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Lilith Kickbush
LILITH KICKBUSH
Guttenberg
Lilith J. Kickbush, 102, of Guttenberg, died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, at the Edgewood Convalescent Home in Edgewood after a long and blessed life.
Lilith was born Feb. 24, 1912, near Millville, the
daughter of Charles and Ida Mae (Tinkey) Troester. Her early years were spent helping on the family farm and attending Friedlein School. She also worked for the Kuempel family for a time. Lilith married Ernest W. Kickbush on Dec. 30, 1931, in Dubuque. They rented the Gike farm by Millville for eight years and in 1940, bought a farm on Skip Level Road near Colesburg. In 1968, they moved to a nearby farm house where they lived until moving to Guttenberg in 1991.
Lilith was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Mallory Mixers and Colesburg Garden Club. She volunteered at the Guttenberg Meal Site until she was well into her 90s and received the Governor's Volunteer Award.
She made many beautiful quilts and doilies for her family and sewed over 600 quilt tops for Lutheran World Relief.
Lilith is survived by her children, Judith (Lorimer) Olson and Arlan Kickbush of Colesburg, Marilyn Koehler of Dubuque and Lareen (Clark) Gull of Marion; 10 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; two stepgreat-grand-children; eight great-great-grand-children; along with nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ernest in 1999; sister, Marguerite (Ervin) Kickbush; brothers, Leon (Darlene) and Dwight (Jane) Troester; son-in-law, Ted Koehler; and daughter-in-law, Anne Kickbush.
Arrangements are being handled by Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 207 S. First St., Guttenberg, where the family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, and one hour before services at the church. Funeral service will be at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Guttenberg, at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8. The Rev. Shane Anderson will officiate. Interment will be at Bethel Cemetery, rural Osterdock.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred and they may be sent to either St. Paul Lutheran Church in Guttenberg or Bethel Cemetery.
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