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Ella Lena Rosendahl
1905 - 2001
Ella Lena (Barz) Rosendahl, 96, died Thursday,
June 28, 2001 at Concord Care Center in Garner, following a lengthy illness.
Funeral services were held Saturday, June 30, at Peace Reformed Church at Garner
with Rev. Jeff DeBoer officiating. Music was provided by Connie Greiman,
organist; Jody St. John and Joan Arndt, duet; Tom and Janelle Renner, duet.
Interment was at Ell Township Cemetery near Klemme. Casket bearers were Tim
Smith, Benjamin Beier, John Snyder, Greg Skubal, Mark Rosendahl, and Lowell
Greimann.
Ella Lena Barz was born March 24, 1905 on a farm near Ventura, the daughter of
Fred and Martha (Hartbeck) Barz. She was baptized and confirmed in the Immanuel
Reformed Church of Klemme. She attended grade school in the country and at
Klemme. Following graduation from Garner High School in 1923, she taught country
school in Hancock and Cerro Gordo counties and for many years taught Sunday
School and Bible Schools at the Immanuel Reformed Church. Ella married Walter
Henry Rosendahl at her parents' home on May 2, 1928, with Rev Calvin Grosshuesch
of Immanuel Reformed Church officiating. The couple lived in the Klemme area
during their entire 62 years of marriage. Ella enjoyed crocheting, quilting,
reading and traveling.
She was preceded in death by her husband Walter in 1990; three brothers, Harvey
Barz, Marvin Barz, and Ronald Barz; and a great-grandson, Joshua Rosendahl. She
is survived by her four children and their spouses, Ardell and Ida Rosendahl of
Klemme, Iris and Richard Snyder of Cedar Rapids; Ione and Loren Muller of Osage,
and Roselea and John Smith of Burlington; 12 grandchildren; 22
great-grandchildren; and seven great-great grandchild; her sister and
brother-in-law, Doris and Eugene Greiman of Garner; sisters-in-law, Mabel Barz
of Klemme, Gladys Barz of Klemme, and Emma Palmby of St. Paul, MN.
source: Belmond Independent, 28 June 2001
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Ella Lena Barz Rosendahl: born 24 Mar 1905 Ventura,
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa - died 28 Jun 2001 Garner, Hancock County, Iowa
Grave marker at Calvary Cemetery, Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa - Block 5, Lot 73
Daughter of Fredrich Henry Barz, born 1880 - died 1959 and Martha Caroline
Hartbeck, born
1885 - died 1969
Husband of: Walter Henry Rosendahl, born 1903 -
died 1990
Sister of:
Harvey Elmer Barz (1907-1992)
Marvin F. Barz (1908-1999)
Ronald A. Barz (1916-1988)
Doris Irene Barz Greimann (1922-2010)
source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 114092421
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