Frances, 82, passed away Feb. 13, 2013 at Shenandoah Medical Center in Shenandoah. Frances Alice Newberg was born on June 5, 1930 at the family home near College Springs, Iowa. Her parents were Frank Albert and Minnie Alice (Smith) Newberg. She graduated from Amity High School, College Springs, Iowa with the Class of 1949. Over the years she was employed at Squire's Ice Cream and was a sales clerk at McLellan's 5 and 10 Cent Store both in Shenandoah. She also worked in the kitchens at the Mental Health Institute in Clarinda and at Elm Heights in Shenandoah. She met William (Bill) Offenburger from Shenandoah and they were married on January 25, 1969 at St. Clare's Catholic Church in Clarinda. They lived in Clarinda working together at the Mental Health Institute. But their happiness was cut short when Bill got sick and died in 1970. They were blessed with a son, John William. After Bill's death she and John returned to Shenandoah to be closer to her and Bill's families. She enjoyed raising a garden, cooking, making many different crafts and helping her son with various jobs and activities.

Preceding Frances in death were her husband, Bill; parents, Frank and Minnie Newberg; brothers and sisters and their spouses, Mary and Carl Swim, Paul and Evelyn Newberg, Albert Newberg, Velma and Robert Patience, Agnes and Ernie Smith, Carl Newberg, Kenneth Ernest Newberg, Maxine and Arden Greishaber, Harvie Newberg, Sheldon Newberg; and brother-in-law, Loren Fischer. Her father and mother-in-law, Herman and Anna Offenburger and brothers and sister-in-law, Tom Offenburger and Dan and Mary Jean Offenburger and Robert Watson.

Survivors include her son, John of Shenandoah; brother, Arllie and Ruth Newberg of Buena Park, CA; sister, Delores Fischer of Shenandoah; sisters-in-law, Lois Knowlton of Temple City, CA and Peggy Burkhardt of Bellevue, NE; brothers and sister-in-laws, Beverly Watson of Johnston, IA, Quillie and Sue Polk of Omaha, NE, Chuck and Carla Offenburger of Jefferson, IA and Chris and Karl Werner of Cedar Rapids, IA; many cousins; other relatives and many friends.

Memorials in Frances' name are being directed to the St. Mary's Catholic Church Building Fund or to the American Diabetes Association.