Anna Adaline (Tanner) CAROLUS

CAROLUS, JONTZ, JUHL, RAYHONS, ABBAS, BEIER, FREEL, RALSTON, CAMPOS, TANNER, SCHWICHTENBERG, HOUDEK, PRESCOTT, JOHNSTON, HARMS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/2/2009 at 11:26:52

May 7, 2003

Anna A. Carolus, 87, of Garner, died on Thursday, May 1, 2003, at the Good Samaritan Center, Forest City. Her funeral was held on Monday, May 5, at the United Methodist Church in Klemme, with the Rev. Paddy Druhl officiating. Music was provided by organist, Margaret Tue who accompanied congregational hymns. Ushers were Everett Guth and John Schwichtenberg. Casket bearers were her grandchildren, David Jontz, Carol Ann Juhl, Dale Rayhons, Sara Abbas, Gary Rayhons, Rodney Beier, Randy Beier, Jeff Beier, Jill Freel, Barbara Ralston, Dawn Campos, Brad Carolus and Dan Carolus. Interment was in the Concord Township Cemetery, Garner. The Cataldo Funeral Home in Garner was in charge of the arrangements.

Anna Adaline Carolus, the daughter of Albert and Rosetta (Schwichtenberg) Tanner, was born on September 20, 1915 near Garner. She attended the rural schools of Ell Township, the Goodell High School and graduated from the Klemme High School in 1935. On January 21, 1936, she married Richard Carolus at the Methodist Parsonage in Clarion. They farmed in the Belmond and Klemme areas until 1971, when they retired and moved into Garner. Anna became a resident of the Concord Care Center in Garner in 1994 and later moved to the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City. She enjoyed cooking, baking and gardening. She was a life time member of the United Methodist Church in Klemme and the UMW.

Survivors include her children, Carolyn Jontz of San Bernardino, California, Marvalyn Rayhons and her husband, Henry of Garner, Donna Beier and her husband, Robert of Pleasantville and Keith Carolus and his wife, Roberta of Klemme; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; two brothers, George Tanner of Garner and Walter Tanner and his wife, Lois of Mason City; two sisters, Lorraine Houdek of Aurora, Minnesota and Beverly Prescott of Klemme; and a sister-in-law, Lucille Tanner of Mason City.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard on November 22, 1993; parents; a grandson, Thomas Jontz; a son-in-law, Denzel Jontz in 1991; two brothers, Ervin and Clair Tanner; and two sisters, Delores Johnston and Ione Harms.

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