Madelyn Sonne

Madelyn Sonne age 88 of Nashua, IA died Thursday, June 19,2014, at 11th Street Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at the United Methodist Church, Nashua with Pastor Okitakoyi Lundula presiding. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City with Randy and Julie Sonne, Sandy Sonne, Kathy & Matt Crooks, Laura Elfers, Lisa & Nick Peterson and Carrie Elfers serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Lynn Fisher, Kent Fisher, Duane Jaeger, Craig Hippen, Mike Westervelt, Mike Link, Mark Knecht and Jeremy Janssen. Friends may greet the family 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Monday, June 23, 2014 at the Hugeback Johnson Funeral Home - Olson Chapel in Nashua. Visitation continues an hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday. Madelyn Louise Sonne was born August 8, 1925, in Nashua, the daughter of Gary and Emma (Hansen) Fisher. She received her education in rural country school and was a 1943 graduate of the Nashua High School. On July 22, 1945, at The Little Brown Church in Nashua, she married Dale Sonne. To this union two children were born. Madelyn taught country school for a few years and then engaged in farming with her husband near Colwell and Charles City before retiring to the Fisher family farm. Farming was an occupation she thoroughly enjoyed. She had a large garden, enjoyed sewing, baking, time outdoors and especially loved driving the tractor. Madelyn was very active in the community serving as a 4-H leader, a foster-grandparent, a Sunday school teacher and was a superintendant of junior exhibits at the Big 4 Fair where she also was a judge for baking. Memberships include the United Methodist Church and Circle, the former Rural Teachers Club, the Hogan’s Study club, the East St. Charles Community Club. In her later year she loved all ballgames. Whether it was basketball,football or baseball – she always cheered for the Hawkeyes. She will be remembered by her family for her tender care and the love she showed. Survivors include one son, Larry (Vicky) Sonne of Charles City; one daughter, Jane (Lynn) Elfers of Charles City; six grandchildren, Randy (Julie) Sonne, Sandy Sonne, Kathy (Matt) Crooks, Laura Elfers, Lisa (Nick) Peterson and Carrie Elfers; five great-grandchildren, Zachary Sonne,Cole Sonne, Brandt Sonne, Jena Peterson and Ava Peterson; one sister-in-law,Ann Carol Fisher of Maine. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Dale on April 5, 2005; three brothers, Robert Fisher, Clair “Skip” Fisher and Harold Fisher in infancy; niece, Sharon 'Kay' Fisher-Shirley.