Louetta Jane Lipshutz 1928 - 2020

LIPSHUTZ, KLEMPERER, PETERSBERGER

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 7/10/2020 at 14:04:56

Sioux City Journal
26 April 2020

Louetta Jane Lipshutz

Sioux City

Louetta Jane Lipshutz, 91, a longtime resident of Sioux City, died Thursday, April 23, 2020, at Holy Spirit Retirement Home.

A private service will be held at Mt. Carmel Cemetery today, April 26. Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Mrs. Lipshutz was born Sept. 10, 1928, in Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of Richard E. Petersberger and Bernice (Klemperer) Petersberger. She attended Davenport schools, graduating from Davenport High School in 1946. She attended the University of Iowa from 1946-48, and later obtained a BA in Sociology from Briar Cliff College in Sioux City in 1975.

She married Burton Lipshutz on Sept. 26, 1948, in Chicago, Ill. He was deceased on March 1, 2003, after 54 years of marriage.

Mrs. Lipshutz was an active volunteer in the Jewish community. She was a life member of Hadassah, member of the former Shaare Zion Synagogue and current member of Congregation Beth Shalom. She was past president of the Shaare Zion Women's League and the Sioux City chapter of Hadassah. She was a board member and officer of the Jewish Federation of Sioux City. She was an accomplished bowler and avid bridge player for many years.

She is survived by a son, Dr. Greg Lipshutz of Newton, Mass.; a daughter, Ruth Bovey of Oak Park, Ill.; and grandchildren, Rafael Gregory and Rachel Bovey.