Lorene (Waltzing) SUNTKEN

SUNTKEN, PLAGMAN, WALTZING, TRAGER, BIRKENHOLZ, GUHL, COLLIGNON, BONIN, HOPKEY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/29/2006 at 22:52:39

Lorene Suntken, 80, of Belmond, died on Sunday, January 23, 2005, at the Mercy Medical Center of North Iowa in Mason City. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, January 26, at the Immanuel Reformed Church, with Pastor Art Zewert officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Lorene, the daughter of John P. and Laura Trager Waltzing, was born on February 5, 1924 on the family farm northeast of Belmond. She attended country school in Pleasant Township. Lorene married Frederick W. Suntken on December 29, 1949 at Belmond. They moved to a farm southeast of Belmond where they lived from 1950 until retiring to Belmond in 1984. Lorene actively helped Fred farm and sometimes drove a tractor and operated other farm machinery. Lorene was a member of the Immanuel Reformed Church, the Latimer Legion Auxiliary, and served as a youth group leader and a 4-H leader. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, baking, quilting, playing cards, and bus trips.

Lorene was preceded in death by her husband; parents; sister, Clara Hopkey; and brother, Elmer Waltzing. Survivors include daughters, Joy (Dave) Bonin of Belmond, Charlene (Rod) Plagman of Storm Lake, Shirley (Dave) Birkenholz of Newton, Sandra (Roger) Guhl of Gahanna, Ohio; son, Jonathan (Tami) Suntken of Belmond; grandchildren, Michelle (Mike) Collignon, Jeremy (Erica) Plagman, David P. (Brooke) Bonin, Jason Plagman, Sara and Brian Birkenholz, Lindsey and Jordan Guhl, Katelyn, Kellen, Kendrick and Kirsten Suntken; and great-grandchildren, Colton and Liberty Bonin.

January 25, 2005
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