Janice L. Frommelt

Janice "Jan" Lorraine Frommelt, 93, of Guttenberg, passed away on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at the Guttenberg Care Center. Jan was born February 10, 1921 in Guttenberg to Horace "Jack" & Josephine (Wenkstern) Dubbels. Jan enjoyed playing the tuba and basketball in her years at Guttenberg High School. She graduated as Valedictorian in 1938. Shortly after graduation Jan started working 3 days a week at the Guttenberg Press, a place that became her second home for almost 37 years. She retired from the Press in 2005 due to ill health. Jan met her future husband on a steamboat when he offered to carry her sousaphone home after a river excursion. On December 14, 1945 she was married to 1st LT Clifford Frommelt in the Army Chapel at Camp Carson, Colorado. Due to wounds Mr. Frommelt sustained in France during World War II, the couple lived in several different states for care in military hospitals. The couple returned to Guttenberg in August of 1947 where Mr. Frommelt owned & operated Cliffs Cash Toggery for many years before passing away on March 8, 1967. Jan was a lifelong member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church and was church council secretary for over 30 years. She was an active member of the Guttenberg Book Club and the Guttenberg Municipal Hospital Auxiliary. In earlier years she served as a leader with 4-H and the Girl Scouts. Jan was a skilled seamstress, making many garments for herself and her family. She enjoyed crocheting, reading and flower gardening. She was a music lover, being most fond of Dixieland Jazz and Big Band music. Some of her most memorable times were spent traveling across the country to attend Sixth Armored Division Reunions although the most important pastime for Jan was spending time with her family. Jan chose to make the Guttenberg Care Center her home in 2010 where the staff truly became her extended family. Jan is survived by her 3 children, Karen (Frommelt) & Robert Sudmeier of Dubuque, IA Children: Jeff & Molly Sudmeier and Great Granddaughter Eleanor, Michael & Anne Sudmeier, Abbie & Joel Nilles; Gary & Connie Frommelt of St. Louis, MO, Children: Christian, Rose, Anton, Jane (Frommelt) & Steven Staebler of Guttenberg, IA, Children: Docker, Jasmine, Jaderial; sister in law, Mrs. Bud (Claire) Frommelt. Janice was preceded in death by her husband Cliff, sister & brother-in-law Leonette (Frommelt) & Raymond Duwe, brother Kermit & sister-in-law Beverly Dubbels and her brother-in-law Claude "Bud" Frommelt.Memorials may be sent to either St. Paul Lutheran Church 214 S. 1st Guttenberg IA 52052 or the Guttenberg Care Center 1315 Acre Guttenberg IA 52052.Visitation: 4 - 8 PM Saturday February 07, 2015 at Tuecke-Allyn, GuttenbergFuneral Service: 1:30 PM, Sunday February 08, 2015 at St. Paul's Church, GuttenbergInterment: Mt. Olivet, Cemetery, Guttenberg Service Information A service summary is not available