Herbert "Chuck" Franzenburg age 89, died peacefully, Tuesday morning, May 28, 2019 at Pennington Square Assisted Living in Monticello.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 Saturday morning, June 1, 2019 at St. John Lutheran Church, rural Monticello with interment in the St. John Cemetery, with Military Honors by the United States Marine Corps.   Friends may call from 5 until 7 Friday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello.   Thoughts memories and Condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com .    In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established.

Surviving are 2 sons, Stan (Molly) and Daniel, 3 grandchildren, Madison, Connor and Lydia all of Monticello, 3 sisters-in-law, Dorothy Brecht, Beverly Pigott and Shirley Frerking, He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Dixie in 2014, and 7 siblings, George, Art, Robert, Randall, Arlene, Lois and Joyce.

Herbert Charles Franzenburg was born July 23, 1929 on a farm southwest of Keystone Iowa. He was the son of Herman and Lena Wiese, Franzenburg. He graduated from the Keystone High School in 1947 and then continued his education at Iowa State University.   He farmed with his brothers before he was inducted into the United States Marine Corps in 1951.  Chuck served as a radio operator in Korea.  When he returned from service he purchased a dairy farm near Atkins.  Herbert Franzenburg and Dixie Hanken were married on August 13, 1961 at St. John Lutheran Church.  The couple farmed in the Atkins area until 1966 when they moved to Monticello to farm the Hanken family farm in Wayne Township. They raised purebred Holstein cattle and belonged to the Registered Holstein Association.    The couple retired from active farming in 1995.   He was a member of the Farm Bureau and the IHIA Dairy Herd Improvement.  He had served on several different boards at St. John Lutheran Church over the years.  Chuck enjoyed bowling in the weekly Men's League and the Sunday night church League.