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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Huckstadt, Jolene Leigh
Funeral services for Jolene Leigh Huckstadt, 78, of Bennett, who died Wednesday, June 15, 2011, will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 20, at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton, with Pastor Barbra Keiper officiating. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be Inland Cemetery, Bennett.
Jolene was born Oct. 16, 1932, in McGregor, Iowa, the daughter of Fred and Jessie Mae (Vaughn) Bachtell. She was a 1950 graduate of Mar-Mac High School. On Nov. 14, 1952, Jolene was united in marriage to her high school sweetheart, William “Huck” Huckstadt, in San Diego, Calif.
Jolene is loved and survived by her daughter, Lori Dunn of Bennett; sons, Bill Huckstadt of Bennett and Kim (Luanne) Huckstadt of Maquoketa; grandson, Tate Huckstadt of Maquoketa; sisters, Martha Stuckey of Prairie du Chien, Wis., and Betty Allert of McGregor; twin sister, Janet (Joe) Craig of Carmel, Ind.; and brother, Jack (Joyce) Bachtell of Hiawatha.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.
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A memorial fund has been established in her memory.