Edna Mae Rassler, the daughter of Charles and Viola Adamire Winebrinner was born October 9, 1921 in Fonda, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Fonda, where she graduated from Fonda High School in 1939.
Edna married Louis Rassler on March 6, 1940, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA. They moved to Marathon, IA in 1944 where Edna worked at Farmers CO-OP as a bookkeeper for 20 years before retiring in 1982. She moved to Spencer in 1986.
Edna was a member of card clubs, Happy Twelve, Unique Club and Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. She enjoyed entertaining in many different places playing the guitar, banjo, and mandolin, while Louis played the accordion. She was also proud of traveling to every state in the union except Alaska.
Edna was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Louis in 1997; 2 sisters, Betty Layman and Loretta Kenning; and 2 brothers in law, Clyde Layman and Rev. Donald Kenning. Edna passed away Monday, November 7, 2011 at Sioux Care Center in Sioux Rapids, IA at the age of 90.
Left to cherish her memory are her 3 children, Judy (James) Almquist of Deming, NM, Connie (Charles) Peters of Eden Prairie, MN, and David (Barbara) Rassler of Sioux Rapids, IA; 8 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.
SERVICES
Funeral services will take place 10:00 A.M., Saturday, November 12, at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer.
OFFICIATING
Pastor Greg Baskerville
CASKET BEARERS
Tony Almquist
Lisa Almquist
Scott Peters
Dan Peters
Amy Gibson
Carrie Gillespie
HONORARY PALLBEARERS:
Gary Lundquist
Edna Lundquist
VISITATION
Visitation will take place Friday, November 11, at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer, starting at 3:00 P.M., with family present from 5-7:00 P.M.
MUSIC
"In The Sweet By And By"
"God Be With You Until We Meet Again"
"How Great Thou Art"
INTERMENT
11:30 A.M. Graveside Service
Poland Township Cemetery
Marathon, Iowa