Funeral services will be held 1:00 Saturday afternoon, July 10, 2010 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Monticello with interment in the Oakwood Cemetery. Rev. Darryl Larson will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 until 7 Friday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Thoughts, Memories and Condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com. A memorial fund is being established.

Survivors include four children, Kenneth Schatz of Sioux City; Diana (Robert) Muchmore of Rowley; Stanley (Ruth) Schatz of Osage and Linda Schatz of Clarksburg, Maryland; seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law Ruby Toenjes and Clara Tsuris, both of Monticello. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Wilfred, three sisters--Edna Dirks, Irma Bodeker, and Luella Ulferts, two brothers—Leslie Toenjes and Irvin Toenjes, daughter-in-law Janice Schatz, sisters-in-law Pauline Toenjes and Marie Schatz and brothers-in-law, Ernie Dirks, John Bodeker, Carl Ulferts and Peter Tsuris.

Velda Marie Schatz, daughter of Arend Gerhard and Mary Zimmerman Toenjes, was born on May 8, 1921, at their country home near Anamosa. She was baptized June 12, 1921 and confirmed April 14, 1935 at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church in rural Wayne Township. Wilfred C. Schatz and Velda M. Toenjes were married February 19, 1941. They farmed in Castle Grove and Wayne Township until retiring in 1980 when they moved to Monticello.

Velda was active in church work acting as a Sunday School Teacher, Chairman of the Bible Group and of the Sewing Circle. She enjoyed sewing and quilting.