VINTON: Rev. E. L. Stuempfig, 100, died Sunday, March 20, 2011 at the Vinton Lutheran Home following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 25, 2011 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vinton with Rev. Clarke E. Frederick officiating. Friends may call at the Phillips Family Center (605 Second Avenue) from 4-7 p.m. Thursday and from 10:00 a.m. until service time at the church Friday. Interment will be held at the Keystone Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the family to be distributed to several of Ewald's favorite charitable organizations.
Ewald Leonard Stuempfig was born May 14, 1910 in Saginaw, MI to William and Eleanora (Ewald) Stuempfig. He graduated from Concordia Seminary - St. Louis, MO in 1933. On June 6, 1937 he was united in marriage to Ruth Brauer in Keystone.
Rev. Stuempfig served Redeemer, Elkader 1934-1941; St. John/Trinity, Washington/Wellman 1941-1944; St. Paul, Farmington, MI 1941-1948; St. Paul, Bennett 1948-1952; St. John, Reinbeck 1952-1957; Concordia, Waterloo 1957-1965; and St. John, State Center 1965-1975. After his retirement in 1975 he served vacancies at Redeemer-Marshalltown, St. John-Victor, Trinity-Dillon and St. John- Marengo. Rev. Stuempfig also served as the Lutheran Home Chaplain from 2000 - 2006. He was an avid gardener and loved traveling and his daily walks.
He is survived by his wife Ruth of Vinton; his two sons, Paul (Sue) Stuempfig of Sun City West, AZ, Dan (Maureen) Stuempfig of Chico, CA; his three daughters, Eunice (Walter) Kirkpatrick of Big Timber, MT, Lois Bonefas of Waterloo, Mary (John) Baughman of Palm Springs, CA; his eight grandchildren, Mark (Kathleen) Stuempfig, Suzanne (Randy) Ballard, Joshua (Tisha) Kirkpatrick, Tim Kirkpatrick, Brandon Bonefas, Zachary (Becky) Bonefas, Shayna (Dany) Stuempfig-Vitale and Nathan Stuempfig; and his ten great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents Rev. Stuempfig was preceded in death by two brothers, Roland and Carl Stuempfig and his son-in-law, Thomas Bonefas.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at: www.phillipsfuneralhomes. com.
