{"id":2808,"date":"2017-04-25T09:59:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T14:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/?p=2808"},"modified":"2017-04-26T15:19:38","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T20:19:38","slug":"gertrude-sanchez-lansing-iowa-april-25-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/2017\/04\/gertrude-sanchez-lansing-iowa-april-25-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Gertrude Sanchez, Lansing, Iowa, April 25, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/strong>(Gertrude) Gretchen<\/strong> (Ferring) Sanchez<\/strong>, age 98, died peacefully at Thornton Manor in Lansing, IA, on April 25, 2017.\u00a0 Gretch was born to Nick and Rose Gertrude (Doehler) Ferring in Center township rural Lansing.\u00a0 She attended country school for 7 years and then Immaculate Conception school, graduating in 1936.\u00a0 She worked in Milwaukee and Racine before joining the Women\u2019s Army Air Corp.\u00a0 During WWII she was stationed in Goose Bay Labrador where she did decoding.\u00a0 After the war, her adventurous spirit lead her to a job in Japan where she met Airman Gilbert Sanchez. Upon their return to the states, they were married in Albuquerque, NM, Gilbert\u2019s hometown.\u00a0 They had two children and were later divorced.\u00a0 Gretch returned to her home on Main Street in Lansing to care for her parents.\u00a0 She worked at Peterson\u2019s book store and did sewing in her home, making a name for herself as an exquisite seamstress, quilter, and knitter.\u00a0 She worked for over 18 years in civilian finance at Fort McCoy in Tomah, WI, retiring in 1983.\u00a0 She was a proud member of VFW Post 5981 in Lansing.<\/p>\n

Her last years were spent at Thornton Manor where she was very content due to the loving care from the dedicated staff.\u00a0 The family sincerely appreciates everyone at Thornton Manor for their wonderful compassion.\u00a0 Thanks to Pat Keenan and Rick Welch for being such helpful neighbors.\u00a0 Special thanks to Lynn Feuerhelm and Shannon Roberts for their true friendship and many visits over the years, and a very heartfelt thanks to Sam and Betty Bell for their love, attention, and thoughtfulness.\u00a0 Gretch is survived by one son, James (Rita) of La Crosse; one daughter, Mary Howard of Menomonie, WI; four grandsons, John (Kristine) Sanchez of Onalaska, WI; Anthony (Heather) Sanchez of Temecula, CA; Dominic (Billie) Howard of Hudson, WI; and Justin (Amy) Howard of Frisco, CO; and seven great-grandchildren, Thomas, Emily, McKayla, and Sammy Sanchez and Heather and Chandler Howard, and Luke Howard; one sister-in-law Margaret Ferring of Lansing; and treasured nieces and nephews—Paul\u2019s children Pat (Mary) Ferring, Don (Margie) Ferring, Marion (Dennis) Gavin, Roseann (Ken) Marks, Mike (Vickie) Ferring, and Linda (Brent) Munson; and Bob\u2019s children Kathy (Leo) Conway, Virginia (Mike) O\u2019Hare, Lavonne (Tom) Callahan, Cindy (Jim) Callahan, Laurie (George) Manning, Pam (Randy) Smith, and Robin (David) Johnson.<\/p>\n

She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Paul and Robert; two sisters-in-law, Katherine and Edith Ferring; and her former husband, Gilbert.<\/p>\n

Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 am on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Lansing, Iowa with Rev. John Moser and Msgr. Ed Lechtenberg as the Concelebrants. There will be a visitation before Mass from 9:30 am until time of service.<\/p>\n

Burial will follow at Gethsemane Cemetery in Lansing, Iowa.<\/p>\n

Thornburg-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Lansing, Iowa is helping the family with arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Gertrude) Gretchen (Ferring) Sanchez, age 98, died peacefully at Thornton Manor in Lansing, IA, on April 25, 2017.\u00a0 Gretch was born to Nick and Rose Gertrude (Doehler) Ferring in Center township rural Lansing.\u00a0 She attended country school for 7 years and then Immaculate Conception school, graduating in 1936.\u00a0 She worked in Milwaukee and Racine before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[202],"class_list":["post-2808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-sanchez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808","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=2808"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2838,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808\/revisions\/2838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}