Kathleen Carole Wahls

Obituary Kathleen "Carole" Wahls, age 96, of Garnavillo, IA, went home to be with the lord on, February 19, 2022. Kathleen Carole Wahls was born to Fredrick and Emily Jane Ligate on December 7, 1925. Kathleen always was known by the name Carole. She was born and raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. At the age of 14, Carole was reached and saved while attending a Bible conference at Duluth, Minnesota. Carole later met Dale Wahls, the man she would marry on December 23, 1948. To the union three children were born; Ronald Dale Wahls, Kathleen Emily Schultz, and Wendy Elizabeth Kuhse. For many years Carole and Dale and the family, farmed in rural Garnavillo. In the late 1960s they bought and ran the Garnavillo Hardware store. After Dale passed away in 1999, Carole continued to operate the store for a year before selling it. Later she worked as a snack cart worker as the Guttenberg Care Center. Carole enjoyed doing things for her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She loved reading, knitting, and baking cookies and homemade sweet rolls. Carole is survived by her children; Ronald (Karen) Wahls, Kathleen Schultz, and Wendy (Lanny) Kuhse; Grandchildren; Shane (Hilary) Wahls, Jason (Shelley) Wahls, Chad (Karinda) Wahls, Aleisha (Brant) Nove, Mitchell Schultz, MacKenzie Casey) Curtis, Colleen (Brian) Portzline, and Reagen (Nathan) Marting, as well as twenty great grandchildren. Carole was preceded in death by her parents, husband Dale, her brother Ken and sister Dorothy, who died at birth. Services Visitation Tuesday February 22, 2022 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home and Crematory Services 001 South Industrial Park Rd Garnavillo, IA 52049-0035 Funeral Service Wednesday February 23, 2022 10:30 AM Garnavillo Gospel Hall 503 S. Washington St Garnavillo, IA 52049 Interment Garnavillo Community Cemetery 501 West Centre Steet Garnavillo, IA 52049