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Anna Whitlatch
ANNA WHITLATCH
Marion
Anna M. Whitlatch, 79, of Marion, died peacefully on Nov. 18, 2014, at Mercy Hospital of Iowa City Hospice Unit. A memorial service and celebration of life will be held at Ascension Lutheran Church in Marion at a later date, with Pastor Linda Livingston. Arrangements are with Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Marion.
She is survived by her former husband, Aryl (Joyce) Whitlatch; six children, Tom (Julie) Whitlatch, Kathy (Mike) Wyatt, Angela (Larry) Eberly, Chris Whitlatch, Tony (Sandi Ahomana) Whitlatch and Barbara (James) Vaughan; six grandchildren, Tina (John) Grace, Casey Waddell, Jessica Medlin, Jared Jacobson, Justin Jacobson and Amber Padovano; and six great-grandchildren.
Anna was born Sept. 2, 1935, in Knoxville, Iowa, to Tryntje "Tina" and William Arnts. At the age of 20 she married Aryl Whitlatch. They spent a year in Germany where she gave birth to their first of six children.
Anna was a member of Ascension Lutheran Church in Marion for several years. Her first job in life was as a car hop on roller skates at A&W Root Beer in Knoxville, Iowa. She also worked as a telephone operator, waitress, banker and a cook in nursing homes in Marion in her last years of working prior to a stroke in her early 60s. She enjoyed square dancing in her 20s and 30s and took up line dancing with her daughters in her 50s. She also enjoyed traveling, listening to music such as big band, Simon and Garfunkel, Frank Sinatra and Patsy Cline, to name a few, sewing, cross stitch and attending the Pella Tulip Festival in Pella, Iowa.
Anna never met a stranger and touched the hearts and lives of so many people in her lifetime. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother and will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
A special thanks to Tina Grace, Mercy Hospital of Iowa City and the Hospice Unit staff, Shirley (CNA) of Iowa City Hospice and Becky Behrens.
Please share your support and condolences with Anna's family on her celebration wall at www.stewartbaxter.com under obituaries.
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