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Edith Lenette Feuerhelm
September 14, 1916 — February 28, 2015
Edith L. Feuerhelm, 98, of Postville, IA, formerly of Waukon, IA, died Saturday, February 28, 2015, at Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert, AZ. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 7th, at 11:00 AM at First Presbyterian Church in Waukon, with Pastor Grant VanderVelden and Rev. Gary Catterson officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Friday at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon. Memorials may be made to Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon.
Edith Lenette Feuerhelm was born September 14, 1916, in Waukon, IA, the daughter of Leonard James and Martha Jane (Barthell) Bulman. She was baptized at Mt Hope Presbyterian Church in rural New Albin, IA, and confirmed at First Presbyterian Church in Waukon. Edith graduated from Waukon High School in 1934. On June 22, 1936 she married Charles Arthur Feuerhelm in Lansing, IA. She was the bookkeeper for Feuerhelm Mfg. in Waukon for many years. Edith moved to Postville in the early 90's.
Edith was a member of First Presbyterian Church where she was involved with the women's groups. When Edith moved to Postville she became a member of Community Presbyterian Church. She enjoyed cooking, baking especially apple pies that she was very well known for. Edith also enjoyed playing cards especially Bridge, traveling throughout the United States and to Europe, sewing, quilting, feeding and watching the birds and spending time with her family.
Survivors include her daughter Lorraine (Dwaine) Nordhus of Postville; three grandchildren: Brent (Ema) Nordhus of Delano, MN, Steven (Rene) Nordhus of Rochester, MN, and Deb (Daren) Shaffer of Monona, IA; eight great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and one sister Charlotte Reeder of Waukon. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband Charles who died in 1971; and a brother Charles Bulman.
Casketbearers are Brent, Steven, Charlie, Travis, and Jarred Nordhus, Daren Shaffer, and Trever Sieg.
Edith Lenette Feuerhelm was born September 14, 1916, in Waukon, IA, the daughter of Leonard James and Martha Jane (Barthell) Bulman. She was baptized at Mt Hope Presbyterian Church in rural New Albin, IA, and confirmed at First Presbyterian Church in Waukon. Edith graduated from Waukon High School in 1934. On June 22, 1936 she married Charles Arthur Feuerhelm in Lansing, IA. She was the bookkeeper for Feuerhelm Mfg. in Waukon for many years. Edith moved to Postville in the early 90's.
Edith was a member of First Presbyterian Church where she was involved with the women's groups. When Edith moved to Postville she became a member of Community Presbyterian Church. She enjoyed cooking, baking especially apple pies that she was very well known for. Edith also enjoyed playing cards especially Bridge, traveling throughout the United States and to Europe, sewing, quilting, feeding and watching the birds and spending time with her family.
Survivors include her daughter Lorraine (Dwaine) Nordhus of Postville; three grandchildren: Brent (Ema) Nordhus of Delano, MN, Steven (Rene) Nordhus of Rochester, MN, and Deb (Daren) Shaffer of Monona, IA; eight great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and one sister Charlotte Reeder of Waukon. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband Charles who died in 1971; and a brother Charles Bulman.
Casketbearers are Brent, Steven, Charlie, Travis, and Jarred Nordhus, Daren Shaffer, and Trever Sieg.
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