Cedella Alma Danzer, 83, of Carroll, died on Thursday, February, 6, 2014 at Regency Park Nursing Home in Carroll.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Monday, February, 10, 2014 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Carroll. The Celebrant will be Fr. Timothy Johnson. Music will be by Barb McDermott and the Holy Spirit Choir. Lectors for the funeral mass will be Cedella’s daughter, Lisa Danzer; and Cedella’s granddaughters: Courtney Danzer, Anne Bennett, and Andrea Haselhoff. Gift Bearers will be Cedella’s great- granddaughters. Eucharistic Minister will be Cedella’s son, Marty Danzer. Casket Bearers will be Cedella’s grandchildren: Adam Brinker, Erica Hassinger, Tyler Schlapkohl, Nathan Danzer, Tim Danzer, and Nicole Sporrer. The Carroll Catholic Daughters of the Americas will form an honor guard for the funeral mass. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Carroll.
Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 2:30 p.m. on Sunday where there will be a rosary at 3 p.m. by the Carroll Catholic Daughters of the Americas and a Christian Wake Service at 5 p.m.
The casket will be moved to Holy Spirit Church at 9 a.m. on Monday where visitation will resume until time of the funeral mass.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll and online condolences may be left for Cedella’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com.
Cedella was on born on October 24, 1930 at Mt Carmel, Iowa, the daughter of Frank and Julia (Bruning) Stangl. She grew up in Mount Carmel where she attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel grade school and then graduated from Carroll High School in 1948.
On November 16, 1950, Cedella was united in marriage to Arnold “Arnie” J. Danzer, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church with the Rev. Father Peter Sturm officiating. They farmed one mile south of the Carroll Airport where they raised their seven children. In 1993, after 43 years of farming, they retired and moved to an acreage near Carroll. Cedella was a member of the Holy Spirit Parish, Parish Ladies Guild and the Carroll Catholic Daughters of the Americas.
She was a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Some of her favorite activities included socializing with family and friends, attending dances with Arnie, sewing, knitting and quilting. She also enjoyed collecting owls, and tending to her rose bushes and flowers. All of her children and grandchildren savored her home-made banana-chocolate chip cookies. Over the years, as her grandchildren grew to young adults, she lovingly created a custom-made quilt for each of them for their graduation. She also created numerous quilt-patch rugs for family and friends. She always had a new project in process.
Cedella and Arnie celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Aug. 2000, at the Holy Spirit Parish in the Bishop Greteman Center, hosted by their children and grandchildren.
Cedella is survived by her children, Gary (Karen) Danzer of St. Charles, IL, Sharon (Clay) Brinker of West Des Moines, Lynn Danzer of Council Bluffs, Michele (Keith) Sporrer of Templeton, Marty (Lisa) Danzer of Carroll, Lisa Danzer and (Hank Schlapkohl) of Dallas, TX, and Jeff (Kim) Danzer of Cedar Rapids; twenty-two grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; sisters, Eunice Reising of Breda, and Marilyn (Denny) Berg of Arcadia; brothers Merle Stangl of Atlantic; and Warren (Laura) Stangl of Claremont, MN, sisters-in-law Margaret Stangl of Osage, Arlene Stangl of Coon Rapids, Audrey Weitl of Carroll, and Joan Danzer of Carroll; as well as many nieces, nephews, and other extended relatives.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Arnold in April 2008; three sisters: Alma (Andy) Mattes, Elaine (Ray) Schmitz, Lorraine (Ray) Weitl; four brothers Kenneth (Margaret) Stangl, Vernon (Rita) Stangl, Glenn Stangl and Gaylord Stangl; sister-in-law, Phyllis Stangl; brothers-in-law: Wilfrid Reising, Edmund Danzer and Floyd Weitl.
