OTTUMWA
— Martha
Gegenheimer, 97,
of Coralville,
Iowa, passed
away
unexpectedly
Friday, April
17, 2009, at
Mercy Hospital
in Iowa
City.Funeral
services will be
held at 11 a.m.
Friday, April
24, 2009, at Gay
and Ciha Funeral
Service in Iowa
City with burial
next to her
husband at
Oxford Cemetery
in Oxford,
Iowa.Visitation
will be from 4-7
p.m. Thursday at
the funeral
home.A memorial
fund has been
established in
Martha's memory.
Online
condolences may
be sent for her
family at:
www.gayandciha.com.Martha
Gegenheimer was
born Feb. 22,
1912, in Iowa
City, the
daughter of Fred
and Jessie (Beltz)
Huffman.She
graduated from
Iowa City High
School in 1929
and attended the
University of
Iowa for several
years. Martha
worked at
Northwestern
Bell Telephone
Company prior to
her marriage to
Thomas Charles
Gegenheimer in
1939. They
raised two
children, a son,
Thomas Leroy and
a daughter,
Nancy. In 1940,
they moved from
the Iowa City
area to raise
their family in
Ottumwa, Iowa,
returning to
Iowa City in
1976 to enjoy
retirement.
Martha's husband
Tom passed away
in 1986.Martha
was a member of
Eastern Star and
White Shrine in
Ottumwa. She was
active in the
Iowa City Senior
Center for many
years and
belonged to the
Red Hat Society
as well as
several card
groups.Her
family includes
her children and
their spouses,
Tom (Janice)
Gegenheimer of
Arizona and
their daughter,
Kristen; Nancy
(Tom) House of
Illinois and
their children,
Chris (Candi) of
Minnesota,
Michelle (Zac)
of Missouri;
five
great-grandchildren,
Madison, Taylor,
Kiley, Sydney
and Jackson; and
a sister,
Marjorie Wellman
of
Burlington.She
was preceded in
death by a
brother, Lyle
Huffman; and two
sisters, LaVae
Sueppel and Mae
Gioimo.Gay and
Ciha Funeral
Service is
caring for
Martha's family
and her
services.Obituary
may be viewed
at:
www.legacy.com/ottumwacourier/Obituaries.asp
Published in the
Ottumwa Daily
Courier from
4/20/2009 -
4/22/2009
OTTUMWA
— Martha
Gegenheimer, 97,
of Coralville,
Iowa, passed
away
unexpectedly
Friday, April
17, 2009, at
Mercy Hospital
in Iowa
City.Funeral
services will be
held at 11 a.m.
Friday, April
24, 2009, at Gay
and Ciha Funeral
Service in Iowa
City with burial
next to her
husband at
Oxford Cemetery
in Oxford,
Iowa.Visitation
will be from 4-7
p.m. Thursday at
the funeral
home.A memorial
fund has been
established in
Martha's memory.
Online
condolences may
be sent for her
family at:
