Obituaries : Lylas Elizabeth Witt Sindt

Lylas Elizabeth Witt Sindt, age 102, left this life on Saturday, July 9, 2022 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM, Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone, with Rev. B. Andrew Wright officiating. Interment will be held at the Keystone Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:30 AM until service time at the church on Wednesday. Memorials may be directed to St. John Lutheran Church or the Keystone Nursing Care Center.

Lylas was born August 16, 1919, the only daughter in a house full of brothers to John and Elizabeth Feuerbach Witt. Lylas attended a Homer Township Country School through the eighth grade and helped at the family farm. On June 25, 1941, she was united in marriage to Elmer H. Sindt. The couple farmed and raised their two daughters in rural Belle Plaine until retiring to Keystone in 1979. Lylas was a life-long member of Saint John Lutheran Church and the Kane Homemakers. She was blessed with a green thumb and known for her vegetable and flower gardens as well as her sewing skills. She and Elmer enjoyed playing cards with friends and fishing.

Lylas has joined in the afterlife with her parents, husband Elmer, brothers Lloyd, Clarence, Elmer, Leland and Marvin Witt, and son-in-law Bruce Eilers.

She is survived by her daughters Dianne (Allen) Schneider and Brenda Eilers, grandchildren Marc (Barbara) Schneider and Matthew (Anja) Schneider of Aachen, Germany, Nathan (Julie) Schneider of Johnston, Aaron (Melissa) Eilers of West Des Moines, and Rebecca Eilers (Kirk Johnson) of Minnetonka, MN, Great Grandchildren Jasper, Finn, Elias, and Livia Schneider of Aachen and Kai and Maximus Eilers of West Des Moines.

The family wishes to thank the Keystone Nursing Care Center for their loving care and concern over the 9 years Lylas was a resident there.

Online condolences: www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com