Louetta J. Lipshutz

Louetta Jane Lipshutz, 91, a longtime resident of Sioux City, died Thursday, April 23, 2020 at the Holy Spirit Retirement Home.

A private service will be held at the Mt. Carmel Cemetery on Sunday, April 26. Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Mrs. Lipshutz was born September 10, 1928 in Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of Richard E. Petersberger and Bernice (Klemperer) Petersberger. She attended Davenport schools, graduating from Davenport High School in 1946. She attended the University of Iowa from 1946-48, and later obtained a BA in Sociology from Briar Cliff College in Sioux City in 1975.

She married Burton Lipshutz on September 26, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. He was deceased on March 1, 2003 after 54 years of marriage.

Mrs. Lipshutz was an active volunteer in the Jewish community, a life member of Hadassah, member of the former Shaare Zion Synagogue and current member of Congregation Beth Shalom. She was past president of the Shaare Zion Women’s League and the Sioux City chapter of Hadassah, and a board member and officer of the Jewish Federation of Sioux City. She was an accomplished bowler, a remarkable bridge player and avid tennis fan.

She is survived by a son, Dr. Greg Lipshutz of Newton, Massachusetts; a daughter, Ruth Bovey of Oak Park, Illinois; a grandson, Rafael Gregory of Newton Massachusetts, a granddaughter, Rachel Bovey of Oak Park, Illinois; a brother, Ralph Petersberger of Washington, D.C.; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.