IN MEMORY OF IRENE DOROTHY OTTO

September 24, 1920 - October 21, 2004
SERVICES IN SPENCER 10:00 A.M., Monday, October 25, 2004
First English Lutheran Church - Spencer, Iowa
ORGANIST Carolyn Blaue
SOLOIST Ranae Kehoe
SERVICES IN MANNING 2:00 P.M., Monday, October 25, 2004
Zion Lutheran Church - Manning, Iowa
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS "The Old Rugged Cross" "What A Friend We Have In Jesus"
TAPED MUSIC "Hurt" "I Could Only Imagine"
OFFICIATING - Pastor Paul Kaldahl
CASKET BEARERS: Waylon Anderson, Joe Otto, Blaise Anderson, Dan Otto, Crystal Halverson, Barbara Anderson, Alison Otto
HONORARY BEARERS: Neil Woebke, Ted Blass, Daryl Dammann, Jeffrey Jahn, Duane Otto, Merlin Otto
INTERMENT Manning Cemetery - Manning, Iowa
Warner Funeral Home-Spencer, Iowa

Irene Dorothy Otto, the daughter of Carl Louie and Estella Mordhorst Jahn, was born September 24, 1920, in Hayes Township in Crawford County, Iowa, where she received her education. Following her schooling, she continued to live at home where she cared for her father after her mother died in 1942.

On June 5, 1945, Irene married William August Otto in Salt Lake City, Utah. They spent the early years of their marriage near Manning, Iowa, where they farmed for numerous years. They moved to Spencer, Iowa, in February 1967 where she was a homemaker. Irene was a member of First English Lutheran Church in Spencer.

Irene passed away at the Spencer Hospital in Spencer, Iowa, on Thursday, October 21, 2004, at the age of 84. She was preceded in death by her parents; infant brother, Lester; husband, William, on December 11, 1994; sister, Ruby Hauptman, and sister-in-law, Corrine.

She is survived by one daughter, Arlene Anderson, and her husband, Leo, of Hartley, Iowa; one son, Allan Otto, and his wife, Norma, of Everly, Iowa; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one sister, Geniece Otto, of Manning, Iowa; one brother, Wayne Jahn, of Manning, IA; other relatives and friends.

God's Masterpiece
God took a fragrance of a flower
The majesty of a tree
The gentleness of morning dew
The calm of a quiet sea
The beauty of the twilight hour
The soul of a starry night
The laughter of the rippling brook
The grace of a bird in flight
Tender care of an angel
Faith of a mustard seed
Patience of eternity
The faith of a family's need, then
God fashioned from these things
A creation like no other
And when His masterpiece was through
He called it simply -
--Mother--