Obituary of Angeline L. Mcwane

Angeline Louise Thiese McWane, 66, of Iowa City, died Thursday, December 1st, 2005, at her home after a courageous battle with cancer. Calling hours will be held Sunday, 4-7pm, at Gay & Ciha Funeral Home, 2720 Muscatine Ave, Iowa City, and on Monday from 11:30am-1pm at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 325 Mormon Trek Blvd, Iowa City, with services to follow at 1pm. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Iowa City Hospice in Angie’s name. Online condolences may be sent for Angie’s family through our website @www.gayandciha.com. Angie was born July 25, 1939 in Monona, IA, the daughter of Alfred and Irene (Palas) Thiese. She attended Monona High School where she was Homecoming Queen in 1956. She also attended Wartburg College and the University of Iowa School of Nursing. An active athlete, Angie was an all-state basketball player, district runner-up in tennis for Monona High, and an avid runner. She ran in the Bix 7 in Davenport for more than 20 years with her friends, children and grandchildren, as recently as this past summer. Angie was a devoted member of Christ the King Lutheran Church in Iowa City, where she taught confirmation classes even until this fall. In 1974, Angie and her husband Glenn took over operations from his parents of the Dairy Queen on Riverside Drive in Iowa City, where they proudly served thousands of Iowa City residents under the landmark neon sign. It remains a family business after 53 years, and will continue with the third and fourth generations. Angie was preceded in death by her parents, and by her husband, Glenn McWane of Iowa City. She is survived by her brothers Paul Thiese and his wife Jean, Al Thiese and his wife Joan, all of Brownsville, Texas, and Myron Thiese & his wife Diane of Des Moines; her daughter, Kim McWane Friese and her husband Kurt of Iowa City, her son Scott McWane and his wife Tracy, of Iowa City. Angie has seven grandchildren, Cassandra McWane, whom Angie raised, Devon and Taylor Friese, Blake, Dylan, Steven, and Ariel McWane, all of Iowa City. Angie’s family would like you to join them in remembering her contagious laugh and ability to bring pure joy to every day. These are forever with us in everything we do. Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service of Iowa City is caring for Angie’s family and her services.