Survivors include two sons, Robert of Sedona, Ariz., and Hugo of Colorado Springs, Colo.; two daughters, Joanne Berchenbriter of Cedar Rapids and Edith Henningsgaard of Astoria, Ore.; and a brother, Sam Armstrong of Cedar Rapids.
Also surviving are 14 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Wilbur, and a sister, Celia Wiley.
Lillian was born Feb. 12, 1895, in Atkins. She graduated from Washington High School, attended Coe College and taught school in rural Linn County. She married Henry F. Gensicke on Jan. 5, 1916, in Palo. He died in 1967. They operated Sunnydale Farm, west of Cedar Rapids, now a part of Cedar Hills, and raised registered Guernsey cattle. She received her 25-year pin for being a 4-H leader and a committee woman. She was a 65-year member of Fairest Chapter OES and a member of Edna Duncan Past Matrons. She made hundreds of braided rugs and woolen quilts.
Instead of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. James United Methodist Church Building Fund, 1430 Ellis Blvd. NW.
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Survivors include two sons, Robert of Sedona, Ariz., and Hugo of Colorado Springs, Colo.; two daughters, Joanne Berchenbriter of Cedar Rapids and Edith Henningsgaard of Astoria, Ore.; and a brother, Sam Armstrong of Cedar Rapids.
Also surviving are 14 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Wilbur, and a sister, Celia Wiley.
Lillian was born Feb. 12, 1895, in Atkins. She graduated from Washington High School, attended Coe College and taught school in rural Linn County. She married Henry F. Gensicke on Jan. 5, 1916, in Palo. He died in 1967. They operated Sunnydale Farm, west of Cedar Rapids, now a part of Cedar Hills, and raised registered Guernsey cattle. She received her 25-year pin for being a 4-H leader and a committee woman. She was a 65-year member of Fairest Chapter OES and a member of Edna Duncan Past Matrons. She made hundreds of braided rugs and woolen quilts.
Instead of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. James United Methodist Church Building Fund, 1430 Ellis Blvd. NW.
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