Steckelberg, Alice C. (1919 – 2010)

STECKELBERG, PETERSEN, FREES, CAFFERY, KLEIN, MYERS, ATEN, HASS, WILSON

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/4/2013 at 20:27:51

Name of deceased: Alice Christine Steckelberg (nee Petersen)

Aged: 91 yrs, 4 mo, 27 days

Residence: Harlan, IA

Born: Jan. 24, 1919, rural Irwin, IA

Died: June 20, 2010, Myrtue Memorial Hospital, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Thursday, June 24, 2010, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Irwin, IA; Pastor Ron Rasmussen officiated. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery, Irwin, IA.

Survived by: Daughter, Rosemary (spouse, Alan) Klein of Kirkman, IA; sisters, Elsie Myers of Harlan, IA, and Charlotte Aten of Council Bluffs, IA; daughter-in-law, Pat Steckelberg; sisters-in-law, Viola (spouse, Lester) Hass, Norma Steckelberg, and Lila Petersen; brother-in-law, John Caffery; grandchildren, Brian (spouse, Jaime) Steckelberg of Shenandoah, IA, Mark (spouse, Joanna) Klein of Shoreview, MN, Melissa (spouse, Mike) Wilson of Eureka, MO, Jennifer Klein of Kirkman, IA, and Daniel (spouse, Dawn) Klein of Dubuque, IA; great-grandchildren, Brenner Klein, Aubree Klein, Emery Klein, Claire Wilson, Elise Wilson, Lauren Klein, Alyssa Klein, Joel Klein, and Olivia Steckelberg; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: parents, Hans Peter and Anna (nee Frees) Petersen; husband, Robert M. Steckelberg; son, Rickey Steckelberg; brothers, Norman Petersen and Orville Petersen; sister, Anna Caffery

Education: Polk Township Country School, through Grade 8

Marriage: Robert Max Steckelberg, Oct. 20, 1943, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Irwin, IA

Employment: upon leaving school, worked as a hired girl for area farmers; after marriage, farmed with spouse; until 2000, did yard work and snow removal with spouse for others

Hobbies/Interests: member, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Irwin, IA, where she was a member of the American Lutheran Church Women; enjoyed baking, embroidering , sewing, tending her vegetable garden, canning

Source: burmeisterjohannsen.com