Lorraine Kuennen

Lorraine Kuennen, age 82, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, May 25, 2012, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, IA, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from: 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Tuesday and on Wednesday morning from 9:00-10:30 a.m. at the St. Luke’s Historical Chapel in St. Lucas, IA. There will be a rosary at 4:00 and a scripture service at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the chapel. Please note that this a change from the church. Lorraine is survived by her husband: Kenneth Kuennen, Decorah, IA. One daughter: Kathleen (Kathy) Kuennen, Decorah, IA. One son: Paul Kuennen, Urbandale, IA. One brother: Linus Bodensteiner, Decorah, IA. Four sisters: Corrine Deeny, Waterville, MN; Alice Einck, Rochester, MN; Evelyn (Lawrence) Elsbernd, Calmar, IA; and Marion (Dennis) Heying, Hawkeye, IA. Three sisters-in-law: Ruth Bodensteiner, Waverly, IA, and Irene Roethler, WI, and Cathy (Robert) Balik, Kalamazoo, MI. One brother-in-law: Gene (Marvelene) Smith, Fort Atkinson, IA, along with several nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews. Lorraine was preceded in death by her infant son: Jimmy on July 13, 1965. Her parents: Ben Bodensteiner in 1978 and Rose (Rausch) Bodensteiner in 1980. One sister: Elizabeth (Ben) Schaufenbuel in 1954. Two brothers: Arnold Bodensteiner in 2009 and Dennis Bodensteiner in 1958. Her father and mother-in-law: Albert & Minnie Kuennen. Two sisters-in-law: Rita Bodensteiner in 2010 and Arlene Smith in 1998. Three brothers-in-law: Donald Deeny, Louis Einck, and Marv Kuennen in 1997.