IN MEMORY OF
NADINE A. STRAUB
BORN
July 16, 1927
Paullina, Iowa
PASSED AWAY
October 26, 2011
Spencer, Iowa
MEMORIAL SERVICE
1:30 P.M. Saturday, October 29, 2011
Oakdale Evangelical Free Church rural Meriden, Iowa
Rev. Clint Hogrefe ~ Officiating
Visitation will be Friday, October 28, 2011 from 5 to 7 P.M. with the family present at the Gaudian-Eldridge Funeral Home in Paullina.
MUSIC
“In The Garden”
“The Beautiful Garden of Prayer”
Sung by: Gust Anderson
“Sounding Sweeter All The Time”
Sung by: Crystal Straub
Organist: Jill Freed
CASKET BEARERS
Jeremiah Straub Kyla Alsman
Aric Straub Harmony Straub
Krista Straub Kalei Funk
FINAL RESTING PLACE
Prairie View Cemetery
Paullina, Iowa
After today’s service, relatives and friends are invited to join the family in the fellowship hall of the church.
Arrangements under the care of the
Gaudian-Eldridge Funeral Home, Paullina, Iowa
Nadine Lindstrom Straub was born in rural Paullina, Iowa to Amos and Signa (Carlson) Lindstrom on July 16, 1927. She lived her childhood days on a farm south of Paullina. She graduated from Paullina High School in 1944 and after graduation attended Coe College for two years.
On October 24, 1948, she married Edmund Straub, they lived on a farm east of Paullina. On March 8, 1966, Edmund passed away. She was left with three small children, which she felt was worth more than all the gold in the world. After the children were grown Nadine worked at the Sutherland Care Center as a cook. She loved cooking and baking for her children and grandchildren. She also loved mowing the lawn and caring for her flowers. Her life was centered around her children and grandchildren.
Nadine is survived by two sons and one daughter, Tim and Diane Straub of Peterson, Iowa, Tom and Crystal Straub of Milford, Iowa and Gretchen and Dan Funk of Spencer, Iowa. Also six grandchildren, Krista Straub, Aric Straub, Kyla Alsman, Harmony Straub, Jeremiah Straub and Kalei Funk; four step grandchildren and four great grandchildren, Tyler Straub, Matthew Howe, Austin Alsman and Landon Straub. She also has two sisters-in-law and two brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends who will mourn her passing.
She was preceded in death by her husband Edmund, her parents, Amos and Signa; a sister, Dorothy Powers Haney and a nephew, Rand Powers.