GERTRUDE A. MADSEN, 94, of Audubon, died Thursday, Oct. 31st (2024), at the Exira Care Center. A Mass of Christian Burial for GERTRUDE MADSEN will be held 10-a.m. Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, in Audubon. Schmidt Family Funeral Home of Audubon has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family will be held at the funeral home on Monday, Nov. 4th, from 4-until 6-p.m., with a rosary service held at 6-p.m.

Interment will follow the mass at St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery in Audubon. A luncheon will be held following the committal at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Hall in Audubon.

Memorials may be directed to Hospice of the Midwest in memory of Gertrude; they may be mailed to the Schmidt Family Funeral Home P.O. Box 201, Audubon, IA.

GERTRUDE MADSEN is survived by:

Her husband  – William Madsen.

Her sons – John (Pat) Madsen, of Stuart, NE; Dr. Jim and Amy Madsen, of Carroll, IA;

Her daughters – Dr. Jill Madsen, of Sumter, SC; Julie (Craig) Jensen, of DeSoto, IA; and Joni Madsen (and Bill Fankell), of Audubon.

Her brother – Jim Bowman, of Urbandale,

14 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and other relatives.