Constance Marquardt

Constance Marquardt, 99, passed away peacefully in the Ridgewood Care Center, Racine, Wisconsin on Monday, November 8, 2010.  Burial will take place in the Union Cemetery, Humboldt, on Saturday, November 13th, at 2:00 p.m. Her memorial service will follow in the Rutland Methodist Church at 3:00 p.m. The Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home of Humboldt is in charge of arrangements.  The family has suggested memorials to the Humboldt Public Library.

Constance was born in Rutland, Iowa on August 5, 1911 the daughter of the late Peter and Helen (nee: Bair) Cran.  Mrs. Marquardt graduated from Bode High School and attended both the Iowa State Teachers College and Buena Vista College. She taught school in the Humboldt County rural school system for 10 years and later worked as a secretary for the Rural Electric Co-operative for over 16 years. Mrs. Marquardt was a member of the Rutland Methodist Church for 89 years. She very proud of the fact that she was a charter member of the Oxbow Isaac Walter League, lifetime member of the Humboldt Hospital Auxiliary and the Humboldt County Historical Society.

Surviving are her loving children, Terry Bakken, of Garden Grove, CA, Nancy (Dr. Warren) DeKraay, of Racine, WI; 8 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; sister, Beverly (Dale) Coffin; of Mesa, AZ and sisters-in-law, Lucille Dick, of Phoenix, AZ, and Charlene (Emmet) Wiegert, of Humboldt, IA. Her nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends further survive her. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Elver Marquardt, 5 brothers, and 2 sisters.