| Steve Espenhover
Carroll
Mass of the Christian burial for Steve Espenhover of Carroll
will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006, at Holy Spirit Catholic
Church in Carroll.
Mr. Espenhover, 52, died Friday, Sept. 8, at Omaha, Neb.
The Rev. James McCormick will preside at the Mass. Lector will be
Tom Espenhover. Servers will be Travis Espenhover and Maggie Espenhover.
Gift bearers will be Mr. Espenhover's godchildren: Allison Heinrich,
Heidi Mart, Chris Hinners and Jason Hinners; and his grandson, Ethan
Espenhover. Eucharistic minister will be Tom Espenhover.
Casket bearers will be Mr. Espenhover's brothers: Duane, Dave,
Joe, Tom, Jerry and Paul Espenhover. Ehlers-Gerken American Legion Post
and Jeff Adams, Tracey Norton, Sam Lewis, Dutch Kuttner, Craig White,
Dave Rabideaux and Bruce Hollingsworth will form an honor guard.
Burial will be in Holy Angels Cemetery at Roselle.
Visitation starts at 2:30 p.m., a rosary will be prayed at 3 p.m.
and a vigil will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Twit Funeral Home in
Carroll. Visitation will resume at 9 a.m. Thursday at the church.
A son of Joseph H. and Helen (Turner) Espenhover, he was born
Dec. 16, 1953, at Carroll, attended St. Mary High School at Colorado
Springs, Colo., and earned an associate degree at Des Moines Area
Community College in Carroll.
He served in the Army from 1972 to 1977.
He was employed by Florence Nursing Home in Omaha, Neb.
Mr. Espenhover was a former member of Holy Spirit Parish in
Carroll and enjoyed hunting, fishing, working outdoors and his dog Charlie.
Survivors include a son, Adam Espenhover, and his wife, Holly, of
Italy; a daughter, Ashleigh Espenhover, of Des Moines; a grandson, Ethan
Espenhover, of Italy; six brothers: Duane Espenhover and wife June of
Kearney, Neb., David Espenhover and wife Maxine of Orleans, Neb., Joe
Espenhover Jr. and wife Jane of Carroll, Tom Espenhover and wife Julie
of Carroll, Jerry Espenhover of Carroll and Paul Espenhover and wife
Cindy of Carroll; and six sisters: Judy Hinners and husband Arden of
Carroll, Jane Eischeid and husband Donald of Halbur, Shirley Vogel and
husband Kenny of Carroll, Helen Hinners and husband Richard of Halbur,
Carol Ramsey and husband Dave of Templeton and Cindy Heinrichs and
husband Scott of Breda.
Mr. Espenhover was preceded in death by his parents; two
brothers: Eugene and Gerard Espenhover; two sisters: Debra and Mary
Espenhover; a niece, Amy Hinners; and a nephew, Eugene Hinners.
(Daily Times Herald, Carroll, Iowa, Tuesday, September 12, 2006) |
