Verna Beitz Nov. 9, 1944 – Aug. 12, 2020

      Verna Beitz, age 75, died Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020 at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa after an illness of several months.

      Private family services were held 11 a.m. Saturday morning, Aug. 15, with interment in the Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello. Friends called from 2 until 7 p.m. Friday at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Please sign Verna's online guestbook at goettschonline.com.

      Surviving are four children, Brian (Angie) Beitz of Monticello, Brenda (Klark) Hagen of Scotch Grove, Nicole (Don) Kraus of Prairieburg, Travis (Jennifer Tuetken) Beitz of Monticello, eight grandchildren, Ashley Beitz, Halee Andersen, Cody Beitz, Whitney Boysen, Allison Kraus, Kennedy Kraus, Trevor Beitz, Jaelynn Kraus, six great-grandchildren, numerous step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren, her husband, James Meader, her sister, Naomi Soppe of Durant, and in-laws, Dick Rundle of Mount Vernon, Leon (Sharon) Beitz of Hopkinton, Maynard (Calista) Beitz of Fort Collins, Colo., Charlotte Emerson of Manchester, Donna (Chuck) Hettinger of Greeley, Colo., Diane Beitz of Manchester and Gerald (Susan) of Monticello. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Norman in 1993, two sisters, Arlene Bader Bleadorn and Judy Rundle and her brother, Bob Aldrich.

      Verna Aldrich was born Nov. 9, 1944 at Monticello, Iowa. She was the daughter of Vernon and Violet Rose Meyer, Aldrich. She graduated from Anamosa Community Schools in 1963. She met her future husband while working at the Monty Café. Verna married Norman Beitz on March 8, 1964 at Peace United Church of Christ. Monticello. The couple farmed near Buck Creek and Verna also worked at Collins Radio. She retired from Collins in 2005. She married James Meader on June 30, 2018.

      Verna made cakes and cupcakes for every occasion, she loved to go bowling, and spend time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She tried never to miss an event that the grandkids were participating in.