Bessie Anna (Meints) KADUCE

KADUCE, MEINTS, KIELMAN, GOBELI, SANDERS, VANHORN, HALL, GOMEZ, HILL, LANE, RINK, CARLSON, ANDERSON, VITERI, WEAVER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/19/2007 at 23:08:22

BELMOND - Bessie Anna Kaduce, 94, a lifelong resident of the Belmond-Meservey area, died Tuesday (Oct. 16, 2001) at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Bessie Meints was born Sept. 14, 1907, on her parent's farm in Avery Township, Hancock County, near Meservey, the daughter of Abner and Grace (Kielman) Meints. She attended rural school. Bessie married Johannes "Joe" Kaduce on Sept. 13, 1930, at the Reformed Church Parsonage in Klemme. Following their marriage the couple farmed with Joe's brother on a farm that the brothers had purchased together. In addition to farming with her husband, Bessie was a lifelong homemaker. She had worked in housekeeping at the Belmond Hospital from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s when she retired. Bessie and Joe moved to Belmond following Joe's retirement from farming in 1964. They lived for a number of years in their own home before becoming residents of the Leinbach Center Retirement complex in Belmond, where she had been a resident for the last 15 years. Her husband preceded her in death on June 20, 1998. Most of Bessie's life centered on her husband, siblings, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and friends. Bessie loved hosting family dinners, holidays and various other family gatherings. She always kept track of birthdays and other special occasions in her family's lives. A favorite activity she enjoyed was visiting over tea, cookies and cake with her friends and family. She loved canning, baking and dining out. She and her husband had enjoyed traveling and had been to many places including Hawaii and Florida. They also enjoyed going dancing at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake. Bessie had received her "Honorary" High School Diploma from Meservey High School at age 90. She was known by everyone as "Grandma" and her grandchildren considered her their best friend. Bessie was a lifelong member of the Reformed Church, attending both in Meservey and at Immanuel Reformed Church in Belmond.

Those left to cherish the memory of her life are her two daughters, Marlene and Leonard Gobeli, and Cynthia Sanders, all of Mason City; her grandchildren, James, Douglas, Dale, Jeffrey and Laura Gobeli. Teresa VanHorn, Gregory Hall, Monica Gomez, Melissa Hill, Lisa Lane, Matt Rink and Tony Carlson; great-grandchildren, Lance, Jennifer, Timothy, Jesse and Jake Gobeli, Ashley, Zachery and Mallory Lane, Elizabeth and Ericka Anderson, Anna and Jenna VanHorn, Amelia Viteri, Joshua, Allysa and Alexandra Hill, Courtney and Haley Rink, Grant Carlson and Joey Hall; four great-great-grandchildren, Irie, Tatin, Hunter and Vincent. Also many, many, nieces and nephews. Bessie was preceded in death by her parents, Abner and Grace; her husband, Joe; her daughter, Mavis Weaver; an infant brother, Herman; a grandson, Micheal Dale Gobeli; two great-grandchildren, Bess Amanda VanHorn and Charles Anthony Carlson; brothers, Alfred, Abbie and Herman Sr.; sisters, Minnie, Amanda, Elizabeth, Gertie, Irma and Grace; and a son-in-law, Bud Weaver. Funeral services are set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Immanuel Reformed Church in Belmond, with Pastor Robert Ford officiating. Burial will be in the Immanuel Church Cemetery in Belmond. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday at the Tenold Funeral Home in Belmond and will continue from 9:30 a.m. until time of services on Saturday at the church. Memorials may be given to Hospice or to the donor's choice. Tenold Funeral Home.

October 18, 2001
Mason City Globe Gazette