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Stoltz, Bernice Alice
Bernice Alice Stoltz, 97, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at Jones Regional Hospital, Anamosa, following a brief illness. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at the First Congregational Church in Anamosa. Pastor Mona Burns will officiate at the service. Private family burial will take place at a later date at the Czech National Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Visitation one hour before services at the church on Friday.
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Survivors include three daughters, Karen (Gary) Hansen, Sun City West, Ariz., Susan (Ron) Hedglin, Streator, Ill., Carlie (Tom) Asbury, Tuscon, Ariz.; six grandchildren, Kim Martins, Kari Kline, Jeff Hansen, Paula Greve, Jennifer Daubenspeck and Megan Schlueter; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Carl; beloved granddaughter, Stacey Asbury; a brother Robert Blahnik; and sister-in-law, Jeanne Blahnik.
Bernice Alice Blahnik was born April 10, 1914, to Lumir and Alice Blahnik in Cedar Rapids. She graduated from Washington High School, Cedar Rapids, in 1932. She worked in the office of Weaver Whitwer after graduation and at Collins Radio as a switchboard operator and then was employed at Honeymead Products Co. where she met her husband to be. She married Carl A. Stoltz on Aug. 12, 1939, in Cedar Rapids, a union of 61 ½ years. They spent four years in Joliet, Ill., during World War II and in 1946 moved to Anamosa, where they made their home and raised their family.
She was a member of the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Anamosa. She had been active member of the Anamosa Community Hospital Auxiliary for many years. As a young mother, she was a Camp Fire Girls leader, leading her three daughters from Blue Birds through the Camp Fire Ranks. She also served on the Fairview Township Counting Board for many years.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Jones Regional Medical Center Foundation, Anamosa or donors choice.
Published in The Gazette Jan. 25, 2012.
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