Ellyn Marie Stych

ELLYN STYCH MUSCATINE, Iowa - Ellyn Marie Stych, 80, of Muscatine, passed away on Monday, May 30, 2016, after a wonderful life. Funeral Mass will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 3, 2016, at St. Mathias Church. Casket bearers will be her grandsons. Burial will take place in St. Mary's Cemetery. A time of food and fellowship will follow in Gannon Hall following the committal service Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 2, 2016, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home where a Rosary Prayer Service will be held at 7 p.m. Memorials may be made to Iowa City Hospice or Ss. Mary and Mathias Parish. Online condolences: www.wittichfuneralhome.com Ellyn was born on March 13, 1936, in Rock Island, Illinois, the daughter of Earl and Rosalia Showalter Pingel. She graduated from Alleman High School in 1954 and from Marycrest College in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education. She was united in marriage to Paul Stych on December 27, 1958, at the St. Pius X Catholic Church in Rock Island, Illinois. Ellyn was a teacher in the Muscatine School System for 17 years and th...[more]

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became a real estate broker for 15 years before retiring. She enjoyed playing golf and bridge, but her greatest love was her family. She was a very dedicated member of Ss. Mary and Mathias Parish. Her 'Touched by Faith' prayer group was very important to her as was her bible study group with her Christian friends. Those left to honor her memory include her husband, Paul Stych of Muscatine; her children, Dean Stych and wife, Diane, of North Oaks, Minnesota, Michele Weno and husband, Jim, of Iowa City, Mike Stych and wife, Angie, of Muscatine, and Kevin Stych and wife, Sherri, of Ankeny; 10 grandchildren, Craig, Joe, and Sam Stych of Muscatine, Alexandra Stych of Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, Rachel Stych of North Oaks, Minnesota, Greg Weno and wife, Sarah, Mitchellville, Erin Weno of Iowa City, Doug Stych of Des Moines, Steve Stych of Ankeny, and Katie Stych of Chicago; her brothers, Richard Pingel and wife, Molly, of Rochester, Minnesota, and Edward Pingel and wife, Mary, of South Bend, Indiana; and a sister, Rita Humphrey and husband, Bill, of Milan, Illinois. She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant daughter, Karen Marie.