Rose Lortz

ROSE MARIE LORTZ Hiawatha Rose Marie Lortz, 88, of Hiawatha, passed away July 4, 2017, at Hiawatha Care Center. Funeral services: 10 a.m. Saturday, July 8, at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 8300 C Ave., Marion, with the Rev. Perry Fruhling officiating. Burial will be in South Amana Cemetery, South Amana. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 7, at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, and also one hour before the service on Saturday. Memorials can be contributed to St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Hiawatha, or the Amana Heritage Museum. Rose Marie is survived by two children, Terry (Nancy) Trimpe of Hiawatha and Teresa (Mike) David of Cedar Rapids; three stepchildren, Karen Nielsen of Pleasanton, Calif., Ruth (Charlie) Batzel of Windsor, Calif., and Mark (Patti) Lortz of Pleasanton; 10 grandchildren, Abby (Ohmar) Coughlin, Omaha, Neb., and Nathan Lortz, Mandie (Nick) Shriver, Libby (Ali) Batzel, Anne (Zach) Imboden, David Bazel, Tanya (Eric) Griffith, Jason (Julie) Nosek, Becca (John) Nosek and Katie (Cavan) Hallman; 11 great-grandchildren, Carter Coughlin, Will and Ele Shriver, Providence and Justice Imboden, Abby and Logan Griffith, Aidan and Brody Nosek and Keenan and Pierce Nosek; and a sister, Lillian (Harold) Moessner. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Doris Trumpold; her first husband, George Trimpe; and her husband, Harlan Lortz. Rose Marie Berger was born Dec. 10, 1928, in South Amana, the daughter of Martin and Henrietta Bopp Berger. She received her education in the Amana school district and graduated from Amana High School in 1947. Rose Marie attended Westmar College in Le Mars. She was united in marriage to George Trimpe. He later passed away. On June 29, 1984, Rose Marie married Harlan Lortz at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids. She worked in the office at Amana Refrigeration as an executive secretary. She was involved in the Women's Fellowship, Chancel Choir and Sarah Circle at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Rose Marie also was a part of the Homestead Welfare Club and Amana Heritage Society. She was a prayer warrior! She enjoyed vocal music, gardening, reading, traveling with Harlan and especially loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Online condolences may be left at www.klosterfuneralhome.com.