Obituaries

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Waucoma with her nephew, Rev. James Secora celebrating the Mass. Con-celebrating will be Rev. Marvin Salz. The pall will be placed on the casket by her five children. Debbie Best will be the Lector and the offertory gifts will be presented by Tom and Pat O’Brien.  Organist for the service will be Mary Dietzenbach.  The congregation will sing, "On Eagles Wings", "Here I Am Lord", "I Am The Bread Of Life" and "How Great Thou Art". 

Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Cresco, with grandchildren, Brenda Boleyn, Jennifer Wilde, Carrie Scheidel, Joy Kapler, Abby Kapler, Amy Kapler, Destiny Kapler, Michael Kapler, Bradley Best, Adam Kapler and Kelsey Kapler as pallbearers.

Friends may call 3:00 - 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home in New Hampton where there will be a 4:00 p.m. Rosary. Visitation continues one hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday.

Eleanor Rose Kapler was born November 5, 1919, in Ossian, IA, the daughter of Louis and Sophia (Kapell) Zwiebohmer. She received her education at St. Francis DeSalles School in Ossian. On November 3, 1943, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, IA, she married Clarence J. Kapler. To this union six children were born. The couple made their home on their farm near Jackson Junction where Eleanor raised her family and worked with her husband.

She loved to work in her garden and provided well for her family from this work. Clarence and Eleanor’s daughter Sonja died of cancer in 1993. Clarence died on March 8, 2003, at the age of 83. Eleanor will be remembered for the emphasis she placed on her family.

Eleanor is survived by four sons, Gerald (Phyllis) Kapler of Waverly, IA, Leo (Theresa) Kapler of Woodbury, MN, Dale Kapler of Waterloo, IA, Richard (Theresa) Kapler of Hawkeye, IA;  one daughter, Susan (Francis) Best of Ft. Atkinson, IA;  eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren; one sister, Evelyn Secora of Ft. Atkinson, IA; and one brother; Albert Zweibohmer of Ossian; a sister-in-law, Dorothy Wolter of Cherry Valley, IL; and a very special friend from the eastern star home in Decorah, Viva Hanna.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her daughter; two brothers, Herman Zweibohmer and Theodore Zweibohmer; two sisters, Luella Cooper and Rosalyn Poshusta.