Justine C. (Zaug) Herzog, age 89, of Dubuque IA, was called home peacefully on October 7, 2021.

To honor Justine’s life, visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 13, at Church of the Resurrection, 4300 Asbury Rd., Dubuque. Rev. Philip Agyei will officiate.  Arrangements are entrusted to Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Funeral Home.  Burial will be at Mount Calvary Cemetery.

She was born in Dubuque on August 25, 1932, the fifth of six children born to John and Mary (McEnany) Zaug.  Justine shared an especially close relationship with her big sister Rosemary that lasted their entire lifetimes.  Justine enjoyed playing baseball in the street in front of her childhood home on Center Place with her four brothers and their neighbors.  She developed a love for the game and followed the exploits of the Chicago Cubs for her entire life.   Justine graduated from Visitation High School, which once stood just across the alley behind her house, and she attended Clarke College.

While working for the telephone company in downtown Dubuque, Justine met and married Dorrance Herzog in 1956.  They settled on the Herzog family farm a few miles southwest of the Dubuque airport, near St. Joseph’s on the Prairie church.  Justine and Dorrance had four sons in a five year span.  A daughter was added five years later, shortly after the family moved to town and settled in Dubuque.

Those left to cherish Justine’s memory include her sons, Michael (Abbie), Burnsville MN, Joseph (Jennifer), Lester Prairie MN, Raymond (Sandy), Dubuque IA, and Mark (Kay), Minnetonka MN, and Justine’s brother Leo (Evelyn) Zaug, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.  Justine will also be missed by her seven grandchildren – Nick (Sara), Ryan, Jason, Laura, Kayla, Derek, and Julie, and her two great grandchildren, Alexandra and Timothy.  Justine was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Jim Zaug, Clifford Zaug, and Ray Zaug, her sister Rosemary (Zaug) Watters, her daughter Carol Herzog, and her ex-spouse Dorrance Herzog.

A tragic accident took Justine’s daughter, Carol, from the family at age 10.  Justine took that experience and founded and led a support group for parents who had lost a child.  Justine volunteered for many organizations throughout her life, including Catholic Daughters, Birthright and, church-sponsored functions that are too numerous to count.  As a member of Resurrection Church since the early 1960’s, Justine was a go-to for just about any church need, including the parish council, weekly donation processing, prayer groups, calling chains, choir, and mentoring.

Justine made many life-long friends through her various volunteer functions and always had an ear to lend and a smile to share.  On numerous occasions she received letters, gifts and calls of gratitude from people that she had touched through her volunteer work.  Justine inherited her passion for helping others from her mother, Mary.  Justine often said that her mother, with a simple 8^th grade education, was the person in the neighborhood to whom others turned for advice and wisdom.

Growing up in the depths of the Depression made a lasting impression on Justine.  Seeing her father work long hours as an accountant to provide for the family during that crisis taught Justine the value of hard work and tenacity.  These values stayed with her throughout her entire life, and she taught these valuable lessons to her own family.  Justine worked outside the home to help support her family, first at Borley Advertising and then as a self-employed accountant.  For the last couple decades of her career, she worked in the business office for Wahlert High School and Holy Family Catholic Schools.

Golf and bowling were also among Justine’s lifelong passions.  Justine and her family were charter members of Thunder Hills Golf and Country Club.  Many a morning, afternoon or evening were spent chasing the little white ball.  In later years, Justine could be found in golf leagues at Bunker Hill and Lacoma.  The march of time did finally force her to hang up her clubs just a few years ago, but you could tell she still loved the game, as she followed the PGA tour on television whenever there wasn’t a Cubs game airing.  Justine also bowled in leagues until she was well into her 70’s, competing at Creslanes, Imperial, and Riverside.

Special thanks are offered to the staffs at the Hospice of Dubuque and Eagle Pointe Place for taking excellent care of Justine in her final months and years, respectively.