Meta Tobiason age 101, of Monticello, died peacefully, Thursday, morning, March 26, 2020 at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

A Memorial Service will be held, when all our lives return to normal after Covid-19, at St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Monticello. A private family interment has taken place at the Oakwood Cemetery.   Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello has taken Meta and her family into their care. Thoughts, Memories and Condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.  In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established.

Surviving are 2 children, Barbara (Loren) Dirks, Monticello, Robert Tobiason, Naperville, Ill., 6 Grandchildren, 11 great-Grandchildren, and 2 great-great-Grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her step-father Will Poppe, her husband of 71 years Learow in 2010, her daughter-in-law, Tanya, 3 brothers, Ernest, Herman and Carl Ortgies, and a sister Louise Bohlken.

Meta Katharina Ortgies was born March 22, 1919 at Cass Center, Cass Township, Jones County, Iowa.   She was the daughter of Emil and Katharine Oltmanns, Ortgies.   Her dad died in the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1920.  Meta attended the rural schools of Cass Township.  Meta Ortgies and Learow Tobiason were married October 19, 1938 at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. The couple farmed in Scotch Grove and Wayne Township.  Meta and Learow retired from active farming in 1980 and moved to Monticello. Meta was a life-long member of the Lutheran Church. She was baptized on April 25, 1919. She confirmed her faith on March 25, 1934 at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church.   Meta was an active member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church for many years. She enjoyed golfing at the Monticello Golf Course, playing bridge, and crocheting.

The family would like to thank the staff at Pennington Square, the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Above and Beyond Hospice for all the care and concern given to Meta and her family over the past 6 years.