Henrietta Elenz

Henrietta C. Elenz, age 95, of New Hampton, Iowa died Saturday, August 3, 2013, at the New Hampton Nursing and Rehab Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday August 7, 2013, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, North Washington with Rev. Mark Osterhaus celebrating the Mass. The pall will be placed on the casket by Dolly Schwickerath, Shorty Hilsman and Claudia Schueller. Cindy Freidhof will be the lector and the offertory gifts will be presented by Jane Seelhammer and Kathy Brincks. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, North Washington, with Bob Weigel, Ron Leichtman, John Schueller, Jim Schwickerath, Jim Lewis, Tom Elenz and Jack Seelhammer serving as pallbearers. The Catholic Order of Foresters will be honorary pallbearers. Friends may greet the family 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 6, 2013, at the Hugeback Johnson Funeral Home in New Hampton where there will be a 4:00 p.m. rosary and a 5:00 p.m. parish scripture service. Visitation continues an hour prior to the Mass at the church on Wednesday. Henrietta Catherine Elenz was born January 1, 1918, in New Hampton, IA, the daughter of Albert and Catherine (Laures) Schueller. She received her education in rural country schools near New Hampton. On September 2, 1935, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in New Hampton, she married Michael “Mike” Leo Elenz. The ceremony was a double ring ceremony where her sister, Sally and Harold Weigel were also married. Henrietta and Mike farmed northeast of North Washington from the time of their marriage until 1965 when they built their home in North Washington. Mike died on October 31, 1999, at the age of 89. Henrietta stayed in her home until 2008 when she became a resident of the New Hampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Henrietta enjoyed crocheting, cooking, and playing cards. She loved to have company and loved to feed and entertain all her visitors. Survivors include two sisters, Delores “Dolly” Schwickerath, Kathleen “Shorty” Hilsman, both of New Hampton; one sister-in-law, Claudia Schueller of New Hampton; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband; three brothers, Lawrence Schueller, Clarence Schueller and Celeste Schueller in infancy; three sisters, Sally Weigel, Genevieve Lewis, Marie Leichtman; one sister-in-law, Camilla Schueller; brothers-in-law, Harold Weigel, Lloyd Leichtman, Dale Lewis, Virgil Schwickerath and Lavern Hilsman.