Gretchen Klootwyk, 82, of Cottonwood died September 20. She was born April 7, 1928 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the daughter of Bascum and Ted (Richmond) Umberger. She was a graduate of Newton, Iowa schools. Mrs. Klotwyk leaves her husband of 63 years, Max; two sons Norm and Dave, both of Arizona; two daughters Linda Allison (Vern) of Texas and Chris Siebold (Steve) of Colorado; six grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. There are no public services planned. An online guestbook is available at www.westcottfuneralhome.com