Judith Ann Heister (Neilsen)
October 28, 1939 — February 12, 2013
Judith Ann (Neilsen) Heister, 73, of Waubeek, died Tuesday, February 12, 2013, at St. Luke’s Hospital. Funeral Services: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City by Rev. Vicki Engelmann. Visitation will be from 3:30 – 7:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial: Mt. Clark Cemetery, Central City.
Survivors include her husband, Morgan; four children, Debra (Stephen) Welter of Coggon, Linda (Cletus) Lawrence of Central City, Kathy Remling of Prescott, Arizona, and Paul Shaffer Jr. of Marion; three step-children, Sherry Parrott of Princeton, Arkansas, Michael Heister of Rowley, and Tonya Heister of Eugene, Oregon; ten grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and her sister, Delores Neilsen of Waubeek.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Michael Clark; a granddaughter; and her brother, James Raymond Neilsen.
Judith was born October 28, 1939, the daughter of Raymond and Margaret (Gage) Neilsen in Iowa City, Iowa. On August 5, 1990, she married Morgan Heister in Cedar Rapids. Judith worked at St. Luke’s Hospital, Farmstead, and the Abby Center.
Her hobbies included crafts she loved beadwork and painting, gardening, and flowers.
Survivors include her husband, Morgan; four children, Debra (Stephen) Welter of Coggon, Linda (Cletus) Lawrence of Central City, Kathy Remling of Prescott, Arizona, and Paul Shaffer Jr. of Marion; three step-children, Sherry Parrott of Princeton, Arkansas, Michael Heister of Rowley, and Tonya Heister of Eugene, Oregon; ten grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and her sister, Delores Neilsen of Waubeek.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Michael Clark; a granddaughter; and her brother, James Raymond Neilsen.
Judith was born October 28, 1939, the daughter of Raymond and Margaret (Gage) Neilsen in Iowa City, Iowa. On August 5, 1990, she married Morgan Heister in Cedar Rapids. Judith worked at St. Luke’s Hospital, Farmstead, and the Abby Center.
Her hobbies included crafts she loved beadwork and painting, gardening, and flowers.
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