Maxine Engels
Maxine Engels, 89, of Rockford, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 25, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa.
A Funeral Mass for Maxine Engels was held Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 at Holy Name Catholic Church in Rockford, Iowa, with Monsignor Walter Brunkan as celebrant.
Burial was at Riverside Cemetery in Rockford, Iowa.
Maxine Verna (Kramer) Engels, the daughter of John and Theresa (Reis) Kramer, was born on Feb. 6, 1928 in Rockford, Iowa.
She attended country school, St. Mary’s School at Roseville, and graduated from Marble Rock High School in 1945.
After high school, she met John Engels at a church dance. They were united in marriage on Oct. 29, 1947 at St. Mary’s Church in Roseville, Iowa. This started a more than 50-year love affair that blessed them with 12 children.