Daisy M. Weitenhagen, daughter of Warren Glen and Ivy (Moon) Buck, was born April 14, 1920, at rural Hawkeye, Iowa. She received her education in the rural schools near Hawkeye and together with her husband, earned her G.E.D.

            She was united in marriage with Harley E. Weitenhagen on August 6, 1940, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Daisy was a farm wife until she began to operate the Alpha Store in the 1960’s. She then worked as a cook for the Sumner Community Schools and the Hillcrest Home. All the while, she was a loving mother and wife.

            A resident of the Hillcrest Home, Daisy’s death occurred there on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, from natural causes. She was 90 years old.

            She is survived by one son, Dean Weitenhagen of Des Moines; one daughter-in-law, Sandra Weitenhagen of Warrenville, South Carolina; four grandchildren, Sarah Weitenhagen, Adam Weitenhagen, Jessie Weitenhagen, and Katie Weitenhagen; one brother, Howard (Susan) Buck of Horizon City, Texas; and three sisters, Shirley Barry of Jacksonville, Florida, Phyllis (Lavern) Schlatter of Lostine, Oregon, and Clara Dunn of Sacramento, California.

Daisy was preceded in death by her husband, Harley on August 5, 2004; one son, Hal; and an infant daughter, Helen Pearl and infant son, Howard Gene; her parents; three sisters, Betty Bird, Nellie Smith, and Millie Richter; and three brothers, Kenneth, Henry, and Richard.

Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 1, 2010, at St. John Lutheran Church in Sumner with Rev. William Runaas, Jr. and Rev. Dayna Winke officiating. Friends may call from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Friday, April 30, 2010, at Becker-Milnes Funeral Home in Sumner and for one hour preceding services at the church on Saturday. Interment will be at St. John Lutheran Cemetery in Sumner. The family suggests that memorials may be made in Daisy’s name to the Hillcrest Home in Sumner.