Matilda Henrietta Emma Mall Obituary (1910

Matilda "Tillie" Mall, 98, of Oelwein died on Friday afternoon, August 7, 2009 at Mercy Hospital of Franciscan Sisters, Oelwein. Funeral Service: 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at Peace Lutheran Church, Oelwein, with Rev. Randall Russell officiating. Visitation: 4:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Monday at the Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein and for one hour before services at the church on Tuesday. Interment: Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, rural Oelwein, Iowa. A Memorial Fund has been established for Peace Lutheran Church. Online obituary at www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com Matilda Henrietta Emma Warnke was born on November 8, 1910 at West Union, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest John & Rose Marie (Stahr) Warnke. She received her education from the rural West Union Schools. Tillie was united in marriage to Ervin Melvin "Jake" Mall on April 16, 1932 at Independence, Iowa. She was a homemaker and longtime Oelwein resident. She had recently been a resident of Oelwein Health Care Center. Tillie was a charter member of Peace Lutheran Church in Oelwein where she was a member of the ladies circle and sang in the church choir. Her hobbies included playing cards, gardening, quilting, crocheting afghans, embroidering pillow cases and tea towels and making homemade rolls and bread. Tillie is survived by her Daughter: Beverly (Laverne) Gilson of Oelwein; Granddaughter: Linda (Randall) Gloede of Denver, Iowa; 2 Great Grandchildren: Angela Gloede of Eagle Grove & Kristi Gloede of West Des Moines and a Sister: Caroline Frahm of Fairbank. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband: Ervin on September 26, 1972, daughter in infancy: Betty Jean Mall, grandson: Gary Gilson, great granddaughter: Heather Nicole Gilson, 2 brothers: Arthur & Alfred Warnke and 5 sisters: Dorothy Kastli, Minnie Gilson, Margaret Larson, Irene Heidt and Neva Necker.