Reinhardt, Joan Louise

Funeral services for Joan Louise Reinhardt, 72, of Tipton, who died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, in Willow Gardens Nursing Home, Marion, will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton, with Pastor Paul Frederiksen officiating. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be at a later date.

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A memorial fund has been established in her memory.

Joan was born July 5, 1939, in Burlington, Iowa. She was the daughter of Francis and Florence Raue Koehler. She was a 1957 graduate of St. John's Catholic High School in Burlington. Joan was united in marriage to Delbert Morse in October 1958. They later divorced.

On April 25, 1992, Joan was united in marriage to Robert Earl Reinhardt in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was a member of the Christian Faith, past member of the Sweet Adeline's Singers and loved working with children and was very involved in the children's preschool programs. Joan was a Blue Star mother and grandmother.

Joan is survived by her husband, Robert Reinhardt of Tipton; daughters, Karen Morse of Cedar Rapids, and Christina (Todd) Goodman of Hiawatha; sons, Dell (Carilyn) Morse of Cedar Rapids, David Morse of Marion, and Robert (Miranda) Morse of Burlington; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; sisters, Nancy (Dean) Rickets of Oquawka, Ill., and Sally Koehler of the Quad Cities; and stepchildren, Kenneth Reinhardt of Marion, Wesley (Teresa) Reinhardt of Tama, Cheryl (Matthew) Therrien of Kansas City, Kan., Deann Mease of Walford, and Janean Knepper of Kansas City, Kan.

She was preceded in death by her parents and stepdaughter, Elaine Fleck.

Published in The Gazette Feb. 21, 2012.