Nona Helene (Hefty) DOLDER

DOLDER, HEFTY, GRAY, WANEK, LUEDERS, SANDHORST

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/6/2008 at 10:40:34

Gazette, The (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA)
May 21, 2008

Nona Helene Dolder, 68, was born in Renwick, Iowa, on May 12, 1940, the sixth of seven children born to Dick S. and Rosamond (Gray) Hefty, and was carried away in the loving arms of Jesus on May 19, 2008, after a 7-1/2 year courageous battle with pain. She was in her own home surrounded by her family, friends, and hospice personnel at her passing. A celebration of life will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at St. Mary's Auditorium in Oxford. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday before the services at the auditorium. A family burial will occur at a later date in Oxford Cemetery. Memorial donations can be made in Nona's memory to the Hands of Christ Worship or Iowa City Hospice.

Nona attended several schools in Humboldt County and returned to graduate as salutatorian with her original class at Boone Valley High School. She was confirmed in the E.U.B. Church. On July 13, 1958, she was married to Harry Dolder at the E.U.B. Church in Renwick and the couple lived in Seneca, Ill., Grinnell, Iowa, and Iowa City while Harry worked for the Rock Island Railroad, finally settling in Oxford in 1967. After her second child was in school, Nona worked as a grocery clerk in Oxford and in 1972, became store manager at the couple's TV store. She was a lover of nearly all kinds of music and loved to sing in the choir. Nona was a Cub Scout Den Mother and a charter member of Hands of Christ Worship Center.

Nona is survived by her devoted husband, Harry; two sons, Bruce (Diane) and Brent (Caroline), both of Iowa City; five grandchildren, Jonathan and his fiancee, Carleen Wanek, and Benjamin, Tyler, Kelsey and Jeremy, all of Iowa City; two sisters, Donna Lueders of Omaha and Patricia (Norman) Sandhorst of Kansas City; two brothers, Robert (Jean) of Florence, and Philip (Pam) of Wendell, Idaho; and many cousins, nieces, nephews and good friends. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Dick Art and Henry. Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service is caring for Nona's family and her services.