OBITUARY: Eileen Marie Mantz 1926-2001, Worth County, Iowa


[Northwood Anchor Newspaper online - www.northwoodanchor.com - 11/13/2001]



                   Saturday services for Eileen Mantz

Eileen Marie Mantz, 75, of Northwood, died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2001, at the
Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the First Lutheran
Church, 309 North 9th Street, Northwood, with Rev. Paul Holmer and Rev.
Allan Stoa officiating.  Burial will be in the Howard Cemetery, Elma, IA.
Friends may call from 5-7 p.m. on Friday and one hour prior to service time
on Saturday at the church. Conner Colonial Chapel of Northwood is in charge
of the arrangements.

Eileen Marie Mantz was born on June 29, 1926, in Elma, IA, the daughter of
William and Lillie (Weers) Mantz. She was baptized and reaffirmed the faith
of her baptism through confirmation in the St. Peter Lutheran Church in Elma.  Eileen attended and received her education in the Elma School system, graduating from Elma High School.  She also attended Luther College where she received her teaching degree in math and physical education.  Eileen began her teaching career, which spanned 39 years.  She taught in Ossian, Armstrong and Northwood.  Later in her teaching career she took advanced studies at Colorado State University and Carlton College.  She then taught computer science as
well as math. Her interests included traveling, fishing, bridge and the
field of computers.  Eileen was a fountain of information and was blessed
with a very keen memory.  She was relied upon to answer many a question.
Eileen loved children and her church, and was a member of First Lutheran
Church in Northwood and was faithful in her attendance until her health
made that impossible.

Left to cherish her memory is her three cousins, Marlene Dillon of Cresco,
IA, Lois Dinger of Riceville, IA, and Mayzee Wright of  Mantz, see Page 10
Osage.  Eileen is also survived by her very special and long time friend,
Alice Whitcome of Northwood.  Eileen became a close friend of the Whitcome
family, and godmother of Julie Whitcome, Rees and Molly Dillon.

Her parents preceded her in death.





Copyright (c) 2001 by Kermit Kittleson; <kermit-k@juno.com>
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