Engelina SCHULTE

SCHULTE, FASTENAU, DWAN, SCHULTE-DWAN, ANHORN, BECKMAN, BURKE, PEARSON, DEMARS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/13/2010 at 11:26:45

April 7, 1931 -- September 14, 2010

THORNTON, IA - Engelina "Ann" Schulte, 79, of Thornton died Tuesday (Sept. 14, 2010) at University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. today (Saturday, Sept. 18) at First Reformed Church, Meservey, with the Rev. Rodney Meester officiating. Interment will be at Pleasant View Cemetery, Thornton. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Retz Funeral Home, Meservey, is in charge of arrangements.

Engelina was born April 7, 1931, on a farm northwest of Thornton, Iowa, to John and Adeline (Fastenau) Schulte. Ann attended country school, and graduated from Swaledale High School in 1950. After graduation she helped her parents on their farm north of town, sold Avon for 25 years and worked at Casey's in Clear Lake for 18 years. She was a lifetime member of the First Reformed Church of Meservey, Iowa. She was an active participant in the RCWM Ladies Aid, the "As You Like It" Club and the Swaledale Garden Club. Ann loved gardening, mowing the lawn on the farm, driving her car, traveling and talking with people. She even loved sports of all kinds - she loved life.

She is survived by a sister, Mary Rebecca Schulte-Dwan, Mesa, Ariz.; sister-in-law, Jane Schulte, St. Paul, Minn.; nieces and nephews, Debra (Jack) Anhorn, Waterloo; Diane (Terry) Beckman, St. Paul, Minn.; Douglas John (Dora) Schulte, San Diego, Calif.; Lori Burke, Mesa, Ariz.; and Sharlene Dwan, Clarkdale, Ariz.; great-nieces and great-nephews, Brian (and friend Chandra) Anhorn, Brent Anhorn and Bradley Anhorn, Waterloo; Lindsey (Dana) Pearson, St. Paul, Minn.; Jennifer (Charlie) DeMars, Osceola, Wis.; Gina Schulte, San Diego, Calif.; and Adeline and Samantha Burke, Mesa, Ariz.; great-great- nieces and great-great-nephews, Alex Pearson, St. Paul, Minn., and Rylee Anhorn, Waterloo; and many friends and relatives too numerous to list. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Wilke Schulte. Retz Funeral Home, Meservey.

Mason City Globe Gazette -- Iowa
September 18, 2010