- CASCADE, Iowa -- Jeanette R. Fangmann, 89, of 920 3rd Ave. S.E., Cascade, died at 8:50 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, at Shady Rest Care Center, Cascade.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 9, at St. Martin's Catholic Church, Cascade, with the Rev. Douglas Loecke officiating. Burial will be held in Calvary Cemetery, Cascade. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 8, at Reiff Funeral Home, Cascade, where there will be a Catholic Daughters of the Americas rosary recited at 5:30 p.m. and a wake service at 8 p.m.
She was born on Jan. 8, 1921, in Worthington, daughter of Hillarius "Hilar" N. and Mary Emerence (Engler) Smith. She received her education at St. Paul's School, Worthington.
She married Louis Fangmann on May 20, 1941, at St. Paul's Catholic Church, Worthington; he preceded her in death on July 23, 2010. She was a devoted and loving wife to Louis for the 69 years of their marriage. The couple farmed in the rural Cascade area, until their retirement.
She was a member of St. Mathias Parish, Cascade.
Jeanette enjoyed gardening and working in her flower beds.
Surviving are seven children, Karen (Carl) Kelchen, of Cascade, Thomas (Linda) Fangmann, of Ely, Carol Jean (James) Triplett, of Bull Shoals, Ark., Larry (Vicki) Fangmann, of Cascade, Mary Jo (Joseph) Wagner, of Anamosa, Lee Fangmann, of Cascade, and Joannie Knapp, of Dubuque; 18 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; two brothers, Alfred (Rose) Smith, of Cascade, and Howard (Leona) Smith, of Bayfield, Wis.; two sisters, Eileen (Wendell) Watson, of Jamesville, and Carolyn (Virgil) Hunt, of Edgewood; and a sister-in-law, Betty Smith, of Onslow.
She also was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Jim Fangmann, in April of 1958; three sisters, Ruth and Margie Smith, both in infancy, and Germaine McElmeel; and four brothers, George, Louis, Emmett and Cletus Smith.
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1921 - 2010 (89 years)
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