Theresa Mayer

Theresa Mayer, age 86, of Carroll, Iowa, died early Monday, November 9, 2009, at St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, November 12, 2009, at Holy Spirit Church in Carroll. The Celebrant will be Father Timothy Johnson. Con-celebrants will be Father Gary Snyder and Father John Gerald. The casket will be taken to the church at 8:30 A.M. Thursday to lie in state until the time of the funeral mass. Lectors will be great grandchildren, Kristen Vollstedt and T.J. Bruch. The Petitions will be read by great grandchildren, Alex Bruch, Nate Bruch, and Austin Sibenaller. Gift Bearers will be great grandchildren, Chloe Venteicher, Collin Venteicher, Ava Venteicher, Grant Sibenaller, Logan Sibenaller, Emily Venteicher, Nic Venteicher, and Cailin Vollstedt. Mass Servers will be great grandchildren, Jacob Bruch, Ashley Sibenaller, and Jared Vollstedt. Eucharistic Minister will be a grandson-in-law, Steve Vollstedt. Casket Bearers will be grandchildren, Jill Bruch, Janell Vollstedt, Todd Venteicher, Jamie Venteicher, Wendy Sibenaller, Chris Venteicher, Pat Venteicher, Joey Pudenz, and Andy Pudenz. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Carroll. Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 4 P.M. Wednesday. There will be a Christian wake service at 6:30 P.M. Wednesday by Holy Spirit Parish. Mrs. Mayer was born on May 13, 1923, at Roselle, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Catherine (Steffes) Starman. She spent her younger years in the Roselle community and attended Holy Angels School. On May 14, 1946, she was married to Paul Mayer at St. John Church in Adair, Iowa. The couple farmed near Manning and then north of Carroll until March 1956 when they moved to Carroll. From 1961 until 1969 Theresa headed the Hot Lunch Program at Saint Peter and Paul School and from 1969 until her retirement in 1993 was employed as the manager of the Children’s Department at the former Sernett Department Store in Carroll. She was a member of Holy Spirit Parish and the Parish Ladies Guild, and served as Past President of the Holy Spirit Ladies Guild. Survivors include her husband, Paul Mayer of Carroll; her two daughters, Betty Venteicher and her husband Gary of Carroll and Joyce Pudenz and her husband Tom of Glidden; nine grandchildren; sixteen great grandchildren; a brother, Louis Starman and his wife Eunice of Carroll; sisters, Margaret Kasperbauer of Manning and Sophia Rees and her husband Milo of Guthrie Center; and sisters-in-law, Dorothy Halbur of Carroll, Veronica Quandt of Carroll, Verna Mayer of Carroll, and Emma Mayer of Carroll. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, RosA Starman; brothers, Anthony Starman and his wife Lorraine, and Bernard and Anton Starman, in infancy; her father and mother-in-law, Frank and Teresa Mayer; and brothers and sisters-in-law, Jerome Kasperbauer, Frank and Eleanor Mayer, Ben and Alice Mayer, Agnes and Irvin Snyder, Jean and Ed Hansen, Joe Mayer, Leo Mayer, Adrian Halbur, Theresa and Mike Schaffer, and Don Quandt.

Theresa Mayer

May 13, 1923 - November 9, 2009