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I have decided that the best person to write about me is me! If you are reading this, it’s because the AML won in the end. I was dealt a crappy hand but played it as best as I could. In the end, I lost; although I didn’t go down without a fight!<\/p>\n
I was born to Warren and LaDonna (Heneman) Sauerbrei on September 12, 1954. I grew up on a farm south of West Union with five siblings (Marie, Marvin, Mark, Marcia, and Marty). I have an abundance of great memories growing up including: showing cattle, playing school sports, participating in 4-H, and hanging out with friends. At the time, I didn’t think farming was fun, but looking back, it wasn’t so bad.<\/p>\n
I graduated from North High in 1972. While in 10th grade, I asked a boy to the Valentine’s dance who turned me down, but later became the love of my life for almost fifty years. After High School, I did the college thing attending AIB in Des Moines, earning my associate’s degree. This took me through several interesting (and not-so-interesting) careers, but my favorite was being a mom and nana.<\/p>\n
On December 22, 1973, I married that boy from High School, Nichlas McIntyre. We were lucky enough to become parents to four very active, rambunctious boys. They definitely gave me a run for my money and I’m lucky to have survived coming out with several gray hairs, but I wouldn’t have had it any other way.<\/p>\n
When I had free time, I loved to read and listen to jazz, blues, Irish jigs, and classics, even going to Blues Fest several times. I loved to spend time in Lansing, my happy place… at first just with our boys boating on the river; and later at our “cabin” that we enjoyed with the family & friends hanging around the campfire or taking the boats to the beach, we may have even enjoyed a few adult beverages or two there as well.<\/p>\n
I am leaving behind a lot of people that love me and will keep my memory alive; my husband, Nichlas; our boys and daughters-in-law, Travis (Norma), Andrew (Jenny), Nathan (Angie), Zachary (Missy); our eleven grandchildren, Jessica, Sawyer, Chandler (Summer), Chelsea, Kyra, Lilly, Liam, Reid, Kael, Gavin and Harper; great-grandkids, Bentley and Hazel; my father, Warren; my siblings, Marvin (Mavis), Mark (Caroll), Marcia (Kevin) and Marty (Bev); siblings-in-law: Holly (Ron) Heying and John (Tami) McIntyre; my aunts, Verlain, Virginia, Veronica and Valitha; and numerous cousins, neighbors and friends.<\/p>\n
I was preceded in death by my mother, LaDonna (Heineman); my sister and brother-in-law, Marie and Lawrence Schneider; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Verla and Newell McIntyre; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Walter and Julie Ash. I was also preceded in death by my long-time best friend, Mari Eitel, whom I cherished dearly.<\/p>\n
Cancer was a hard journey. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. It involved numerous hospital stays, countless needles, and continuously not feeling well. I’d like you all to take comfort in knowing that I will rest in peace. I know I will not feel alone because I have a lot of special people waiting to reunite with me.<\/p>\n
Thanks for taking the time to read my obituary. You learned a little about me and my journey through life. Now go out in the world and make a difference, and if you can’t… “Eat a Rock!”<\/p>\n
There will be a Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2023 from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm<\/span> <\/em><\/strong>at the Rustic Chic Event Center in West Union, Iowa.<\/p>\n Inurnment will be held at a later date.<\/p>\n Burnham-Wood-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service of West Union, Iowa is assisting the family with arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have decided that the best person to write about me is me! If you are reading this, it’s because the AML won in the end. I was dealt a crappy hand but played it as best as I could. In the end, I lost; although I didn’t go down without a fight! I was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[304],"class_list":["post-14495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-mcintyre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14495"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14544,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14495\/revisions\/14544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}