Lola June Barner June 24, 1932 – October 28, 2017

Lola June Barner passed peacefully at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation center on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 Thursday morning, Nov. 2, 2017 at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa, where friends may call from 4 until 7 p.m.  Wednesday evening.  Interment will be in the Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello.   Pastor Gary Novak will officiate at the services. 

Lola June Horstmann was born June 24, 1932 in Toronto, Iowa.  She was the daughter of Walter Horstmann and Mabel Scott Horstmann.   Lola graduated in 1950 from Lost Nation high school. She attended Mount Saint Clair College in Clinton and graduated in 1952 with a 2-year teaching certificate. She was a 6th grade teacher in Clarence and later was a substitute teacher in nearby towns.  She married Creighton Barner in 1954 and had 5 children. She lived in rural Martelle before moving to Anamosa.

Lola is survived by her 5 children, Brenda Brokens (Eric), Bret (Carol), Becky, Bonita Howes (Dan), Barton (Laura); her 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild that were the light of her life. She was preceded by her parents, a brother Daryl Horstmann, sister-in-law Muriel Horstmann, sister Beulah Gade, brother-in-law Hubert Gade, brother-in-law Keith Russell, sister-in-law Susan Horstmann, and her special long-time companion and friend Roy Null. Lola will be missed by her children, grandchildren, her sister Dorothy Russell, her brother Harold Horstmann, and the wonderful staff at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.