Obituary of Evelyn E. Gegenheimer Magnussen

Evelyn E. Gegenheimer Magnussen, age 94 formerly of Iowa City died Tuesday, November 28, 2006, at St. Anthony’s Care Center in Carroll, Iowa. Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 9, 2006, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City with the Rev. Rick Bunnell and Dr. Elvin Thompson officiating. Entombment will be at the Memory Gardens Mausoleum in Iowa City. Visitation will be after 12 noon until the services at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established in Evelyn’s memory. Online condolences may be sent for her family through our website @www.gayandciha.com. Evelyn Esther Morris was born September 16, 1912, in rural Lee County, Iowa the daughter of Everett and Mabel (Hathaway) Morris. She married Burdette Gegenheimer December 16, 1933, in West Branch, Iowa. The couple owned and operated Geg’s Electric in Iowa City for many years, and Evelyn also worked as a beautician. Burdette died August of 1979. Evelyn later married Sam Magnussen in 1985. Sam died in 1990. Evelyn loved watching Hawkeye and Bronco football, sending timely birthday cards to her grandchildren, winning the annual Christmas costume competition, and dominating every game of dominos. Evelyn’s family includes; daughters, Beverly McMahan and her husband, Phil of Old Hickory,TN, Judy Chavez and her husband, Greg of El Dorado Hills, CA, and Patty Thompson and her husband, Elvin, of Jefferson, IA; one son, Rick Gegenheimer and his wife, Claudia of Coralville, IA; eighteen grandchildren, and twenty-six great-grandchildren; sister, Louise Hoopes of Coralville; and sisters-in-law, Irma Morris of Wilmore, KY and Martha Gegenheimer of Coralville. She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, and seven brothers and sisters. Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service is caring for Evelyn’s family and her services.