Geneva Zelda Schlitter, age 89, of Waukon, Iowa died Thursday, December 10,
1998 at Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services
were held at 1 p.m. Monday, December 14 at Martin Funeral Home with the Rev.
James Walker officiating. Burial was in the Council Hill Cemetery, rural
Monona, Iowa. Casket bearers were Bennie Fiet, Leo Klocke, Walter Kurth, Jr.,
Dale Dahlstrom, Eldean Wilkins, and Delbert Cahoon. Honorary bearers were Lois
Brandsmeier, Leone Gruber, Wesley and Evelyn Winters, Donald and Polly
Schlitter.
Geneva was born October 18, 1909 to Raymond and Zelda (Denning) Cahoon on
their farm in rural McGregor, Iowa. Geneva received her education in rural
Clayton County schools. On February 28, 1928 she married Fred Schlitter in
Elkarder, Iowa. They farmed in rural McGregor and in several places in
Allamakee County before moving to Waukon, Iowa in 1974. Geneva was a member of
the Neighborhood Club and for over 30 years, a member of the same card club.
Geneva was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Fred, a brother
Kenneth Cahoon and a sister, Nina Wilkins.
She is survived by her 3 daughters, Darlene "Boots" (Stan) Ewing and Marcella
(Gordon) Hansmeier, all of Waukon, Iowa and Anna Mae (LaVerne) Geno of
Postville, Iowa; 9 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great
grandchild; and a sister, Lelia Knight of Decorah, Iowa.
1998 at Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services
were held at 1 p.m. Monday, December 14 at Martin Funeral Home with the Rev.
James Walker officiating. Burial was in the Council Hill Cemetery, rural
Monona, Iowa. Casket bearers were Bennie Fiet, Leo Klocke, Walter Kurth, Jr.,
Dale Dahlstrom, Eldean Wilkins, and Delbert Cahoon. Honorary bearers were Lois
Brandsmeier, Leone Gruber, Wesley and Evelyn Winters, Donald and Polly
Schlitter.
Geneva was born October 18, 1909 to Raymond and Zelda (Denning) Cahoon on
their farm in rural McGregor, Iowa. Geneva received her education in rural
Clayton County schools. On February 28, 1928 she married Fred Schlitter in
Elkarder, Iowa. They farmed in rural McGregor and in several places in
Allamakee County before moving to Waukon, Iowa in 1974. Geneva was a member of
the Neighborhood Club and for over 30 years, a member of the same card club.
Geneva was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Fred, a brother
Kenneth Cahoon and a sister, Nina Wilkins.
She is survived by her 3 daughters, Darlene "Boots" (Stan) Ewing and Marcella
(Gordon) Hansmeier, all of Waukon, Iowa and Anna Mae (LaVerne) Geno of
Postville, Iowa; 9 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great
grandchild; and a sister, Lelia Knight of Decorah, Iowa.
Geneva Zelda Schlitter, age 89, of Waukon, Iowa died Thursday, December 10,
1998 at Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services
were held at 1 p.m. Monday, December 14 at Martin Funeral Home with the Rev.
James Walker officiating. Burial was in the Council Hill Cemetery, rural
Monona, Iowa. Casket bearers were Bennie Fiet, Leo Klocke, Walter Kurth, Jr.,
Dale Dahlstrom, Eldean Wilkins, and Delbert Cahoon. Honorary bearers were Lois
Brandsmeier, Leone Gruber, Wesley and Evelyn Winters, Donald and Polly
Schlitter.
Geneva was born October 18, 1909 to Raymond and Zelda (Denning) Cahoon on
their farm in rural McGregor, Iowa. Geneva received her education in rural
Clayton County schools. On February 28, 1928 she married Fred Schlitter in
Elkarder, Iowa. They farmed in rural McGregor and in several places in
Allamakee County before moving to Waukon, Iowa in 1974. Geneva was a member of
the Neighborhood Club and for over 30 years, a member of the same card club.
Geneva was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Fred, a brother
Kenneth Cahoon and a sister, Nina Wilkins.
She is survived by her 3 daughters, Darlene "Boots" (Stan) Ewing and Marcella
(Gordon) Hansmeier, all of Waukon, Iowa and Anna Mae (LaVerne) Geno of
Postville, Iowa; 9 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great
grandchild; and a sister, Lelia Knight of Decorah, Iowa.
1998 at Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services
were held at 1 p.m. Monday, December 14 at Martin Funeral Home with the Rev.
James Walker officiating. Burial was in the Council Hill Cemetery, rural
Monona, Iowa. Casket bearers were Bennie Fiet, Leo Klocke, Walter Kurth, Jr.,
Dale Dahlstrom, Eldean Wilkins, and Delbert Cahoon. Honorary bearers were Lois
Brandsmeier, Leone Gruber, Wesley and Evelyn Winters, Donald and Polly
Schlitter.
Geneva was born October 18, 1909 to Raymond and Zelda (Denning) Cahoon on
their farm in rural McGregor, Iowa. Geneva received her education in rural
Clayton County schools. On February 28, 1928 she married Fred Schlitter in
Elkarder, Iowa. They farmed in rural McGregor and in several places in
Allamakee County before moving to Waukon, Iowa in 1974. Geneva was a member of
the Neighborhood Club and for over 30 years, a member of the same card club.
Geneva was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Fred, a brother
Kenneth Cahoon and a sister, Nina Wilkins.
She is survived by her 3 daughters, Darlene "Boots" (Stan) Ewing and Marcella
(Gordon) Hansmeier, all of Waukon, Iowa and Anna Mae (LaVerne) Geno of
Postville, Iowa; 9 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great
grandchild; and a sister, Lelia Knight of Decorah, Iowa.
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