Extracted from The Courier (Waterloo, IA)
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Wilma Jean Jurgens (1937-2009)

SHELL ROCK - Wilma Jean Davis Fitzgerald Jurgens, 72, of Shell Rock, died at home Saturday, Aug. 22.

She was born Aug. 22, 1937, daughter of John and Nellie Murphy Davis in Shell Rock. She married Herman Fitzgerald in 1957, and the couple later divorced in 1969. She married Robert Jurgens Nov. 12, 1977, in Clarksville,

Mrs. Jurgens attended Shell Rock Elementary and graduated from Clarksville High School in 1955. In 1973, she started work at the Waverly Health Center in laundry and housekeeping. She retired from Waverly Health Center on Dec. 31, 1999, after 26 years. After her retirement, she worked at the Shell Rock Health Care Center in the kitchen for a year and a half.

She was a member of the Shell Rock United Methodist Church.

Survivors include: two daughters, Julie Fitzgerald (Randy) Craig of Mason City and Karla Fitzgerald (Tom) Cuvelier of Shell Rock; four grandchildren, Kristin (Mike) Limkemann, and Jessie, Andy and Sam Cuvelier; four great-grandchildren, Olivia, Aleah and Hailey Limkemann and Malachi Cuvelier; a sister, Viola (Chris) Gersema of New Hartford; and a brother, Ronald Roberts of Sierra Vista, Ariz.

Preceded in death by: her parents; her first husband, Herman Fitzgerald, in 1982; her second husband, Robert Jurgens, on Oct. 29, 1992; six sisters, Mavis Doty, Verda League, Clara Klebs, Dorothy Wade, Pauline Wheelan and Lucille Wilson; and five brothers, Fred, Verlan “Bud,” Jerry, Victor Davis and Paul Roberts.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday at Shell Rock United Methodist Church, with burial in Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock. Public visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Shell Rock, and for an hour before services Thursday at the church.

Memorials: may be left to the family's discretion.

Online condolences may be left at www.kaisercorson.com.

Wilma enjoyed fishing, spoiling her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, playing on the Internet and her dog, Misty. Wilma had three nicknames used by her family, Shorty, Short fat fanny and Granny.