Esthermarie Pauline Pape

IN MEMORY OF
ESTHERMARIE P. PAPE

BORN
March 30, 1926
Hospers, Iowa
PASSED AWAY
January 27, 2006
Sheldon, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
10:30 A.M. Tuesday, January 31, 2006
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Sheldon, Iowa
Father Robert J. Schimmer
Celebrant
VISITATION
Monday, January 20, 2006
after 2:00pm
with the family present from
6:30 - 8:00pm
Christian Wake Service @ 7:00pm
Parish Rosary by the
Ladies Guild @ 7:30pm
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home Sheldon
MUSIC
No. 451 “Amazing Grace”
No. 452 “Only a Shadow”
“Song of Farewell”
No. 461 “You Are Near”
No. 448 “On Eagle’s Wings”
Cantor: Mary Donahue
Organist: Laura Wagner

HONORARY CASKET BEARERS
All of Esthermarie’s nieces and nephews

CASKET BEARERS
Mike Pape Bob Schmit
Larry Schmit Scott Schmit
Joe Schmit Edward McCarty


FINAL RESTING PLACE
St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery Sheldon, Iowa

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

After the graveside service, relatives and friends are invited to join the family in the fellowship hall of the church.

ESTHERMARIE P. PAPE


Esthermarie Pauline “Smitty” Pape was born in Hospers, Iowa on March 30, 1926, the daughter of Mathias H. and Adella Kathryn (Gloden) Schmit. She was raised in the Hospers area and received her first eight years of education at St. Anthony’s Catholic School in Hospers. She then attended Hopers Public High School, where she graduated in 1944. She married Leander H. Pape on January 23, 1960, at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Hospers. After their marriage they made their home in Sheldon, Iowa. Smitty passed away peacefully at her home in Sheldon, Iowa on Friday, January 27, 2006, following a lengthy illness, reaching the age of 79 years.
She was member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church of Sheldon and of the Ladies Guild. Smitty will be fondly remembered for always having the coffee pot on, a plate of cookies out, and ready for a game of cards.
Esthermarie leaves to cherish her memory, her husband, Leander of Sheldon; two daughters, Leann Pape and her fiancé, Bob Thompson both of Palmer Lake, Colorado; Nonalee and her husband, Brad Gardner of Coralville, Iowa; one son, Darren Lee Pape of St. Louis Park, Minnesota; two grandchildren, Kathryn Anne and Anthony James Gardner of Coralville, Iowa; two brothers, Reginald Schmit of Aurora, Colorado and Marcel and his wife, Mildred Schmit of Cottage Grove, Minnesota; and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Milton and Roland Schmit.