Alice Mae (Rapp) MEINTS RAYHONS

RAYHONS, MEINTS, LYND, EMBERTSON, UPMEYER, CATALDO, KOLLMANN, REIS, HERNON, RAPP, NETLAND, NELSON, GILLES, RUPPERT, PRICE, WELFING, HISCOCKS, HANSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/16/2010 at 12:41:59

GARNER - Alice M. Meints Rayhons, 82, of Garner, died Thursday (Jan. 26, 2006) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Monday at the St. Boniface Catholic Church in Garner with Father Michael Schueller officiating. Burial will be in Ell Township Cemetery in Klemme. Visitation will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Garner with a Rosary Society rosary at 3 p.m., a Scriptural wake service at 5:30 p.m. and a VFW Auxiliary service at 6 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at the church. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of North Iowa or the American Cancer Society.

Alice Mae Meints Rayhons, the daughter of John and Karin (Lynd) Rapp, was born May 31, 1923, at Britt. She attended school at Britt. On Feb. 22, 1941, she was married to Marvin Richard Meints at Immanuel Reformed United Church of Christ in Klemme. They lived in Klemme, where Alice was a school cook for 15 years. Marvin passed away on March 18, 1978. Following his death, she continued to live in Klemme. On Aug. 16, 1979, she was married to Leonard Rayhons at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Garner. They lived on a farm northwest of Garner for the next 25 years. Alice loved spending time with her family, friends and neighbors. She enjoyed baking, gardening, flowers, dancing and playing cards. She was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church in Garner, Rosary Society and the Garner VFW Auxiliary.

Alice is survived by her children, Roger Meints, of San Diego, Calif., Dick (Sheryl) Meints, of Meservey, and Kathleen (Mike) Embertson of Mason City; grandchildren, Ronald Meints and Robert (Jessica) Meints all of San Diego, Calif.; four great-grandchildren; step-children, Marvin (Nancy) Rayhons, of Garner, and Jeanette (Allen) Upmeyer, of Clinton; step-grandchildren, Bonnie (Brian) Cataldo, Amy (Brian) Follmann, Cory (Jennifer) Upmeyer, Shane (Jennifer) Upmeyer and Darci (Jason) Reis; 10 step-great-grandchildren; sister, Shirley Netland, of Garner; a brother, Jack (Roz) Rapp of Caney, Kan.; half-sister, Mildred Hernon of Clear Lake; a brother-in-law, Alvin Nelson, of Klemme; sisters-in-law, Esther Rapp, of Garner, and Cynthia Rapp of Bronson, Texas; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Marvin in 1978 and Leonard in 2004; daughter-in-law, Mary Meints in 1994; sisters, Arlis Gilles, June Nelson, Bonnie Ruppert and Wanda Rapp in infancy; brothers, Harold, Dale and Calvin Rapp; half-sisters, Thelma Price, Elvera Welfing, Mavis Hiscocks and Evelyn Hanson; and half-brothers, Milbern and Raymond Rapp. Cataldo Funeral Home.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
January 28, 2006