Aleta F. Kiefer Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Parkridge Nursing & Rehab Center in Pleasant Hill, IA. Visitation: Begins at 3:00 PM Thursday, Nov. 2nd at Fremont Funeral Chapel with the family present from 6 to 8 PM Thursday evening. The Rosary will be recited at 3 PM Thursday , at the Fremont Funeral Chapel. Funeral Service: Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 AM on Friday November 03, 2006 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Oskaloosa, IA Interment: Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Sigourney, IA Aleta Faye Bunting Kiefer was born December 30th, 1918 in Lacey, Iowa, the daughter of William Alfred “Alf” and Clara Leona Long Bunting. Her mother passed away when Aleta was a month old. As a baby, she lived with Rella & Watson Weathermax, a cousin. Following their deaths, she lived with her father, three sisters, and a brother. She graduated from Lacey High School in 1936. On February 14th, 1939, Aleta was united in marriage to Lawrence W. Kiefer at St. Mary’s Church in Oskaloosa. To this union, seven children were born. The family farmed and lived in the rural Hedrick area. In the late 1950’s, they moved into town and lived there until Lawrence passed away in 1996. Aleta lived in Oskaloosa until suffering a stroke in 2003. She then resided at assisted living facilities in the Des Moines area and has been a resident of the Parkridge Nursing & Rehab Center in Pleasant Hill since August 2005. A member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Oskaloosa, Aleta enjoyed traveling and visiting family and friends. She loved gardening and spent hours watching and feeding the birds and squirrels. Her memory is honored by her three sons and their wives, James and Sharon Kiefer of Hedrick, Larry and Jan Kiefer of Urbandale, and David and Trudy Kiefer of Fremont, NE; her four daughters, Elsie and Gary Grimm of Cedar Rapids, Martha Jones and Brian Roose of Pella, Joyce and Royal Smith of Cambridge, and Judy and Larry Nace of Kilduff; 15 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband on in August of 1999, a grandson, Todd Kiefer, three sisters, Lucille, Glenna and Maxine, and a brother, Vernon.

Aleta F. Kiefer

December 30, 1918 - October 31, 2006

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