Pamela Wachal

PAMELA J. WACHAL

Independence

Pamela J. Wachal, 57, of Quasqueton, Iowa, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, at her home in rural Quasqueton.

Pam was born on May 11, 1959, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Guy Carlton and Alice Jane (Mitchell) Ilick. She was a 1977 graduate of Washington High School in Cedar Rapids. For several years, she worked for United Fire & Casualty Insurance Company in Cedar Rapids. She moved to Independence, Iowa, with her children in 1988 and finally made her home on the Franck farm in rural Quasqueton in 2001. Pam was the matriarch of the family who loved and cherished her children and grandchildren, and accepted the Franck family as her own. She enjoyed gardening, NASCAR racing and hockey.

She is preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by her husband, Keith Franck, Winthrop, Iowa; seven children, Hans (Jamie) Wachal, Chase Wachal and Easton (Dillon) Kuda, all of Cedar Rapids, Sophia Franck, Waverly, Iowa, Laura (Chris Taylor) Franck, Menomonee Falls, Wis., Edward (Jessica) Franck, Thibodaux, La., and Joseph Franck, Enid, Okla.; 11 grandchildren; and a sister, Denise (Scott) Bellmer, Cedar Rapids.

Also surviving are a special friend, Rita Norris; and a niece, Carleigh Bellmer.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Reiff Funeral Home & Crematory, Independence, with the Rev. Bob Solon officiating. Burial will be in the Quasqueton Cemetery, Quasqueton. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the American Alzheimer's Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Floor 17, Chicago, IL 60601.

To leave an online condolence, please go to www.reifffuneralhome.com under obituaries.