Irene Segelke

Irene Segelke
Paullina, Iowa
Funeral services for Irene Segelke, age 96, of Paullina who passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023 at Accura Care in Cherokee. Her services will be 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at the First Presbyterian Church in Paullina with Pastor Sheryl Puderbaugh, officiating.
Burial will be at Waterman Cemetery in Sutherland.
Visitation with family present will be from 10 A.M. Saturday until the time of service at the church.
Arrangements are under the care of the Eldridge Family Funeral Home in Paullina.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
IRENE L. SEGELKE
BORN
September 7,1926
Glenham, South Dakota
PASSED AWAY
January 9, 2023
Cherokee, Iowa
AGE
96 years 4 months 2 days
FUNERAL SERVICE
11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 14, 2023
First Presbyterian Church; Paullina, Iowa
Pastor Sheryl Puderbaugh ~ Officiating
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
Pg 256 " The Old Rugged Cross"
Pg. 107 "Amazing Grace"
Organist: LaNan Eldridge
CASKET BEARERS
Michael Riedemann Grant Riedemann
James Hansen Tom Mullins
Todd Egdorf Ron Segelke
FINAL RESTING PLACE
Waterman Cemetery
Sutherland, 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
Eldridge Family Funeral Home Paullina, Iowa
Irene Lavaune Segelke was born September 7, 1926 in Glenham, South Dakota to Otto and Nellie (Reekers) Pekelder. She was baptized on October 31, 1926. Irene moved from South Dakota with her family to Sutherland, Iowa at the age of 7. She went to country school, Waterman #1 east of Sutherland. She graduated from Sutherland High School in 1945. Irene was united in marriage to Burnelle S. Segelke on February 15, 1947. She spent her married life on the Segelke farm 2 miles west of Sutherland. In 1983, Burnelle passed away and Irene moved to Paullina in 1985. The last several months she had been a resident of Accura Care in Cherokee, Iowa, where she passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Paullina. Irene loved dancing, playing cards, reading, crocheting, sewing quilts and loved her house plants. She crocheted many blankets for people.
Left to cherish her memory is her brother, Gary Pekelder of South Sioux City, Nebraska; two daughters, Janet Becker (friend Bill Elliott) of Des Moines, Iowa; Judy (Dwane) Riedemann of Sutherland, Iowa; four grandchildren, Grant (Cheri) Riedemann; Michael (Hilary) Riedemann; Brooke (James) Hansen, Michelle (Tom) Mullins; nine great grandchildren, Christopher (Amanda), Alexa (Tyler), Gavin, Olivia, Sydney, Maya, Noah, Candence and Aisley; three great-great-grandchildren, Brooklyn, Maxwell and Kain, also many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Burnelle, parents, Otto and Nellie, in laws, Harry and Nettie Segelke, three sisters, Esther Olson, Alice Fisiraro, Betty Martin, brother, Junior Pekelder, son-in-law, John Becker, granddaughter, Kimberly Sue Becker, two brothers-in-law, Donald Segelke and Gordon Segelke.