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Elsie Watters | Visitation:
Friday, August 21, 2009
4:00 PM until 7:00 PM
Kearns Funeral Service
3146 Kimball Avenue
Waterloo, IA 50702
Visitation:
Saturday, August 22, 2009
10:00 AM until 11:00 AM
American Lutheran Church
Jesup, IA
Service:
Saturday, August 22, 2009
11:00 AM
American Lutheran Church
Jesup, IA
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| | | Elsie LaVerne (Gutknecht) Watters, 82, of Jesup died Tuesday, August 18, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo.
She was born November 21, 1926 in Rural Hudson the daughter of Ernest and Matilda (Engel) Gutknecht. She married Lyle Elliot Watters on July 25, 1945 in rural Hudson. They shared 63 wonderful years before his passing on May 9, 2008. Elsie and Lyle shared their love of children of all ages as Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus putting smiles on many faces during the Christmas season.
A lifetime farm wife, mother and homemaker, she still found time to be active as a 4-H Leader, 4-H County Committee, Farm Bureau, American Lutheran Church, Rural Women’s Study Club and an Allen Hospital Volunteer. She also served on the Black Hawk County Board of Adjustment and enjoyed sorting corn for Pioneer Seed.
She will be greatly missed and is survived by her five children: Roger (Carolyn) Watters of Lisbon, NY, Elaine (Larry) Bearbower of Vinton, David Watters of Jesup, Bonnie Walden of Marengo, and Peggy (Linn) Bearbower of Vinton. There are eleven grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren with another due in November. She is also survived by a sister Florence Wrede of Hudson, a brother; Carl Gutknecht of Cedar Falls and many beloved nieces, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lyle; her parents, Ernest and Matilda Gutknecht and a brother, Ernest.
Services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, August 22, at the American Lutheran Church, Jesup, with burial in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery Rural Hudson.
Those who wish may direct memorials to the church.
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