IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Capitola Juanita
Rehagen
November 13, 1922 – August 4, 2006
Obituary
Capitola Juanita Rehagen, age 83, of St. Elizabeth, died Friday, August 4, 2006, at Capital Region Medical Center. She was born in Iberia on November 13, 1922, to William Roy and Gertrude Edith (Carroll) Irwin. On June 5, 1940, she was married to John Leo Otto, who died May 23, 1945. On November 9, 1946, in St. Elizabeth, she was married to Lawrence Frank Rehagen, who died August 5, 2006.
She was a 1939 graduate of Tuscumbia High School. She received her Nursing Certificate in 1947 and Journalism Certificate in 1949. She was a member of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church in St. Elizabeth and St. Ann's Sodality. She was the St. Elizabeth correspondent for the Meta Herald, Iberia Sentinel, and Jefferson City News Tribune during the 1950's and 60's. She worked at the Tuscumbia Clinic for five years until it closed in 1968 and retired from the Langenberg Hat Factory in St. Elizabeth. She was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary #0545 in St. Elizabeth and the Miller County Leader of the Junior Farmers Association.
Survivors include two sons, Raymond Rehagen and wife, Susan of Holts Summit and Leroy Rehagen and wife, Gail of St. Elizabeth; one daughter, Carolyn Kliethermes and husband, Jerome of Eldon; two sisters, Barbara Streumph (who lived for several years in St. Elizabeth with Lawrence and Capitola) and husband, Bernard of Kansas City and Ramona McKinnon and husband, Clyde of Orlando, Florida; two sisters-in-law, Gertrude Kirkweg of St. Elizabeth and Sonja Irwin of Topeka, Kansas; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Marvin and Weldon "Bud" Irwin; and one great-granddaughter.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 9, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in St. Elizabeth. Rev. Francis Stuart, OSB, will officiate. Interment will be in St. Lawrence Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday at the St. Elizabeth Community Center with a Rosary at 6:00 p.m.
Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Elizabeth Care Center.
She was a 1939 graduate of Tuscumbia High School. She received her Nursing Certificate in 1947 and Journalism Certificate in 1949. She was a member of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church in St. Elizabeth and St. Ann's Sodality. She was the St. Elizabeth correspondent for the Meta Herald, Iberia Sentinel, and Jefferson City News Tribune during the 1950's and 60's. She worked at the Tuscumbia Clinic for five years until it closed in 1968 and retired from the Langenberg Hat Factory in St. Elizabeth. She was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary #0545 in St. Elizabeth and the Miller County Leader of the Junior Farmers Association.
Survivors include two sons, Raymond Rehagen and wife, Susan of Holts Summit and Leroy Rehagen and wife, Gail of St. Elizabeth; one daughter, Carolyn Kliethermes and husband, Jerome of Eldon; two sisters, Barbara Streumph (who lived for several years in St. Elizabeth with Lawrence and Capitola) and husband, Bernard of Kansas City and Ramona McKinnon and husband, Clyde of Orlando, Florida; two sisters-in-law, Gertrude Kirkweg of St. Elizabeth and Sonja Irwin of Topeka, Kansas; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Marvin and Weldon "Bud" Irwin; and one great-granddaughter.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 9, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in St. Elizabeth. Rev. Francis Stuart, OSB, will officiate. Interment will be in St. Lawrence Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday at the St. Elizabeth Community Center with a Rosary at 6:00 p.m.
Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Elizabeth Care Center.
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