Kerry L. Conrad, 48, of Central City, died Monday, January 3, 2022 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

Funeral services will be held at 11 am Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at the First United Church of Christ, Anamosa with Rev. Rodger Good officiating. Friends may call from 4 to 7 pm Monday, January 10, 2022 at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa. Burial will be held at a later date. Facemasks, properly fitted over the nose and mouth, will be required at all times at the funeral home and are encouraged at the church. Please use the " Guestbook " link and share your thoughts, memories, stories and condolences with Kerry's family.

Kerry Lynn Ehlts was born on December 11, 1973 in Monticello, IA the daughter of Richard and Kathy (Poppe) Ehlts. She attended Midland Community Schools and graduated from Midland High School in 1992. She later earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Public Administration from Upper Iowa University in Fayette.  Kerry married Randy Conrad on July 24, 1993 at the First United Church of Christ in Anamosa. She worked in the field of human resources and was most recently employed at the City of Highland Village in Texas.

Kerry loved playing (winning) Euchre, time with her girlfriends including her most trusted "Team J.A.C.K" ( J oni, A nita, A ngie, C onnie, and K erry), travel, cooking, reading, and binge-watching television series. She loved to spend time with her family, which included her beloved companion, Rudy.  She cherished raising her two beautiful children, Alex and Maddy. After 23 years of living and working in Texas and Virginia, Randy and Kerry recently moved back to their much-loved state of Iowa to be around friends and family.

Kerry is survived by her loving husband of 29 years, Randy, her children Madeline (Chris) Vickrey, Plano, TX and Alex Conrad, Virginia Beach, VA, her parents Richard (Jane) Ehlts, Donnellson, and Kathy (Jim) Koerperich, Monticello, her mother-in-law Janice (Harvey) Oltmanns, Anamosa, her brother Shannon (Christina Kinoshita) Ehlts, Ankeny, brothers-in-law Rickey (Erika) Conrad, Ross Conrad, Brent Gearhart, Brian Gearhart, Darrell Janssen, Scott (Joni) Oltmanns, and Justin Norris, a sister-in-law Amber (Matt) Flesher, her nieces and nephews Ari, Addi, Owen, Matt, Kahli, Mitch, Amanda, Alyssa, Bria, Aaron, Hunter, Josh, Karli, and Kelsey, her maternal grandparents, Henry and Lois Poppe, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her father-in-law Allen Conrad, step mother-in-law, Peggy Conrad, sister-in-law Rhonda Janssen, and brother-in-law Bruce Gearhart.