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2023
Ada Mae Florence Ann Gravert
May 6, 1931 — October 18, 2023
Ada Mae Florence Ann Paetow Gravert, age 92, of rural Miles, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at Big Meadows Nursing Center, Savanna, Illinois. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 23, 2023 at the Green Island Congregational Church in Green Island, Iowa with a one hour visitation at 10:00 a.m. prior to the funeral service. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery rural Miles. A luncheon will follow the burial at the church. Visitation will be held from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Sunday, October 22, 2023 at Law-Jones Funeral Home in Preston, Iowa. Memorials may be given in Ada’s memory.
Ada was born May 6, 1931 in Clinton, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest and Anna (Bartels) Paetow. She is a graduate of Miles High School and the University of Northern Iowa in teaching. On May 29, 1955, Ada married Glenn Gravert. They raised four children and celebrated 60 years of marriage until Glenn’s passing in 2015.
Ada worked as a teacher for many years, teaching 1st grade and later substituting when she retired. Many students would try to get Ada side-tracked by talking about hunting and fishing, and she would have many stories. She also farmed with her husband Glenn. They worked hard, but always had time to spend with family and friends. She enjoyed playing cards and Dominoes, and loved her dog, Luckie.
Ada was a member of the Green Island Congregational Church and Ducks Unlimited. She loved the outdoors. Ada especially enjoyed introducing young people to the joy of hunting and fishing and she and Glenn taught many hunter safety courses over the years. They also enjoyed taking drives in the country. Ada was a seasoned hunter, even hunting deer and turkey into her eighties.
Ada will be dearly missed by her daughter, Terri Preston of Miles; two sons, Guy (Michelle) Gravert of Pearl City, Illinois and Montana, Mitch (Leana) Gravert of Miles; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a brother, Elmer (Mary) Paetow of Aurora, Colorado. Ada is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Glenn; her son, George; a brother, Paul Paetow; sisters, Lois Dohrn and Dorothy Moeller; and a son-in-law, Joe Preston.
Ada was born May 6, 1931 in Clinton, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest and Anna (Bartels) Paetow. She is a graduate of Miles High School and the University of Northern Iowa in teaching. On May 29, 1955, Ada married Glenn Gravert. They raised four children and celebrated 60 years of marriage until Glenn’s passing in 2015.
Ada worked as a teacher for many years, teaching 1st grade and later substituting when she retired. Many students would try to get Ada side-tracked by talking about hunting and fishing, and she would have many stories. She also farmed with her husband Glenn. They worked hard, but always had time to spend with family and friends. She enjoyed playing cards and Dominoes, and loved her dog, Luckie.
Ada was a member of the Green Island Congregational Church and Ducks Unlimited. She loved the outdoors. Ada especially enjoyed introducing young people to the joy of hunting and fishing and she and Glenn taught many hunter safety courses over the years. They also enjoyed taking drives in the country. Ada was a seasoned hunter, even hunting deer and turkey into her eighties.
Ada will be dearly missed by her daughter, Terri Preston of Miles; two sons, Guy (Michelle) Gravert of Pearl City, Illinois and Montana, Mitch (Leana) Gravert of Miles; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a brother, Elmer (Mary) Paetow of Aurora, Colorado. Ada is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Glenn; her son, George; a brother, Paul Paetow; sisters, Lois Dohrn and Dorothy Moeller; and a son-in-law, Joe Preston.
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