Alice Elaine (Reichardt) NEAL

NEAL, REICHARDT, RUCH, HART

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/12/2008 at 22:55:38

GARNER - A. Elaine Neal, 70, of Garner, died Sunday (Aug. 10, 2008) at Ravenwood Nursing and Rehab Center in Waterloo. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at the United Methodist Church in Garner with the Rev. David Wagner officiating. Inurnment will be in Concord Township Cemetery in Garner. Visitation will be held from 5 until 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Garner and will continue one hour prior to services at the church.

Alice Elaine Neal, the daughter of Edward and Vinice (Ruch) Reichardt, was born on July 24, 1938, at Fontanelle. She attended school at Garner and Belmond. On Sept. 28, 1958, she was married to Larry G. Neal at the United Methodist Church in Belmond. They lived in Garner, where Elaine helped Larry at Glen's Pontiac. Elaine was active in the Garner community and was instrumental in starting God's Pantry and the Garner Community Thanksgiving dinner. In her retirement years, she taught Mexican cooking classes at North Iowa Area Community College and led mission trips to Mexico. In March of 2008, she moved to her daughter's home in Cedar Falls and in July entered Ravenwood Nursing and Rehab Center in Waterloo. She was a member of the Garner United Methodist Church and UMW.

Elaine is survived by her children, Mark (Kate) Neal of Clear Lake and Lori (Tom) Hart of Cedar Falls; three grandchildren, Amber Neal, Alex Hart and Darby Hart; a great-grandson, Ethan Neal; a brother, Dale (Vi) Reichardt of Garner; three nieces; a nephew and many greatnieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry, May 8, 2004; her parents and an infant sister.

Mason City Globe Gazette
August 12, 2008