Ivadelle Koenig

Funeral services for Ivadelle Koenig, 93, of Giddings, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 17, 2018 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Giddings with Rev. Robert Tiner and Rev. Chris Nietubicz officiating. Burial will follow in the Giddings City Cemetery. Ivadelle Emma (Daleske) Koenig was born on May 9, 1925 in Steamboat Rock, Iowa to Emil Henry Daleske and Agnes A. (Panthen) Daleske. She met Robert Koenig in 1949 when the seminary chorus he sang in was on tour and sang at Ivadelle’s church in Eldora. Their courtship was mostly by letter and phone. Six years later, they were married on Aug. 14, 1955 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora, Iowa by Rev. John Zimmermann. Their marriage was blessed with two children, Gregory and Rebecca. Ivadelle enjoyed playing the piano, participating in Bible studies, playing dominoes and visiting with friends at the Lee County Senior Citizens Center. She was a faithful member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Giddings where she had been active with the Singles for Jesus group. She was also a member of the Lee County Seniors in Action and the Lee County Chapter of the Texas German Society. During the last 15 years, Ivadelle enjoyed a special friendship with Monroe Bieberstein. Ivadelle died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018 at the Giddings Residence and Rehabilitation Center. Ivadelle is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Becky and Chris Hawthorne of Plano; four grandchildren, Stephanie Struckmann and her husband, Craig of Saint Peters, Mo., Alexandra Shafer and her husband, Eric of Urbandale, Iowa, Adam Koenig of California and Kathryn White and her husband, Cameron of Chesterfield, Mo.; five great grandchildren, Olivia, Logan and Quinn Struckmann and Carter and Everly Shafer; one sister-in-law, Marilyn Daleske of Eldora, Iowa as well as several nieces and nephews. Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home in Giddings is in charge of arrangements.