Glienke, Lorraine Marie (1927-2018)

GLIENKE, FRIEDRICH, LICHTENBERG, HOTT, MYERS, DICKSON, HOLTON, HOTT, LICHTENBERG, MYERS, GIESE, KEMPSTER, KIES, MOORE, OBERENDER, ROBBINS, SEFCIK, HINKELDEY RUOSS

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 11/27/2018 at 13:45:50

Lorraine Marie Glienke
April 6, 1927 - October 7, 2018

Lorraine Marie Glienke, age 91, of Alta, Iowa, died on Sunday, October 7, 2018, at the Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake, Iowa, after a seven-year struggle with dementia.

Lorraine Marie Friedrich Glienke, daughter of August Edward Friedrich and Ida Lichtenberg Friedrich, was born on April 6, 1927, in Brookings County, South Dakota. Baptized on May 1, 1927, in South Dakota, she moved with her family to Alta, Iowa, at the age of one. There, she attended the Alta school for one year. After her parents began farming southeast of Hanover, however, she attended St. John’s parochial school. Confirmed on March 17, 1940, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hanover, Iowa, she became a lifetime member. On February 2, 1947, Lorraine married Henry Glienke at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hanover. Their union was blessed with seven children: Dean, Larry, Doris, Nancy, Allan, Carol, and Bruce.

Lorraine and Henry enjoyed their farm south of Alta their entire lives. Active in the church, she loved to sing in the choir, and she served in many other areas as well. Nonetheless, she felt happiest spending time with her family. She loved traveling with Henry, gardening, cooking, crocheting, and quilting.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Henry, who died in December 2004; an infant brother, Howard; an infant granddaughter; her daughter-in-law, Barbara Glienke; her brother, Melvin Friedrich; five brothers-in-law; four sisters-in-law; and several nieces and nephews.

She is survived by her cherished family which includes her children: Allan (Dona), Bruce (Traci), Dean (Cindy), and Larry (Emma) Glienke; Doris (Bill) Hott; Carol (Randy) Lichtenberg; and Nancy (Steve) Myers; nineteen grandchildren: Tiffany (Don) Dickson; Hillary (Ryan) Friedrich; Greta (Mitch) Giese; Chris (JoLynn), Heath (Whitney), Joshua, and Kirk (Melonie) Glienke; Maggie (Eric) Holton; Paul (Angie) Hott; Kaylan (Ross) Kempster; Heidi (Kevin) Kies; Liza Lichtenberg; Heather (George) Moore; Andrew (Stephanie) and Jacqueline Myers; Halli (Tyler) Oberender; Allison (Scott) Robbins; Megan (Chris) Ruoss; and Hannah (Matthew) Sefcik; thirty-three great-grandchildren; her brother, Arliss (Susan) Friedrich; and her brothers- and sisters-in-law: Phyllis Friedrich, Marilyn Glienke, Herman and Delores Glienke, Willard Schmidt, Marie Lichtenberg, Dorothy Hinkeldey, Ernie and Beverly Glienke, and Martin and Jeanne Glienke; as well as by many other friends and family members.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 13, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hanover, Iowa. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will take place Friday, October 12, 2018, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church in HANOVER. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hanover. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Alta is in charge of the arrangements.

Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Homes, Alta, Iowa, 2018.

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