OBITUARY: Anna Rademaker Schultz, 1901-2003, Worth county, Iowa

[ Adapted from Northwood Anchor online - posted Dec. 3, 2003 ]



                            Anna Schultz
                             
Anna Schultz, 102, of Northwood, Iowa, died Saturday Nov. 29, 2003
at the Lutheran Retirement Home, Northwood. Funeral services were
Tuesday at the First Lutheran Church in Northwood, with Rev. Paul Holmer
officiating. Interment was in the Grafton Cemetery, Grafton.

Anna was born Feb. 5, 1901 to John and Anna Rademaker at their farm
home near Iowa Falls, Iowa. She was baptized in infancy at the rural
Grant Center Lutheran Church near Hampton, Iowa. At the age of 12 she
moved with her family to a farm 3 1/2 miles northwest of Grafton. She
was confirmed in the Christian faith at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church,
Grafton, Iowa.

She married George Schultz of Grafton in 1921. They lived on various
farms in the Grafton area. In 1945, they moved to Northwood, where
they became members of the Zion Lutheran Church.  Anna served five
years as treasurer of the Zion Lutheran Ladies Aid Society and taught
Sunday school for 15 years. When the Zion Lutheran Church merged with
the First Lutheran Church, she became an active member of the JoAnna
Circle.

She worked for 10 years as head cook at the Lutheran Retirement Home.

Survivors include: her son, Marvin Schultz and his wife Marjorie, Dubuque,
Iowa; her devoted son-in-law, Melvin Krumm, Northwood; four grandchildren:
Karen Schultz and her husband Robert Anderson, Bettendorf, Iowa, Kathy
Huberty and her husband Craig, Hazel Green, Wisconsin; Stephen Krumm and
his wife Deborah, Owatonna, Minnesota, Kevin Krumm and his wife Susan,
Baldwin, Kansas; two step-grandsons: Steven Schulz and his wife Rose and
Brian Schulz and his wife Theresa; seven great-grandchildren; four
step-great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandsons.

She was preceded in death by her husband George 1982; a son, Elray in 1924;
daughters, Elaine 1973, Ruth Krumm 1998; her parents; brothers, Mike
and John Rademaker and sisters Antke Richtsmeier, Helen Brown, Gertie Walk,
Jennie Walk, Annie Gerzma and Katie Walk.

Anna was very close to her family and the Lord. She was always a willing
volunteer. Anna spent many joyful hours making quilts for Lutheran World
Relief. 

Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood, was in charge of arrangements.


  Copyright 2003, K.L. Kittleson