Gertrude Neymeyer

Survivors include two daughters, Marcene (Frank) Fazio of Dubuque and Darla (William) Johnson of Rockford, Illinois; fifteen grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren; three brothers, Ecko (Helen) Mennen, Jr., of Waterloo, Richard (Dixie) Mennen of Mason City, and Cecil (Evelyn) Mennen of Columbus Junction, Iowa; five sisters, Elva Drier of Waterloo, Eunice Kuhn of Charles City, Delores (Robert) Herington of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Imogene (Rocky) Moyle of Springfield, Missouri, and Rosalind (Terry) Andreassen of Waterloo, and many nieces and nephews.

Gertrude was preceded in death by her husband; one daughter, Sherryl Eilderts; three grandchildren, Mark, Gary and Karen Eilderts; one sister, Florence Janssen and one brother, Gordon Mennen.

Services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at West Friesland Presbyterian Church with interment in the church cemetery, rural Ackley, Iowa. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home in Cedar Falls, and for one hour before service time at the church on Tuesday. Memorials may be directed to the church or Hospice of Dubuque.