Gretchen Leininger
January 19, 1927 - December 16, 2018
Gretchen Leininger Boone, Iowa January 19, 1927 – December 16, 2018 Gretchen Louise Leininger 91, of Boone passed away Sunday December 16, 2018. Gretchen was born January 19, 1927 to Paul and Gertrude Eckstein Haase. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith on January 20, 1927. She attended Trinity Lutheran School and Boone High School graduating in 1944. She married Kenneth Leininger on April 11, 1948. She started working at N.W. Bell Telephone Company in Boone in 1944 and worked there until 1962, at which time their daughter, Connie Sue was born. She began working at the Telephone Company again in Ames in 1974. In 1978 she was transferred to Des Moines at which time she was an investigator of toll fraud, until retiring with 35 years of service in 1990. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church all her life. In her younger years she taught Sunday school following church services. She belonged to the Telephone Pioneer Company. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Kenny; a granddaughter Marissa Hagen; brother John “Bud” Haase; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Pottratz and Lois Haase; brother-in-law, Loren Leininger; and nephew Phillip Haase. She is survived by her daughter Connie (David) Little; grandchildren, Kenny (Jeannie) Hagen and Autumn Little all of Boone; great grandson Ashton Hagen of Eagle Grove, IA; her sister Paula Haase of Boone; nephews, Doug Haase of Ogden, IA, Steve (Pam) Haase of Grinnell, IA, and Craig (Susan) Pottratz of Boone, IA; other relatives; and friends. Funeral Services will be 10:30 am Friday, December 21, 2018 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 712 12th Street, Boone, IA with Reverend Lindsay Watkins officiating. Interment will be at Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone, IA. Visitation with the family present to greet friends will be Thursday, December 20, 2018 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Schroeder-Stark-Welin Funeral Home, 609 7th Street, Boone, IA 50036. Memorials are suggested to Trinity Lutheran Church and School. Online condolences may be left at www.schroederfuneral.com. Schroeder-Stark-Welin Funeral Home 515-432-4550
Gretchen Leininger Boone, Iowa January 19, 1927 – December 16, 2018 Gretchen Louise Leininger 91, of Boone passed away Sunday December 16, 2018. Gretchen was born January 19, 1927 to Paul and Gertrude Eckstein Haase. She was baptized... View Obituary & Service Information