Ethel M. Hartz, age 90 of Marengo, died Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at the Marengo Memorial Hospital.  Memorial Service: 10:30 A.M. Saturday, December 5, 2009, First Lutheran Church, rural Conroy, with Rev. Donald Keiser Dovre officiating.  Inurnment: Marengo Cemetery, Marengo. There will be no visitation.  A memorial fund has been established.  Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo is in charge of arrangements.

Ethel is survived by three sons; Darrell and wife Susan, David, and Maurice Jr. and wife Kathy all of Marengo; ten grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren.  She is also survived by a brother, Walter Stanerson of Williamsburg, a daughter-in law, Joyce Hartz of Des Moines and a daughter-in-law Terry Hartz of Cedar Rapids. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in 1990, a son Gary in 1978, two brothers; Ed and Art, and a sister Helen Overbaugh.

Ethel Marie Stanerson was born June 23, 1919 in Conroy, the daughter of Staner Stanerson and Helen Mae Groesbeck.  She graduated from Hilton High School in 1938.  Ethel married Maurice W. Hartz on February 1, 1939 at her parent’s home in Conroy.

The couple farmed for many years in Iowa County, prior to moving to Marengo.  In addition to being a homemaker, Ethel was a hostess for Hoover-Valentine Funeral Home in Marengo.  She was also employed by Home Decorating and the sales barn.  She was a member of the First Lutheran Church in rural Conroy and WELCA.  She enjoyed crocheting, hardanger, working in her yard, and was a die hard Cub and Hawkeye fan.