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Iris Lohrenz

[January 14, 2011]  LINCOLN -- Iris E. Lohrenz, 89 1/2, of Lincoln, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, at 11:50 p.m. at St. Clara's Manor in Lincoln.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. David Ramirez officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Burial will be in Union Cemetery.

Mrs. Lohrenz was a sales clerk at Miller-Jones Shoe Store, Leslie's Shoe Store and Sears Roebuck & Co. She and her husband owned and operated the Speed Wash laundromat in Mason City from 1958 to 1973.

She was born June 12, 1921, in Pierre, S.D. Her parents were Ernest and Thelma Bergh Westlund. She married Marion G. Lohrenz on May 30, 1942, in Alabama. He preceded her in death on March 21, 2002.

She is survived by one daughter, Judy (and Cliff) Perkins of Lincoln; one brother, Dwayne Nelson of Longmont, Colo.; grandchildren Leslie Ann Hoefle, Teresa Campbell, Angie Sanders, Debra Jordan, Michael Marion Lohrenz II, Amanda Steele and Justin Lohrenz; great-granddaughters Lauren Hoefle, Alica Sanders, Lindsey Sanders, Emily Sanders and Jaedyn Steele; and great-grandsons Alex Sanders, Andrew Mason, Domonic Jordan and Brandon Steele.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Michael; two brothers; and one sister.

She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Lincoln and a member of the Missionary Society of the church for 49 years. She was a Girl Scout leader, Cub Scout den mother and room mother at Washington-Monroe and Central schools. She was also a member of American Legion Auxiliary Post 263.

Iris came to Illinois to live with her aunt Louise Wyland after the death of her mother in 1936. She graduated from Lincoln Community High School in 1940.

Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Church, Zion Lutheran School or the donor's choice.

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