Luthiera Agnes Yeggy White Conklin
WHITE, CONKLIN, HECK, GRIMSICH
Posted By: Megan Ciha (email)
Date: 10/8/2017 at 12:41:02
Iowa City Dateline:
Luthiera Agnes Yeggy White Conklin, 96, of Iowa City, passed away Thursday, October 5, 2017 at Oaknoll Care Center.
Funeral Mass will be held 10:00 am, Monday, October 9, 2017 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Iowa City. Burial will be at old St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Iowa City immediately following the funeral. Visitation will be held at Gay and Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Sunday, October 8, 2017, with a vigil service beginning at 6:00 pm. Memorial donations can be made in her memory to St. Josephs Cemetery in Iowa City or Iowa City Hospice. For a more complete life story, to share a thought, memory or condolence please go to the funeral home website @ www.gayandciha.com.
Luthiera was born September 17, 1921 in Riverside, Iowa, the daughter of Linus John and Irmina Agnes Schnoebelen Yeggy. Luthiera attended country school and graduated from Saint Mary’s High School in Riverside, Iowa. She graduated from Iowa City Mercy School of Nursing in 1944.
Luthiera met her first husband, Robert White, in 1940. They were united in marriage on December 30, 1944 and raised six children. He preceded her in death on February 23, 1981. She was united in marriage to Francis Conklin on May 14, 1988. He preceded her in death on October 30, 1996. She worked at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City as an operating room nurse for many years, retiring in 1983.
Luthiera loved to travel and camp, an activity she shared with both her husbands. She was an avid reader, an accomplished seamstress, a creative decorator, and a skilled gardener. Her children and grandchildren will miss her sense of humor, her sense of adventure, her love of games and her interest in their lives and activities. Above all, Luthiera will be remembered for her faith and devotion to God, her love of family and friends and her keen ability to cope with all that was given to her.
Luthiera is survived by her six children, Virginia White (Ira Greenstein), Robert White (Suzanne), Richard White (Ann Schulte), Dennis White (Deb), Peg Heck, Stephen White (Cathy); thirteen grandchildren, Ann Greenstein, Katie Greenstein (Edgard Verdugo), John White, Amy Dalton, Sarah Kew (Kyle), Heather Zwanziger (Tim), Zachary White, Timothy Heck, David Heck (Jennifer), Jill McLachlan (Tom), Liam Heck, Matthew White (Katie) and Allison Cashatt (Allan); thirteen great-grandchildren, Randi Dalton, Abigail Dalton, Jared White, Teddy Zwanziger, Beau Zwanziger, Faith McLachlan, Brynlee McLachlan, Lillian McLachlan, Evan White, Maggie White, Lucy White, Eli Cashatt, Jack Cashatt and one great-great grandson, Emmett Dalton.
In addition, Luthiera is survived by her sister, Virginia Grimsich, her brother Walter Yeggy (Jeannine), her sisters-in-law, Mary Yeggy, Maryann Michel (Clayton) and her four step-children, Steven Conklin (Mary), Susan Sullivan (Dave), Sandi Haman (Dave), Sherrie Wilson (Ken), twelve step-grandchildren and eighteen step-great grandchildren.
Luthiera was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, Robert White and Francis Conklin, her brother, Alvin Yeggy, her sister, Rita Croft, her brothers-in-law, Paul Croft, John Grimsich, Jack White, William White and William Love, her sisters-in-law, Catherine White, Doris White, Ellen Love and Leona Prizler, her son-in-law, Randy Heck and one step-granddaughter, Meghan Wilson.
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