Gertrude Folkerts age 101 died Sunday, November 25, 2018 at the Anamosa Care Center following an extended illness.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 Saturday morning, December 1, 2018 at the First Congregational Church, Anamosa with interment in the Cass Center Cemetery.   Friends may call from 9 until 10:30 Saturday at the church.  Pastor Rodger Good will officiate at the services.   Goettsch Funeral Home has taken Gertrude and her family into their care.  In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to a charity of choice.

Surviving are 2 children, Don (Marg) Folkerts, Anamosa, Lucea (Larry) Ledenbach, Lisle, IL., 5 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Roy in 2003 and 4 siblings, Helen Murray, Carolyn Hall, George Brown and Russell Brown.

Gertrude Lucea Brown was born November 20, 1917 in Cass Township, Jones County, Iowa.   She was the daughter of Burton and Eunice Hanna, Brown.  Gertrude graduated from the Anamosa Community Schools in 1934.  Gertrude Brown and Roy Folkerts were married on September 14, 1940 at the Anamosa Methodist Church Parsonage.   Gertrude worked in the Jones County Auditor's office for several years.  She later moved to the Jones County Clerk of Courts office where she was a deputy Clerk for 22 years.  She was the elected as the Clerk of Court for and served 4 years before retiring in 1980.

Gertrude was a member of the First Congregational Church.  She was the Financial Secretary for the church for many years.   She was active in the Ladies Auxiliary and Bible Study as well.  Gertrude and Roy love to go dancing whenever possible.