Obituaries : Lillian F. Pingel

Lillian F. Pingel

KEYSTONE:

Lillian Frances Pingel, 85, died Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center in Keystone after an extended illness of complications of arteritis.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, August 27, 2012 at St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone with Rev. B. Andrew Wright officiating. Interment will be held at the Irving Cemetery near Belle Plaine. Visitation will be held at the church from 9:00 a.m. until service time on Monday. A memorial fund has been established. Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone is in charge of arrangements.

Lillian was born November 18, 1926 in Kane Township of Benton County to John H. and Caroline (Koelle) Pingel. She attended Kane #8 country school and Lutheran Parochial School in Keystone. After graduation from Keystone High School in 1945, she worked on the farm and did housework for several families. In 1954, she moved to Keystone and for seventeen years she traveled to Cedar Rapids to work for St. Luke's Hospital in the Housekeeping Department.

She faithfully cared with concern for her parents and her brother. She also willingly cared for others when she was needed. She was baptized, confirmed, and was a lifelong member of St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone. Lillian was a devoted member of the Dorcas Guild and the American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed playing bingo and Cubs Baseball.

As a resident of the Keystone Nursing Care Center, Lillian received the utmost wonderful care and services by all staff, volunteers and her doctor. She greatly appreciated the Hospice Care Teams namely the Compassus for their loyalty and wonderful assistance and concern in a warm friendly way. Sincere thanks to St. John Lutheran Church family and friends during Lillian's illness.

Lillian is survived by her sister, Irene Haerther of Cedar Rapids; nine nephews and seven nieces and their families.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Rudy Pingel; her sisters and brothers-in-law, Esther and Howard Hinrichs, Frieda and Waldo Holst and Helen and Doug Preston; and brother-in-law, Les Haerther.

Condolences may at left at: www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com.