Irene A. Ginapp

February 17, 1933 - March 6, 2017

Irene A. Ginapp, 84 of Rockwell, died Monday night, March 6, 2017 at the Rockwell Community Nursing home. A visitation will be held from 4-6:30 pm with a 7:00 PM wake service on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Fullerton Funeral Home, 120 S. 3rd St. in Rockwell. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Rockwell at 11:00 am on Friday, March, 10, 2017. Officiating will be Rev. John Gossman. Inurnment will follow at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to the donor’s choice of charity. Messages and stories may be left on the funeral home web page at www.Fullertonfh.com Irene was born on February 17, 1933 in Swaledale, Iowa the daughter of Joseph and Pearl (Weaver) Campbell. She graduated from the Rockwell High School. She was united in marriage to Lloyd Ginapp on August 22, 1953 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Rockwell. To this union was born four children. She and he husband operated Lloyd’s Place in Rockwell from 1953 until 1967. She operated a private day care for almost 10 years and then started working at the Rockwell Community Nursing home where she became supervisor for maintenance. She also assisted Lloyd for several years managing the American Legion. She loved to bake and cook and she enjoyed watching golf, but her favorite activity was watching her grandchildren’s school and sporting events. Her favorite baseball team was the Brooklyn Dodgers. She was the president of the Sacred Heart Guild several times, taught CCD classes, and worked hundreds of funeral lunches and special events. Irene was known for her cooking and for the thousands of popcorn balls she made for the Irish Fair over the years. Irene enjoyed playing card games and visiting casinos with her loved ones. As Lloyd did the vegetable gardening, she would plant her flowers. Those surviving Irene are her three children Anne and her husband Alan Starkweather of Waverly, Mary and her husband Rodney Askildson and her son Tom Ginapp all of Mason City, 16 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Irene is also survived by two sister-in-law’s, Chris Campbell of Texas and Joreen Ginapp of Minnesota and numerous nieces and nephews. Her parents, husband Lloyd, in 2002, and son Tim in 2016, Grandson David Starkweather, four sisters Lois and Mary Verkant, Jean Neuroth and Betty Latch, and two Brothers Bill and Joe Campbell preceded her in death. Fullerton Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 120 S. 3rd ST., Rockwell, Iowa 641-822-3191, www.Fullertonfh.com, Facebook/Fullertonfuneralhomes