Dorothy Johanna Louise (Heidecker) WARD

WARD, HEIDECKER, KRAFT, RADDATZ, MEINTZ, KERR, EICHMANN, SHAHAN, LOVAN, CAREW, NUEHRING, HAAG, SMITH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/8/2008 at 12:02:39

Clear Lake Mirror Reporter, Iowa
October 30, 2007

Dorothy Johanna Louise Ward, 76, Clear Lake, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2001, at Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services were Friday, Nov. 30, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Clear Lake with the Rev. Kermit Roisen officiating. Burial was in the Clear Lake Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established in memory of Dorothy Louise Ward.

Dorothy Louise Ward was born on Dec. 10, 1924, in rural Corwith, the daughter of William and Elfreda Agnes (Kraft) Heidecker. She attended and received her education in the Renwick School system, graduating from Renwick High School. She also attended Hamilton Business College in Mason City. After completing her schooling she worked as a secretary for the Quaker Oats Elevator in Renwick. She was united in marriage to Donald G. Ward on June 2, 1945, in Renwick. After their marriage together they farmed near Whittemore, Corwith, and later in Clear Lake. He preceded her in death on Sept. 24, 1971, at which time she took over the ownership and management of the Cave Lounge in Clear Lake. Dorothy enjoyed crafts, embroidery, jigsaw puzzles, playing cards with her many friends at the Clear Lake VFW, and outdoor gardening, but her great love and enjoyment was her family and grandchildren. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and the adult bible study class.

Left to cherish her memory are her three daughters, Pamela Raddatz and her husband, Steve, from Oshkosh, Wis., Patricia Meints and her husband, Marlin "Slim", from Clear Lake, and Peggy Kerr and her husband, Mark, from Mt. Vernon; grandchildren, Art Eichmann and wife, Colleen, Fred Eichmann and wife, Stevie of Oshkosh, Wis., Michael Eichmann and his wife, Holly, of Garner, Jennifer Eichmann, of Largo, Fla., Mitch Raddatz and wife, Cindy, from Ripon, Wis., Wendy Shahan of Lake Mills, and Joseph Meints, of Clear Lake, Gabe Meints, of Clear Lake, Cheryl Lovan and husband, Chan, of Clear Lake, Kelly Carew and husband, Paul, of Ankeny, Iowa, Lindsey, Jackie, and Christopher Kerr, all of Mt. Vernon; 11 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Ruth Nuehring and husband, Art, of Clear Lake, Dorothy Haag of Algona, and Darlene Smith of Clear Lake; a brother-in-law, Chan Ward and his wife, Rosemary, of Clear Lake; as well as many nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a grandson, Donald Shahan; and a brother, Arnold Heidecker.