MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Gertrude J. Sywassink of Muscatine, died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2000, at Unity Hospital in Muscatine.
Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, at the Nichols Chapel Hill Funeral Home and Crematory. Dr. Hal Green of the Wesley United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Wesley United Methodist Church or the Lutheran Homes.
She was born in Muscatine, the daughter of Benjamin J. and Jennie W. Bruggers. She was a graduate of Muscatine High School, Iowa State Teacher's College and the University of Iowa. She loved sewing and needlework. She was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church, the Ruth Circle, a 50-year member of the Eastern Star, Pi Lamda Theta, National Retired Teachers Association and a charter member of Delta Kappa Gamma.
Survivors include two brothers, Al Sywassink of Wilton, and Harry Sywassink of Muscatine; three sisters, Myrta Kaufmann of Muscatine, Mary Peck of Iowa City, and Esther Sywassink of Garrett, Kan.; and a host of nieces and nephews.
MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Gertrude J. Sywassink of Muscatine, died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2000, at Unity Hospital in Muscatine.
Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, at the Nichols Chapel Hill Funeral Home and Crematory. Dr. Hal Green of the Wesley United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Wesley United Methodist Church or the Lutheran Homes.
She was born in Muscatine, the daughter of Benjamin J. and Jennie W. Bruggers. She was a graduate of Muscatine High School, Iowa State Teacher's College and the University of Iowa. She loved sewing and needlework. She was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church, the Ruth Circle, a 50-year member of the Eastern Star, Pi Lamda Theta, National Retired Teachers Association and a charter member of Delta Kappa Gamma.
Survivors include two brothers, Al Sywassink of Wilton, and Harry Sywassink of Muscatine; three sisters, Myrta Kaufmann of Muscatine, Mary Peck of Iowa City, and Esther Sywassink of Garrett, Kan.; and a host of nieces and nephews.
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Benjamin John Sywassink Jr
1894–1979
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Garrett William Sywassink
1895–1896
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Garrett William Sywassink
1897–1913
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Della Sywassink
1897–1897
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Della Gertrude Sywassink Althaus
1899–1999
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Johanna Sywassink Knoll
1902–1965
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James Henry Sywassink
1903–1995
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John William Sywassink
1905–1982
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David Jonathon Sywassink
1909–1958
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Harry L. Sywassink
1911–2006
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Esther Willemina Sywassink
1912–2004
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Myrta Ruth Sywassink Kaufmann
1915–2008
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Mary Wilma Sywassink Hines Peck
1917–2001
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Albert Sywassink
1919–2015
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