PAULINE FIERK
Funeral services for Pauline
Fierk, 81, of Aurelia, will be 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at
the Trinity Lutheran Church in Alta, with Pastor Ted Eilders
officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Aurelia.
Visitation will be Monday from 2:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., with the family
present from 6:00 to 8:00, at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia.
Pauline died Thursday, February
9, 2006, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident south of
Aurelia.
Theresa Pauline Johnson was born January 20,
1925, the daughter of Gust and Esther (Kruse) Johnson at Fort Dodge,
IA. The family moved to Elk Township, north of Alta, in 1936. Pauline
attended the Highview School, graduating in 1943. She received her RN
degree from Iowa City, and worked as a nurse at the Alta Hospital. On
October 9, 1948 Pauline married Vernon Lewis Fierk at the Immanuel
Lutheran Church north of Alta. After her marriage Pauline continued
nursing at M.H.I. in Cherokee. In 1958 she became the school nurse in
Aurelia, a position she held for 29 years. She loved nursing and cared
for Vernon at home after he became disabled.
Pauline was a member of Trinity Lutheran
Church, Aurelia American Legion Auxiliary, and the Pythian Sisters. She
enjoyed playing cards and painting, spending time with her family, and
at age 60 began golfing. Pauline liked to travel, and visiting her
children and grandchildren.
Preceding Pauline in death were
her parents, and her husband Vernon on February 22, 1989.
Survivors include her daughters;
Terri and her husband Dick Turner of Cottage Grove, WI, and Judy and her
husband William Mitchell of Weatherford, TX, four grandchildren; Jeremy
Jenness of Port St. Joe, FL, Ann Turner of Lawrence, KS, and Emily and
Melissa Turner both Madison, WI. Also surviving are one brother, Dennis
and his wife Gladys Johnson of Storm Lake, two sisters-in-law; Ruth
Faber of Cherokee and Viola and her husband Edgar Allen of Aurelia, and
other relatives and friends.
