Henrietta Klouda

HENRIETTA KLOUDA

Ely

Henrietta Hekl Klouda, 100, died Thursday, July 3, 2014, at Living Center East, Cedar Rapids. Services will begin with a visitation from 9:30 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Monday, July 7, at Morgan Funeral Choices in Mount Vernon. Burial: 1:30 p.m., St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.

Surviving Henrietta are two daughters, Irene and Bill Novak and Jean Zach, both of Ely; 12 grandchildren; 18 great-grand-children; 22 great-great-grandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; nine stepgreat-great-grandchildren; and five stepgreat-great-great-grandchildren.

Preceding Henrietta in death were her husband; a brother, Milo Hekl; sisters, Olga Short and Lottie Louvar; a son-in-law, Adolph Zach; a great-granddaughter; and a stepgreat-great-granddaughter.

Henrietta was born Aug. 10, 1913, in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of Frank and Anna Pesina Hekl. After graduation from Washington High School in January 1932, she married Henry Klouda on June 21, 1932. The couple settled on a farm in Norway and later moved to the Ely area, where they farmed. She worked at Armstrong's Department Store in Cedar Rapids for many years. Henrietta and Henry bought Hank's Tavern in Ely, where Henrietta cooked until their retirement.

She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. She was a charter member of the Blue Willow Club for Ladies and a site manager for Senior Dining in Ely.

A memorial fund in Henrietta's honor has been established.

Online condolences: www.morganfuneral choices.com.