OBITUARY: Gertrude Louise (Schultz) Roorda, 1930-2004, Mitchell County, Iowa

[From Mitchell County Press-News online - Posted Nov. 17, 2004 (edited)]



                      Gertrude Louise Roorda 

Memorial services for Gertrude Louise Roorda, age 74, of Boone, Iowa,
were held November 17, 2004, at the Trinity Lutheran Church of Boone
with the Rev. Lindsay Watkins officiating. The body has been cremated
and burial of the cremated remains was on Wednesday, Nov. 17, in the
Osage Cemetery of Osage, Iowa. Gertrude died on Monday, Nov. 15, 2004,
at the Evangelical Free Church Home of Boone.

Gertrude was born on October 17, 1930 in Dayton Township, Iowa County,
Iowa to Arthur H. & Frances (Kitzman) Schultz. She graduated from the
Millersberg High School in 1949.

She was married to Marvin G. Roorda on January 19, 1954. She moved to
Boone in 1962.

In most recent years she worked in bookkeeping and accounting at Boone
Locker, Boone County Court House, Wilson Olds Cadillac Dealership in
Ames, Iowa previously Reed Cadillac Olds Dealership in Ames. She
retired January 1996 at the age of 65.

Gertrude was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Boone. She was
very active in her church, teaching Sunday School, vacation Bible
School, active with sewing for missions, PTA for Trinity Lutheran
School and also PTA City Wide.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her son Marvin DeWayne
Roorda; her sister & brother-in-law, Marilyn & Ray Piepenbrink;
her brother-in-law, A.G. "Dunk" Dunkelberg.

Gertrude is survived by her son Byron Roorda & his wife Delores of
Houston, Texas; daughter Kristin Soder & her husband Christopher of
Boone; son Noel Roorda of Des Moines; five grandchildren, Angela,
Jessica & Jerod Roorda, and Laura & Andrew Soder; onegreat-grandchild
Aiden Roorda; sister Leone Dunkelberg of Osage; brother Rev. Arthur
Schultz & his wife Norma of Dayton, Ohio; brother David Schultz & his
wife Darlene of Humboldt, Iowa and many nieces & nephews.

Arrangements made by Schroeder-Walter Funeral Home, at 5th & Story
Streets in Boone.



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