Steuri, Martha

Martha Steuri, 87, of Monticello, died Monday, April 25, 2011, at Silvercrest of Anamosa, following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 28, at the Peace United Church of Christ, Monticello, with interment in the Oakwood Cemetery. The Rev. Peter Wenzel will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello.

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Surviving are five children, Linda (Lester) Stahlberg of Hopkinton, Jean (Denny) Arduser, Bev (Bob) Rickels, Gary (Jenny) Steuri and Jerry (Beth Clark) Steuri, all of Monticello; 10 grandchildren; 25, great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; two brothers-in-law, Paul and Don Steuri; and three sisters-in-law, Delephine Wennekamp, Edna Gadient and Shirley Steuri.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Herman in 2008; a great-grandson, Shawn Stahlberg; her son-in-law, Denny Arduser; two brothers, Bill and Jack Wennekamp; and three sisters, Mate Rink, Ann White and Maria Wennekamp.

Martha Georgiana Wennekamp was born Feb. 22, 1924, in Wayne Township, Jones County, Iowa. She was the daughter of Gerd and Anka Husmann Wennekamp. She received her education in the Amber area schools. Martha worked as a nurse's aid at John McDonald Hospital in Monticello. Martha married Herman Steuri on March 23, 1944, at St. Johns Lutheran Church, rural Monticello. The couple farmed in Richland Township before moving to their farm in Hardscabble.

Martha loved being a farm wife. She enjoyed yodeling to the cattle and helping with the farm chores, hunting deer, squirrels and mushrooms. She liked being with her family on Sunday drives up along the river or to Wisconsin. Best of all she loved being a wife, mother and grandmother and great-grandmother.