Colleen J. Albers died Wednesday, December 2017 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center in Keystone.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 23 at St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone with Rev. B. Andrew Wright officiating. Interment will be held at the Keystone Cemetery. Friends may call at Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone from 4 to 7 p.m., on Friday. A memorial fund has been established.
Colleen was born on May 15, 1933 in Keystone to Rudy and Viola (Hadachek) Koeppen. She graduated from Clutier High School in 1951 and was a proud member of the Clutier Charging Czechs girls basketball team.
On November 16, 1954 she was united in marriage to Roy Albers in Dysart. Roy and Colleen were proud to farm on the Albers Century Farm near Keystone prior to their retirement.
Colleen was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone, the Keystone American Legion Auxiliary and the Turnerettes. In her leisure time, she enjoyed fishing, playing couples golf and was an Avid Iowa Hawkeye fan. Her greatest joy was spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is survived by her children, Denny (Wendy) Albers of Keystone, Janet Albers (Kevin Fox) of Cedar Rapids and Bill (Jeanie) Albers of Keystone; her grandchildren, Tyler (Suzi), Todd (Caliope), Nathan (Alyssa), Ethan (Mallory), Keaton (Ashley), Garret, Madison and Brenna, her late grandson John’s wife; her great grandchildren, Jade, Casen, Jacksen, Scarlet, Cael, Adam, Ayla, Ivy, Elaina, Theo and Kane; her sister, Audrey Papesh of Cedar Rapids; sisters-in-law, Connie Koeppen of Solon and Frances Koeppen Fisher of Van Horne and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Roy; grandson John Albers; brothers, Dean and Eugene Koeppen and her brother-in-law Melvin Papesh.
The family expresses their gratitude to the Keystone Care Center and Pastor Wright for the care and concern given to Colleen.
Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 23 at St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone with Rev. B. Andrew Wright officiating. Interment will be held at the Keystone Cemetery. Friends may call at Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone from 4 to 7 p.m., on Friday. A memorial fund has been established.
Colleen was born on May 15, 1933 in Keystone to Rudy and Viola (Hadachek) Koeppen. She graduated from Clutier High School in 1951 and was a proud member of the Clutier Charging Czechs girls basketball team.
On November 16, 1954 she was united in marriage to Roy Albers in Dysart. Roy and Colleen were proud to farm on the Albers Century Farm near Keystone prior to their retirement.
Colleen was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone, the Keystone American Legion Auxiliary and the Turnerettes. In her leisure time, she enjoyed fishing, playing couples golf and was an Avid Iowa Hawkeye fan. Her greatest joy was spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is survived by her children, Denny (Wendy) Albers of Keystone, Janet Albers (Kevin Fox) of Cedar Rapids and Bill (Jeanie) Albers of Keystone; her grandchildren, Tyler (Suzi), Todd (Caliope), Nathan (Alyssa), Ethan (Mallory), Keaton (Ashley), Garret, Madison and Brenna, her late grandson John’s wife; her great grandchildren, Jade, Casen, Jacksen, Scarlet, Cael, Adam, Ayla, Ivy, Elaina, Theo and Kane; her sister, Audrey Papesh of Cedar Rapids; sisters-in-law, Connie Koeppen of Solon and Frances Koeppen Fisher of Van Horne and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Roy; grandson John Albers; brothers, Dean and Eugene Koeppen and her brother-in-law Melvin Papesh.
The family expresses their gratitude to the Keystone Care Center and Pastor Wright for the care and concern given to Colleen.
Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone.
Colleen J. Albers died Wednesday, December 2017 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center in Keystone.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 23 at St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone with Rev. B. Andrew Wright officiating. Interment will be held at the Keystone Cemetery. Friends may call at Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone from 4 to 7 p.m., on Friday. A memorial fund has been established.
Colleen was born on May 15, 1933 in Keystone to Rudy and Viola (Hadachek) Koeppen. She graduated from Clutier High School in 1951 and was a proud member of the Clutier Charging Czechs girls basketball team.
On November 16, 1954 she was united in marriage to Roy Albers in Dysart. Roy and Colleen were proud to farm on the Albers Century Farm near Keystone prior to their retirement.
Colleen was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone, the Keystone American Legion Auxiliary and the Turnerettes. In her leisure time, she enjoyed fishing, playing couples golf and was an Avid Iowa Hawkeye fan. Her greatest joy was spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is survived by her children, Denny (Wendy) Albers of Keystone, Janet Albers (Kevin Fox) of Cedar Rapids and Bill (Jeanie) Albers of Keystone; her grandchildren, Tyler (Suzi), Todd (Caliope), Nathan (Alyssa), Ethan (Mallory), Keaton (Ashley), Garret, Madison and Brenna, her late grandson John’s wife; her great grandchildren, Jade, Casen, Jacksen, Scarlet, Cael, Adam, Ayla, Ivy, Elaina, Theo and Kane; her sister, Audrey Papesh of Cedar Rapids; sisters-in-law, Connie Koeppen of Solon and Frances Koeppen Fisher of Van Horne and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Roy; grandson John Albers; brothers, Dean and Eugene Koeppen and her brother-in-law Melvin Papesh.
The family expresses their gratitude to the Keystone Care Center and Pastor Wright for the care and concern given to Colleen.
Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 23 at St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone with Rev. B. Andrew Wright officiating. Interment will be held at the Keystone Cemetery. Friends may call at Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone from 4 to 7 p.m., on Friday. A memorial fund has been established.
Colleen was born on May 15, 1933 in Keystone to Rudy and Viola (Hadachek) Koeppen. She graduated from Clutier High School in 1951 and was a proud member of the Clutier Charging Czechs girls basketball team.
On November 16, 1954 she was united in marriage to Roy Albers in Dysart. Roy and Colleen were proud to farm on the Albers Century Farm near Keystone prior to their retirement.
Colleen was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone, the Keystone American Legion Auxiliary and the Turnerettes. In her leisure time, she enjoyed fishing, playing couples golf and was an Avid Iowa Hawkeye fan. Her greatest joy was spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is survived by her children, Denny (Wendy) Albers of Keystone, Janet Albers (Kevin Fox) of Cedar Rapids and Bill (Jeanie) Albers of Keystone; her grandchildren, Tyler (Suzi), Todd (Caliope), Nathan (Alyssa), Ethan (Mallory), Keaton (Ashley), Garret, Madison and Brenna, her late grandson John’s wife; her great grandchildren, Jade, Casen, Jacksen, Scarlet, Cael, Adam, Ayla, Ivy, Elaina, Theo and Kane; her sister, Audrey Papesh of Cedar Rapids; sisters-in-law, Connie Koeppen of Solon and Frances Koeppen Fisher of Van Horne and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Roy; grandson John Albers; brothers, Dean and Eugene Koeppen and her brother-in-law Melvin Papesh.
The family expresses their gratitude to the Keystone Care Center and Pastor Wright for the care and concern given to Colleen.
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