Henrietta "Etta" Lane

Henrietta "Etta" Lane died Thursday, July 31, 2008, at the 9th Street Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City.

Funeral services for Henrietta "Etta" Lane will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charles City. Burial will be in Sunnyside Memory Gardens, rural Charles City.

Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Visitation will continue an hour prior to the service at the church on Monday.

Henrietta Helena Rademacher Lane was born January 20, 1911, at Minonk, Ill., the daughter of John and Johana (Leffers) Rademacher. She graduated from the Floyd High School. On November 14, 1930, she was united in marriage to Ivan Lane at the Floyd Methodist Church. Etta was employed at the Grocery Store and Telephone Office at Floyd from 1926 to 1930; Hart Parr from 1942-1943; Hwy Café from 1951 to 1954; Uptown Café from 1958 to 1964; Point Café from 1964 to 1965; and 11th Street Chautauqua Guest Home from 1972 to 1973. She was a member of the Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Relief Corps, Royal Neighbors, Central Star Club, Charter Member of the Woman of the Moose, V.F.W., Rebekah's, State Navy Mothers Commander, Local Navy Club, Degree of Honor and Senior Citizens. Her interests included sewing, cooking, quilting, playing cards and bingo.

Living family members include her seven children, Ivadelle (Jerry) Stevenson of Charles City, Delton (Sharon) Lane of Charles City, Claire (Lucille) Lane of Charles City, Betty Rex of Marble Rock, John (Judi)Lane of Charles City, Linda (Allen) Steffler of LaGrande, Ore. and Virginia (Ron) Kneisel of Cedar Rapids; daughter-in-law, Janet Lane; 22 grandchildren; 53 great grandchildren; 23 great-great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Ivan, in 1990; son, Guy Lane in April of 2008; two grandchildren, Konnie Messerlie and Jeffrey Lane; three son-in-laws, Russel Kniesel, James Messerlie and James Rex; two sisters, Jennie Onken and Alvina Koehler; and four brothers, Edmund, George, William and Herman Rademacher.

The Hauser Funeral Home, (641) 228-2323, www.hauserfh.com, in Charles City, is in charge of arrangements.