Arlene Marie Mohnssen

Arlene M. Mohnssen LETTS, Iowa - Arlene Marie Mohnssen, 87, Letts, passed away Saturday, June 26, 2010, in Muscatine. Funeral Service will be 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 1, 2010, at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services. Casket bearers will be Donald Miller, Ronald Miller, Gregg Mohnssen, Ryan Garner and Skip Thompson. Honorary casket bearers will be Orville Meeker and the Methodist Men's Breakfast Club. Burial will take place in Greenwood Cemetery. Following the interment a time of food and fellowship will be held at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Community Room. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army, Hospice Compassus, or charity of giver's choice in her memory. Arlene was born on September 22, 1922, in Muscatine County, the daughter of Clark Elmer Miller, Sr. and Anna Hester Crow Miller. She married Walter ''Jack'' Mohnssen at the Sweetland United Methodist Church on June 26, 1949. She was a 1941 graduate of Muscatine High School and remained very involved with her class reunions and even typed the Muskie Memories newsletter. She also attended the Io...[more]

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Teachers College and taught in a one-room country schoolhouse for several years. She was a member of the Letts United Methodist Church, Muscatine County Human Services Board, Muscatine County Farm Bureau, United Methodist Women, Ced-O Six Farm Bureau, Letts Federated Club and the Class of 1941 Club. She was a hobbyist and loved crafting and embroidery. She will be deeply missed by her husband, Jack of Letts; children, Kevin D. Mohnssen and wife, Patty, of Ankeny, Sheree D. Garner and husband, Rick, of Beaverton, Oregon, and Randy D. Mohnssen of Letts; eight grandchildren, Karen Hughes and husband, Patrick, Kristen Mohnssen, Bethany, Ryan and Kacy Garner, Randi Woodward and husband, Trevor, Gregg Mohnssen and wife, Jen, and Jacob McFadon; two great-grandchildren, Jack and Claire Woodward; a sister, Betty Thompson of Cedar Rapids; a brother, Clark E. Miller Jr. and wife, Juanita of Muscatine and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents and two sons, Dennis Dean and Gregory Allen Mohnssen.