Catherine Leiting

Catherine Leiting, age 94, of Arcadia, Iowa, died early Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, March 7, 2009, at St. John Church in Arcadia. The Celebrant will be Father John Thomas. Con-celebrants will be Mrs. Leiting’s son, Father Robert Leiting and Priests of the Diocese of Sioux City. Lectors will be Barbara Broich, Roger Winker, and Karen Rodis. Gift Bearers will be Debbie O’Neal, Phil Sporrer, Brian Quinlan, Steve Reinemund, and Melissa Wolken. Casket Bearers will be Mrs. Leiting’s children. Burial will be at St. John Cemetery in Arcadia. Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 2:30 P.M. Friday. A rosary will be prayed at 3 P.M. Friday by the St. John Christian Mothers. There will be a Christian wake service at 7 P.M. Friday by St. John Parish. Visitation will resume at 9 A.M. Saturday at St. John Church. Mrs. Leiting was born on November 8, 1914, at Newport, Kentucky, the daughter of Aloysius and Emma (Kohorst) Speyer. She spent her younger years in Newport where she received her formal education. In 1930 she moved to the Arcadia community and was employed by the Joe Kohorst family doing domestic work. On January 22, 1936, she was married to Herman B. Leiting at St. John Church in Arcadia. The couple farmed in the Arcadia area where they raised their family and in 1981 moved to their home in Arcadia. Mrs. Leiting became a resident of St. Anthony Nursing Home in January 1999. She was a member of St. John Parish and the Parish Christian Mothers. Mrs. Leiting enjoyed her family, gardening, embroidery, crocheting, baking, cooking, and playing dominos and bingo. Survivors include her children, Jeaneane Nasby and her special friend Wilbur Brewer of Dresden, Tenn., Roselyn Winker and her husband Kenneth of Windom, Minn., Father Robert Leiting of Carroll, Laurete McGehee and her husband William of Cibolo, Tex., Glen Leiting and his wife Michele of Westside, Eileen Sporrer and her husband Thomas of Manning, Annette Quinlan of Austin, Minn., Bruce Leiting of Waterloo, and Joan Hillhouse and her husband Hank of Lakeland, Florida; a son-in-law, William Kramer of Glidden; 33 grandchildren; 66 great grandchildren; 1 great great granddaughter; and sisters-in-law, Mary Leiting of Carroll and Marie Speyer of Carroll. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Herman Leiting, in August 1997; a daughter, Marilyn Kramer; grandson, John Kramer; great grandson, Eric Hacker; son-in-law, David Quinlan; brother, Albert Speyer; and sisters, Emma Gambrell, Mary Louise Speyer, and Martha Schrader.

Catherine Leiting

November 8, 1914 - March 4, 2009