Carol Voelliger

Carol H. Voelliger, 89, a former resident of Bettendorf died on Sunday at the Kahl Home in Davenport.

A service to celebrate her life will be held at 12:00 P.M. on Friday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport.  Visitation will be 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Friday at the church.  Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church or Camp Shalom.

Carol Mae House was born at Mercy Hospital in Davenport on March 18, 1932 to Raymond and Jennie (Kuhl) House.  She married Norman P. Voelliger at St. Paul’s on December 10, 1952.  They had enjoyed over 67 years of marriage when Norm passed away on July 4, 2019.

She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church where she was confirmed as a teenager.  Her memberships included Genesis Auxiliary,  Befrienders and WELCA (a women’s organization at the church), TTT, AF Chapter and King’s Daughters.

Carol played tennis into her seventies and deeply loved her family.  Carol and Norm traveled in Europe and Canada and much of the United States with their three sons in their eighteen-foot travel trailer.

Survivors include her sons, Edward, Bettendorf, John (Sherri), Bettendorf and Peter (Polly), Davenport; her grandchildren, Katie Voelliger, Cara Voelliger, Ashley (Joe) Garrison, Ben Voelliger and Grace Voelliger Kelsey (Cody) Decker; her great-grandchildren, Ethan Garrison and Emma Garrison; her brother-in-law, Warren (Cheryl) Voelliger of Ottumwa; her brother, R. Lee “Bud” (Dottie) House of North Oaks, Minnesota and many special nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Harold Stark, her niece, Mary House; and Norm’s two-year old sister, Marlene.