FEE, Cora M.1923-2009
FEE, PALMER, POORMAN, BAGENSTOS, EICK
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 5/22/2010 at 15:00:03
[Waterloo Courier, Thursday, October 29, 2009]
LA PORTE CITY - Cora Mary "Corky" Fee, 85, of La Porte City, died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, at Bright Kavanagh Hospice House in Des Moines. She was born Nov. 28, 1923, in Aribba, Colo., the daughter of Daniel and Ethel Palmer Poorman. She graduated high school from the Iowa School for the Deaf in 1942. She married Glenn David Fee on Sept. 26, 1942, in Vinton; he preceded her in death on Oct. 1, 1989.
Corky worked at produce companies in Vinton and Newhall, Iowa. She moved with her family to Sioux City in 1955, then to Waterloo in 1956. There she was a Girl Scout Leader for eight years. The family moved to Urbandale in 1965. She went to work for Jensen Elementary School and taught midweek Bible classes at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. After a move to La Porte City in 1977, Corky began working for Schoitz Memorial Hospital, retiring in 1987. She was a member of the American Lutheran Church in La Porte City and was the "Card Lady" for many years.
Survived by: two daughters, Linda (Jim) Bagenstos of La Porte City and Glenda (Mike) Eick of Ankeny; four grandchildren, Cynthia (Steve) Haas, Nicole (Ross) Schuchart, Daniel (Julie) Sutherland and Melissa Eick; two stepgrandchildren; six great-grandchildren, Aaron, Veronica, Landon and Jordan Haas and London and Eden Schuchart; four stepgreat-grandchildren; a brother, Carey Poorman of Cedar Rapids; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by: her parents; her husband; and two brothers, Oda and Carl Poorman.
Services: will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at the American Lutheran Church, with burial in the West View Cemetery, both in La Porte City. Visitation will be held Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at La Porte City Funeral Service and also one hour before the service at the church.
Memorials: may be directed to the Bright Kavanagh Hospice Home in Des Moines (3000 Easton Blvd., Des Moines, IA 50317).
La Porte City Funeral Service in charge of arrangements
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