Mary (Erdman) PRINGNITZ

PRINGNITZ, ERDMAN, KALKWARF, LEE, JOHNSON, FAULKNER, PIERCE, ROONEY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/11/2009 at 09:21:33

November 3, 2009
Belmond Independent, Iowa

Mary Pringnitz, 96, died October 26, 2009 at the Kanawha Community Home. Services were held November 2 at St. John Lutheran Church in Belmond, with Pastor James Harbaugh officiating. Interment was at the Belmond Cemetery. Mary, daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth Erdman, was born January 1, 1913 in Maywood, IL. She was baptized in the Lutheran Church in Maywood, confirmed in the Cuba Church north of Kanawha, and attended rural schools in the Kanawha and Belmond area. She married Arthur Pringnitz on January 27, 1937 at St. John Lutheran in Belmond. The couple was proud of their farming operation. They worked together on the farm until 1975 when they retired and moved to Belmond. Mary and Art were always very proud of their adopted daughter Karen. Art and Mary enjoyed traveling and spending winters in Mesa, AZ, and their trips to Ohio to visit their daughter and family. Mary was a great cook and enjoyed spending time with family and friends over a cup of coffee. Playing cards, gardening and flowers were just a few of her passions. She was a member of St. John Lutheran.

Preceding in death were her parents; husband; brother Harold "Sonny" Erdman; and sisters Mollie Kalkwarf, Hilda Lee, Minnie Johnson, Betty Faulkner and Ann Pierce. Survivors are her daughter Karen (Phil) Rooney; grandson Jeffrey Rooney; and great grandchildren Maxwell, Mega and Madelyn, all of Hamilton, OH.