La Marr Kappmeyer Obituary (1923

La Marr Kappmeyer, 87, of Harpers Ferry, Iowa passed away April 11, 2011 at the Prairie du Chien Memorial Hospital, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin after a brief illness. Graveside Memorial Service: 11:00 A.M. Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein with Rev. Leo Combs-Lay officiating. Included in the service will be military rites by the Oelwein American Legion Ross Reid Post #9 of Oelwein for her husband Jack (a former POW in Germany, WWII) who preceded her in death February of 2006 and whose cremains will be laid to rest with La Marr. Inurnment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Iowa. The will be a luncheon and fellowship at Zion Lutheran Church in Oelwein following the graveside services. Online obituary at www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com La Marr was born November 14, 1923 in West Union, Iowa the daughter of John C. and Beulah Monnahan. La Marr was a graduate of Oelwein High School and worked in Oelwein at the First National Bank and the Iowa State Gas Company. On July 12th, she married John "Jack" Kappmeyer and they made their home in Maynard, Iowa where Jack spent many years in the West Central School system as both a teacher and administrator. Lansing, Iowa was the Kappmeyer's next stop where La Marr continued her accounting and bookkeeping skills at the local bank. Eventually La Marr and Jack purchased their retirement home in Harpers Ferry where they spent much of their lives fishing and enjoying the beauty of the Mississippi River. La Marr had a love for reading, crossword puzzles and feeding the birds and cats in the neighborhood. Special care was given to her poodle, Beau IV. Where ever La Marr went, so went Beau. La Marr is survived by a brother, John Monnahan of Oro Valley, Arizona and a sister Kitty Ford of Rosemount, Minnesota and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack, her younger sister Betty Rice of Jacksonville, Illinois, her father John C. Monnahan, her mother Beaulah Monnahan both of Oelwein. La Marr and Jack were very popular throughout northeast Iowa. We ask those who read this obituary pass on the date so that all their friends will have a chance to pay their last respects.