Kerry Conrad

KERRY L. CONRAD

Central City

Kerry L. Conrad, 48, of Central City, died Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, at First United Church of Christ, Anamosa, with the Rev. Rodger Good officiating. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10, at Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa. Burial will be held at a later date. Face masks, properly fitted over the nose and mouth, will be required at all times at the funeral home and are encouraged at the church. Please visit www.goettschonline.com and share your thoughts, memories, stories and condolences with Kerry's family.

Kerry Lynn Ehlts was born Dec. 11, 1973, in Monticello, Iowa, the daughter of Richard and Kathy (Poppe) Ehlts. She attended Midland Community Schools and graduated from Midland High School in 1992. She later earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Public Administration from Upper Iowa University in Fayette. Kerry married Randy Conrad on July 24, 1993, at First United Church of Christ in Anamosa. She worked in the field of human resources and was most recently employed at the City of Highland Village in Texas.

Kerry loved playing (winning) euchre, time with her girlfriends including her most trusted "Team J.A.C.K" (Joni, Anita, Angie, Connie and Kerry), travel, cooking, reading and binge-watching television series. She loved to spend time with her family, which included her beloved companion, Rudy. She cherished raising her two beautiful children, Alex and Maddy. After 23 years of living and working in Texas and Virginia, Randy and Kerry recently moved back to their much-loved state of Iowa to be around friends and family.

Kerry is survived by her loving husband of 29 years, Randy; her children, Madeline (Chris) Vickrey, Plano, Texas, and Alex Conrad, Virginia Beach, Va.; her parents, Richard (Jane) Ehlts, Donnellson, and Kathy (Jim) Koerperich, Monticello; her mother-in-law, Janice (Harvey) Oltmanns, Anamosa; her brother, Shannon (Christina Kinoshita) Ehlts, Ankeny; brothers-in-law, Rickey (Erika) Conrad, Ross Conrad, Brent Gearhart, Brian Gearhart and Darrell Janssen; her nieces and nephews, Ari, Addi, Owen, Matt, Kahli, Mitch, Amanda, Alyssa, Bria, Aaron, Hunter and Josh; as well as her maternal grandparents, Henry and Lois Poppe; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her father-in-law, Allen Conrad; stepmother-in-law, Peggy Conrad; sister-in-law, Rhonda Janssen; and brother-in-law, Bruce Gearhart.