Jean Ostert
Jean Shirley Ostert, 84, of West Union, Iowa passed peacefully into the arms of her lord on Thursday, October 22, 2020, surrounded by her loving family.
Jean Shirley Overhouse was born on December 30, 1935 in Maneek near Castalia, Iowa to Burt A. Overhouse and Mabel C. Reckward. She was baptized October 16, 1938 at Glenwood Lutheran Church- near Decorah, Iowa. She was confirmed April 10, 1949 at St. Peter’s Lutheran church in Dubuque, Iowa.
She lived on farms in the Decorah, Waukon, Postville, and Rossville areas until moving to Dubuque in 1946. Jean attended country schools, then the elementary schools of Prescott and Fulton-Jefferson Jr. High and then Dubuque Senior High School, graduating in June of 1954. While living there, she worked in the film library of the Board of Education, was a maid, did general cleaning, waitress, cashier and book keeper for a clothing store.