Edith Asendorf

Edith was raised on the farm where she loved working outdoors with her parents and sisters. Edith was third born of four girls, Lizzie, Ella, and Hazel, and attended Country School District #63 through eighth grade. The girls walked to school in the summer - in winter their dad would take them across the fields in a bobsled under a huge horsehair blanket. They grew up a very close-knit family staying close all their lives, celebrating holidays and birthdays together. Edith married Bernhardt (Ben) Asendorf on July 31, 1935. Together they had two children, Joan (Jo) Carol and Roger Eugene. Edith and Ben were a great team working side by side their entire lives. She loved to garden and canned many, many quarts of vegetables and fruits to last the winter. She was a great cook and made the best pies and cakes. She loved to sing along with the radio. She and the family would sing all the way to town every Saturday night. Edith and Ben loved to dance - it was evident they belonged together as they glided across the floor. Edith was a lifetime member of St. James United Methodist Church and was active in ladies aid and circle and made sure the family attended church and Sunday school weekly. In her later years she moved into town to the Prairie View Apartments and then into Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center where she had many wonderful friends. Edith is survived by her daughter Jo and husband Gerry Kintzi of Belmond, IA; son Roger and wife Kathy Asendorf of St. James; five grandchildren - Kris (Paul) Rogalla of Indianola, IA; Jody (Mike) Coppersmith of New London, WI; Brad (Shawna) Asendorf of St. James; Ron (Audrey) Kintzi of Rosemount; and Brian (Stacy) Asendorf of Neenah, WI; fifteen great grandchildren - Ryan (Molly) Rogalla, Brandon (Amy) Rogalla, Anna Asendorf, Ashley Asendorf, Sara Asendorf, Erin Asendorf, Bryce Coppersmith, Nathan Kintzi, Paige Asendorf, Katherine Asendorf, Laura Coppersmith, Amanda Kintzi, Abbie Asendorf, Briana Asendorf and Elizabeth Asendorf, and two great-great grandchildren Lauren and Olivia Rogalla; sister Ella Sturm of St. James; many nieces and nephews and their families and her many friends at the Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center. She was preceded in death by her parents - Walt Mary (Klutz) Barge, her husband - Ben, sisters-Lizzie and Hazel, brothers-in-law - John Sturm, Clinton (Tubby) Marsden, Leo Ayres, Albert Asendorf, Ernie Asendorf, Rudy Asendorf, Freddie Behlmer, and sisters-in-law - Marie Asendorf, Eldora Asendorf, Minnie Behlmer, and nephews - Larry and Lynn Marsden.