Charlene Kay Ritze was the daughter of Charles and Betty (Pratt) Ritze, and was born in Lafayette, Iowa. She lived at Lafayette and graduated as valedictorian of the Center Point Consolidated High School class of 1965. She then completed the commerce accounting curriculum at Cedar Rapids Business College. On Nov. 3, 1979, Charlene and Carl J. Anderson were married at the Little Brown Church. To this union were born two loving daughters, Carlelene Jean Flores-Anderson (Domingo Flores Cruz) and Christina Jeanette Marine (Brandon).
Besides working 40+ hours per week at Holiday Inn, Bock Bros. Welding Supply Co. and Iowa Central Community College, all in Fort Dodge, and Bookkeepers Business Service Co., Steitzer Lincoln Mercury and Roosevelt Hotel, all in Cedar Rapids, in partnership with Carl, Charlene was a landlord and property renovator. She raised gardens and canned the produce, enjoyed cooking, baking, sewing, crocheting, knitting and a little quilting. She knew about plumbing, electrical wiring, working with wall board, lumber, flooring, paint, roofing, lawn mowing and minor vehicle maintenance.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her parents-in-law; and her sister-in-law, Nancy Deal.
Charlene Kay Ritze was the daughter of Charles and Betty (Pratt) Ritze, and was born in Lafayette, Iowa. She lived at Lafayette and graduated as valedictorian of the Center Point Consolidated High School class of 1965. She then completed the commerce accounting curriculum at Cedar Rapids Business College. On Nov. 3, 1979, Charlene and Carl J. Anderson were married at the Little Brown Church. To this union were born two loving daughters, Carlelene Jean Flores-Anderson (Domingo Flores Cruz) and Christina Jeanette Marine (Brandon).
Besides working 40+ hours per week at Holiday Inn, Bock Bros. Welding Supply Co. and Iowa Central Community College, all in Fort Dodge, and Bookkeepers Business Service Co., Steitzer Lincoln Mercury and Roosevelt Hotel, all in Cedar Rapids, in partnership with Carl, Charlene was a landlord and property renovator. She raised gardens and canned the produce, enjoyed cooking, baking, sewing, crocheting, knitting and a little quilting. She knew about plumbing, electrical wiring, working with wall board, lumber, flooring, paint, roofing, lawn mowing and minor vehicle maintenance.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her parents-in-law; and her sister-in-law, Nancy Deal.
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