Myrtle Moline 1910-2001

MOLINE, CAYLER, MITCHELL, SWANSON, NOLD, SMITH, LARSON

Posted By: SGF (email)
Date: 4/29/2003 at 03:04:24

Myrtle G. Moline, 91, of La Crosse, formerly of Waukon, Iowa, died Thursday, May 10, 2001, at Bethany St. Joseph Care Center in La Crosse after a brief illness. Funeral services will be Monday, May 14, at 11 a.m. at Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon, with the Rev. Richard E. Eick officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Martin Funeral Home, Waukon.

Myrtle Grace Cayler Moline was born April 20, 1910, in rural Crookston, Minn. Her parents were Allen G. "Thurman" and Laura L. (Mitchell) Cayler. She graduated from Crookston High School in 1928 and attended Bemidji State College. On June 20, 1931, she married Russell Moline Sr. in Lansing, Iowa. They farmed together in the Wexford, Village Creek, and Churchtown areas of Allamakee County, Iowa. In 1960, she moved to Waukon, where she worked as a nurse's assistant at Veterans Memorial Hospital for several years. From 1996 to 1999, she lived in Waterloo, and since fall 1999, she has lived in La Crosse.

She was a member of Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon and its Ladies Circle, as well as formerly serving as a Sunday school and Bible school teacher. She was a former 4-H leader and Makee Manor and Meals on Wheels volunteer. She also was a member of the Extension Homemakers Club, Allamakee County Farm Bureau Women and Normandia Study Club. Myrtle enjoyed gardening, music and family history. She was an avid reader, an excellent cook and baker and an accomplished rug weaver. She had a caring and sharing spirit toward her many neighbors, family and friends.

Myrtle is preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two sons, Richard and Roger; three brothers, Allen, Russell and Donald Cayler; and son-in-law, Lester Smith. Survivors include two sons, Russell Jr. (Marlene) Moline of Lansing, Iowa, and Robert (Elizabeth) Moline of Genoa, Wis.; four daughters, Marjorie (John) Swanson of Pukwana, S.D., Evelyn (Don) Nold of Waterloo, Iowa, Sharon Smith of Genoa, Wis., and Sue (Terry) Larson of Sun Prairie, Wis.; a daughter-in-law, Mary Ann Moline of Genoa, Wis.; 19 grandchildren, Cristiana Moline, Frank (Kim) Moline, James Swanson, David (Becky) Swanson, Naomi Swanson, Ramona Swanson, Nancy (David) Lind, Susan (Harold) Swindol, Cindy (Norman) Ellefson, Debbie (Lee) Walker, Michael (Wei) Moline, Scott Moline (and fiancé, Rill Brown) Nicole Smith, Mitchell Moline, Melissa (Charlie) Burns, Anna Michelle Moline, Ross Moline, Jonathan Larson, and Erik Larson; and 14 great-grandchildren.

source: LaCrosse Tribune, LaCrosse, WI; 5/12/2001
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Added by Connie Ellis, Feb 7, 2011:
Brief obituary of Myrtle Moline's brother:

Russell Robert Cayler died July 14, 1985 in Erskine, Minnesota. He was born July 21, 1913. Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery in Mantor, Minnesota. In addition to being survived by his sister, Myrtle,their brother Allen Cayler of Alpina, Michigan also survived him.

~Waukon newspaper July 1985