LOLA J.
LEHNHARDT
Funeral services for Lola Jean Lehnhardt, 81, of Aurelia, will be 10:00
A.M. Thursday, December 1, 2011, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in
Aurelia with Pastor Larry Lemke officiating. Burial will be in the
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. Visitation will be Wednesday,
November 30, 2011 from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M., with the family
present, at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia.
Lola Jean Struve was born on May 9, 1930, the daughter of Fred and Ruth
(Wenzel) Struve at Quimby, Iowa. She attended school in Pierson, and
graduated in 1947. Lola worked as a telephone operator in Storm Lake
until 1960 when she married Clayton Burdette “Cullie” Lehnhardt on April
23 in Sioux City, IA. They made their home in Aurelia. Lola’s work
experience outside the home included selling Avon, managing the Pizza
Hut and later Godfather’s Pizza in Cherokee, and as a nurse’s aide at
Sunset Knoll Retirement Home in Aurelia, Methodist Manor in Storm Lake,
and Hill Top Care Center in Cherokee. She was a member of the St. Paul
Lutheran Church. Lola enjoyed gardening and flowers, crocheting, her
pets, taking photos, learning about her computer, and traveling to visit
family.
Lola died Friday, November 25, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Center in
Newell, Iowa, where she had been a resident for several months.
Preceding Lola in death were her parents, her husband Cullie, two
sisters, LaVonne Trusty and Lorraine McCory, and one brother, LeRoy
Struve.
Survivors include her three children, Celeste Christensen of Seattle,
WA, Jeff Lehnhardt and his wife Linda Fritz of Verona, KY, and Sally
Lehnhardt of Campton Hills, IL, and one granddaughter, Krista Nicole
Lehnhardt. Also surviving are one sister, Leona Jensen of Newell, one
brother, Leon Struve of Killeen, TX, nieces and nephews, and other
relatives and friends.
