Obituary for Regina Elnora Oltmanns (Harms)
Regina Elnora Oltmanns, 96, of Le Mars, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at Floyd Valley Healthcare in Le Mars. A Celebration of Life Service will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 17, 2021, at Grace Lutheran Church in Le Mars. Rev. Timothy Geitz will officiate. Burial will follow at Christ Lutheran Cemetery, rural Le Mars, Iowa. Visitation with the family present will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday prior to the service.
Regina Elnora Oltmanns was born on March 16, 1924 at Struble, Iowa the daughter of Jurgen and Katherine (Berg) Harms. She married Adolph Oltmanns on March 12, 1943. They made their home on a farm near Ireton, Iowa. They later moved to Le Mars, Iowa in 1970. Adolph passed away on April 20, 1979.
Grateful to have shared her life are her three sons and their wives, Edwin and Evelyn of Des Moines, IA, Gerald and Shirley of Rio Linda, CA and Robert and Laurie of Le Mars, IA; 8 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren, 15 great-great-grandchildren; a sister Dorothy Foxhaven of Hinton, IA; two brothers, Elmer Harms of Sioux City, IA and Melvin Harms of Punta Gorda, FL; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Adolph; two daughters and their husbands, Arlene and John Hughes and Lorraine and Mike Kenny; a grandchild, Sharla Flores; great-grandchild, Rodney Allen; and five sisters, Louise, Helen, Teresa, Angeline and Sylvia; and a brother, Marvin Harms.
Regina Elnora Oltmanns was born on March 16, 1924 at Struble, Iowa the daughter of Jurgen and Katherine (Berg) Harms. She married Adolph Oltmanns on March 12, 1943. They made their home on a farm near Ireton, Iowa. They later moved to Le Mars, Iowa in 1970. Adolph passed away on April 20, 1979.
Grateful to have shared her life are her three sons and their wives, Edwin and Evelyn of Des Moines, IA, Gerald and Shirley of Rio Linda, CA and Robert and Laurie of Le Mars, IA; 8 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren, 15 great-great-grandchildren; a sister Dorothy Foxhaven of Hinton, IA; two brothers, Elmer Harms of Sioux City, IA and Melvin Harms of Punta Gorda, FL; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Adolph; two daughters and their husbands, Arlene and John Hughes and Lorraine and Mike Kenny; a grandchild, Sharla Flores; great-grandchild, Rodney Allen; and five sisters, Louise, Helen, Teresa, Angeline and Sylvia; and a brother, Marvin Harms.