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DURBIN, Ida K. 1911-2010

DURBIN, LANDAU, ENGEL, LEEHART, VAN ZANTE, FEIND

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 7/12/2010 at 14:04:20

[Waterloo Courier, Friday, February 12, 2010]

CEDAR FALLS - Ida Katherine Durbin, 98, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, Feb. 11, at Western Home Communities Martin Center.

She was born Dec. 5, 1911, in Radcliffe, daughter of Eberhard and Elizabeth Landau Engel. She married John Ulysses Durbin on May 20, 1942, in Napa, Calif. He died Sept. 18, 1987.

Prior to marriage, she taught country school for 10 years near Radcliffe, then farmed with her husband near Hubbard from 1945-1969. She later was employed with Western Home Communities in dining services from 1970-1984.

Survived by: two daughters, Mary Ellen Leehart of Des Moines and Barbara Van Zante of Madison, Wis.; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Roy (Mildred) Engel of Eldora.

Preceded in death by: a brother, Edwin Engel; and a sister, Alice Feind.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Western Home Communities Chapel, with burial in Hubbard Cemetery. Public visitation an hour before services Saturday at the chapel. Richardson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials: may be directed to the Navigators.


 

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