Mary Ellen Yenzer

IN MEMORY OF
MARY ELLEN YENZER

BORN: July 8, 1957 ~ Cedar Falls, Iowa
PASSED AWAY: January 10, 2006 ~ Sheldon, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
10:00 A.M. Friday, January 13, 2006
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home, Sheldon, Iowa
Rev. Kevin Muyskens ~ officiating
VISITATION
Thursday, January 12, 2006 after 2:00pm
with the family present from 6:30 - 8:00pm
at the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home in Sheldon, Iowa

CASKET BEARERS
Dan Shere Gordon Howe
Norman Fink James Stensland
Chris Coffman Todd Foelske

After today’s service, relatives and friends are invited
to join the family in the fellowship hall of the
Immanuel Reformed Church in Sheldon, Iowa.

SERVICES IN JANESVILLE, IOWA
A Family Viewing will be held
Friday, January 13, 2006
from 3:00 p.m. until the time of the graveside service
at the United Methodist Church in Janesville, Iowa

FINAL RESTING PLACE
Graveside Services will be held at 4:00p.m.
Friday, January 13, 2006 in the
Oakland Cemetery ~ Janesville, Iowa
&
Military Graveside Services will be conducted by the:
Waverly American Legion Post #176

After the graveside service, relatives and friends are invited to join the fellowship hall of the United Methodist Church in Janesville, Iowa.

Arrangements under the care of
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home of Sheldon, Iowa

MARY ELLEN YENZER
Mary Ellen Yenzer, the daughter of Carl and Mildred (Harris) Metzger, was born July 8, 1957 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Mary Ellen attended school in Janesville, Iowa and graduated from Janesville High School in 1974, she then attended two years at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. She joined the United States Navy and was stationed in Hawaii. It was there that she was united in marriage to Bruce Lee Yenzer on June 29, 1988 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The couple lived in Honolulu for several years after their marriage. When Bruce retired from the Navy, they moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin for a year, before moving to Sheldon, Iowa in 1994. For the past year she has worked at Siouxland Floral in Hull, Iowa. Mary Ellen passed away at her home in Sheldon on Tuesday, January 10, 2006, reaching the age of 48 years, 6 months and 2 days.
Mary Ellen was a member of the United Methodist Church. She was a Master Crafter; she has won numerous awards at county fairs for her handiwork and has had several articles published on her in local papers. She also enjoyed painting and sewing; for Halloween, she had made Santa helper costumes for four young ladies and at Christmas she made Christmas ornaments for her nurses.
Mary Ellen leaves to cherish her memory, her husband, Bruce Yenzer of Sheldon, Iowa; two daughters, Sara and Lauren Yenzer both at home; her step-mother, Madeline Metzger of Waverly, Iowa; two sisters and their husbands, Claudia and Lorenzo Alvarado of Devine, Texas; Aryvella and Norman Fink of Janesville, Iowa; a brother and his wife, Carl and Terri Metzger of Cedar Falls, Iowa; and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by both of her parents, and an infant sister, Priscilla Metzger.