| Alvy Schoenherr
Mass of the Christian burial for Alvy T. Schoenherr of Glidden
will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 20, 1996, at St. Elizabeth Seton
Catholic Church in Glidden.
Mr. Schoenherr, 79, died Wednesday, April 17, 1996, at St.
Anthony Regional Hospital following a brief illness.
The Rev. Richard Kielbasa and the Rev. Richard Remmes, a cousin
of Mrs. Schoenherr, will concelebrate the Mass. Lector will be Sister
Consilia Schoenherr. Gift bearers will be Matt Steffes, Jill Schoenherr
and Jamie Schoenherr. Mass servers will be Marie Schoenherr, Mark
Steffes and Kristin Kennebeck.
Casket bearers will be grandsons: Jeff Melners, Ryan Kasperbauer,
Robb Steffes, Shaun Melners, Dan Schoenherr and Nick Steffes. Honorary
casket bearers will be granddaughters: Julie Schoenherr, Jaci Melners,
Laura Schoenherr, Kala Kasperbauer, Debbie Schoenherr and Marcie Schoenherr.
Burial will be in Merle Hay Memorial Cemetery at Glidden. Friends
called and a rosary was recited this afternoon at Dahn and Woodhouse
Funeral Home in Glidden. A Christian wake service will be held tonight
at 7:30 at the funeral home.
Born Sept. 13, 1916, at Mapleton, he was the son of Mike and
Elizabeth (Zeiman) Schoenherr. He attended St. Mary School in Mapleton.
He and Helene Staley were married on Feb. 7, 1944, at St. Mary
Catholic Church at Ute. After their marriage, they farmed north of Ute.
The Schoenherrs farmed in Guthrie County until 1952 and have been
farming in the Glidden area since 1957.
Mr. Schoenherr was a member of St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife, Helene, of Glidden; five children and
their spouses: Jim Schoenherr and his wife, Carlyn, of Glidden, Ielene
Steffes and her husband, Larry, of Spencer, Jeanine Melners and her
husband, Ron, of Carroll, Kathie Kasperbauer and her husband, Dennis, of
Spencer and Jude Schoenherr and his wife, Judy, of Dow City; 17
grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; five sisters: Sister Consilia
Schoenherr of Sioux City, Bernice Hageman of Charter Oak, Sister Eileen
Schoenherr of Cedar Rapids, Stella Dietz and her husband, Paul, of Des
Moines, and Nora Flanigan and her husband, Joe, of Mapleton.
Mr. Schoenherr was preceded in death by his parents; three
sisters: Theresa Schoenherr, Rita Weber and Clara Pewick; a brother,
Paul Schoenherr; and a daughter-in-law, Lois Schoenherr, in 1993.
(The Times Herald, Carroll, Iowa, Friday, April 19, 1996, p. 2) |
