Joan Gertrude (Dippel) Kinzer, 92, of Peru passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at Manor Court of Peru surrounded by her family.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 25, 2019, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Peru with Rev. Tom Redig and her nephew, Fr. David Ryan officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Memorial Park, Ottawa. Visitation will be 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Mueller Funeral Home, Peru.
Mrs. Kinzer was born November 13, 1926, in Granville to Frank and Anna (Imparl) Dippel. She married Russell Lawrence Kinzer on February 19, 1949, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Dixon. She attended Granville Grade School, was a graduate of Hopkins High School and received her nursing certificate from St. Mary’s School of Nursing in LaSalle.
Mrs. Kinzer was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Peru, and the Order of the Eastern Star. She enjoyed participating in Shrine activities with her husband Russell, who was a member of Mohammed Shrine of Peoria and Northern Illinois Valley Shrine Club.
Mrs. Kinzer’s joys in life were spending time with her family, reading and sewing.
Survivors include her four children, Laura Joan (George) Attaway of Huntley, Lawrence Joseph (Barbara) Kinzer of Ottawa, Lois Anne (Roger) Look of Pekin, Lisa Marie (Robert) Konzelmann of Williamsville; five grandchildren, Justin Attaway, Joseph M. Kinzer, Jennifer L. Sampson, Robert D. and Russell Konzelmann; two great-grandchildren, Rose Kinzer and Mackenzie Sampson and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Russell on August 30, 2005; her brother, Dr. William Dippel and her two sisters, Edna Pletsch and Joyce Ryan.
Pallbearers will be Joseph M. Kinzer, Justin Attaway, Ken Sampson, Robert D. Konzelmann, Russell Konzelmann and Eric Dippel.
Joan has been laid to rest in the Garden of Psalms.