MARCELLA STREMPKE Marcella Strempke was born in Masonville, Iowa on March 15, 1937 to Clemmett B. Lynch and Margaret Kelley. Marcella passed away at her home in Kaufman, Texas on September 1, 2015. Marcella was raised in the Independence, Iowa area and later moved to Texas in 1984. She retired in 1996 and moved back to Independence, Iowa. In 2014 Marcella moved to Kaufman, Texas. She loved playing softball and gardening. On April 21, 1956 Marcella married Robert Edward Strempke in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Marcella is survived by her husband: Robert of Kaufman, TX, sons: Steven Strempke and his wife Sherry of Kaufman, TX, Thomas Strempke and his wife Sherri of Marion, TX, and John Strempke and his wife Crystar of Monroe, NC, daughter: Julie Kacere and her husband Scott of Marion, IA, grandchildren: Branden, Aaron, Brittany, Jesse, Allison, Sarah and Ahnalyse and many other relatives and friends.