and his wife, Debra Furlich of Lawton, Iowa; a sister-in-law, Dorothy Wright; her nephews, Jim Rice, John Rice, Marc Hein, Michael Hein and Pat Stapleton; a niece, Pamela (Hein) Eisfelder; four stepgrandchildren; one great-stepgranddaughter; and several great nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents: her first Husband John Schulenberger, a brother Joseph Stapleton, and four sisters: Mary Rice, Jane Peters, Lenora Seuntjens, and Rose Hein.

Pallbearers will be Douglas Furlich, Michael Hein, Marc Hein, Pat Hogan, Travis Mattes and Adam Furlich.

In lieu of flowers, the family would like you to consider making a memorial in Ellen's name to Hospice Asera Care, 120 N 27th Street, No. 300, Norfolk, NE 68701.