Phyllis Venteicher | Obituaries | carrollspaper.com

1944-2021

Phyllis Jean Venteicher, 77, of Glidden, Iowa, died Friday, September 24, 2021 at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll.

The funeral will take place on Saturday, October 2nd, at 2 p.m. in the Dahn and Woodhouse burial house in Glidden under the direction of Father Patrick Behm. An hour before the service there is a tour of the funeral home. The burial takes place in the Merle Hay Memorial Cemetery near Glidden.

Funeral arrangements are managed by Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Glidden, and online condolences can be sent to the family at www.dahnandwoodhouse.com.

She was born on March 22, 1944 in Vancouver, Washington, to Marvin and Lila (Heckel) Williams. She grew up in Corning, Iowa, where she attended school. She married Donald Venteicher on April 22, 1962 at Funston Chapel in Manhattan, Kansas. Phyllis moved back to Corning to live with her mother until Don finished his military service. In 1963, Don and Phyllis moved to Carroll, where she worked at General Electric for 22 years. In 1966 they moved to Glidden.

Phyllis enjoyed crocheting, planting flower gardens, her cat boots, but above all spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Catholic Church of St. Elizabeth Seton in Glidden.

Phyllis leaves two daughters: Delilah Venteicher of Carroll and Ann Marie Corson and her husband Richard of Coon Rapids; four sons: Donald Venteicher Jr. of Glidden, Ricky Venteicher of Glidden, Timothy Venteicher of Carroll, and Kevin Venteicher and his wife Deborah von Carroll; 24 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; a sister: Patricia Williams and her husband Bob from Kansas City, Missouri; two brothers-in-law: Gerald Venteicher and his wife Eunice von Scranton and Elmer Venteicher and his wife Linda von Carroll; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Her parents preceded her in death; her husband: Donald, 2015; and four brothers: Terry, Fred and Larry and infancy Billy.