EILDERTS, Jennie 1913-2002

EILDERTS, SCHULTE, JOHNSON, BUSCH, SSCHIPP, COLLINS

Posted By: Jeffrey R. Phillips (email)
Date: 1/14/2005 at 23:09:19

Jennie Eilderts
By: 07/24/2002

January 26, 1913-July 19, 2002

APLINGTON-Jennie Eilderts, 89, of Aplington died Friday, July 19, 2002, at her home. Services were held Tuesday, July 23 at the First Reformed Church in Aplington with burial in Pleasant View Cemetery, Aplington. Rev. Harlan DeJong officiated.

Jennie was born Jan. 26, 1913, in Grundy County to Henry and Tena Schulte Johnson. She was educated in the Aplington schools and on Feb. 6, 1932, married Dick Eilderts at the First Reformed Church parsonage in Aplington. They farmed near Parkersburg and after her husband's death in 1968, she went to work for Maple Manor at Aplington where she worked until retiring in 1979. She was a member of the First Reformed Church and an active member of the Women's Guild. She enjoyed gardening, collecting tea cups, and traveling, especially on bus trips.

She is survived by a son, Marvin and wife Mildred of Parkersburg; three daughters, Viola Lanam and husband Ken of Scottsdale, Ariz., Delores Jungling and husband Ted of Aplington and Beverly Busch and husband Wendell of Cedar Falls; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; several stepgrandchildren; two sisters, Henrietta Schipp and Marjorie Collins, both of Waterloo; and a sister-in-law, Tillie Johnson, of Ackley. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a grandchild; two brothers; and two sisters.

Redman-Schwartz Funeral Chapel of Aplington was in charge of arrangements.

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