WATERBURY, Estella (Kersten) 1907-2002

WATERBURY, KERSTEN, KESSLER, BAUMGARTNER, CLARK, SCHMIDT, EWOLT

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 12/12/2014 at 23:44:50

Estella G. Waterbury May 12, 1907 - Jan. 24, 2002

Waterloo - Estella G. Waterbury, 94, of Manor Care Health Services, died there Thursday, Jan, 24, of natural causes.

She was born May 12, 1907, in Dysart, daughter of August and Mary Kessler Kersten. She married William F. Zempel on March 14, 1933, in La Porte City, and they later divorced. She then married Henry Waterbury in 1960 in Nashua. He preceded her in death.

Mrs. Waterbury was a housekeeper and baby sitter for many years.

Survived by two daughters, Marlys M. Baumgartner and Reta M. Clark, both of Waterloo; 14 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; and a brother, Oryne Kersten of Dysart.

Preceded in death by a son, William Zempel; and three sisters, Lois Kersten, Agnes Schmidt and Helen Ewolt.

Services: 1 pm Tuesday at Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Chapel on Kimball, with burial in Garden of Memories. Friends may call from 11 am until services Tuesday at the chapel.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

[Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Funeral Service]