Anita Elisa Joseph

Anita Elisa Joseph
September 12, 1914 - February 18, 2007
Williamsburg, Iowa
Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. February 21, 2007 at St. Paul Lutheran Church Williamsburg
Williamsburg - Anita Elisa Joseph was born September 12, 1914 in York Township, Iowa County, Iowa, the daughter of George R. and Anna K. (Sandersfeld) Steinke. She was a life long resident of Williamsburg. Anita was united in marriage to Everett Joseph on February14, 1939 at the Little Brown Church. She was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Williamsburg, a member of the Altar Guild and the Fellowship Club. She loved to play cards and make tea towels for her grandchildren. She loved her grandchildren very much. She was a great cook and baker. Anita died Sunday, February 18, 2007 at Highland Ridge Care Center in Williamsburg after a brief illness at the age of 92 years. Anita is survived by her husband Everett of Williamsburg; a son Harold (Karen) Joseph of Williamsburg; 2 daughters Majorie (Larry) Shay of Shellsburg, IA, and Cynthia (David) Fruendt of Iowa City; ten grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren three great great grandchildren and a sister Serina Eastburn of Lawrence KS. She was preceded in death by a daughter Rachel, two brothers Rudolph and Adolph and three sisters Johanna, Marie and Linda. Celebration of Life Services will be 10:30 am on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Williamsburg. Rev. Carl Cloeter will officiate. Burial will be in the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Williamsburg. Visitation will be from 3-7 pm Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at the Uhlmann-Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Williamsburg. Memorials are for the St. Paul Lutheran Church Organ Fund and the Lutheran Interparish School. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com under obituaries.