RATHBONE, Elaine M. (Sprague, Hostetler) 1927-2019

RATHBONE, HOSTETLER, SHORT, SPRAGUE

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 1/15/2019 at 13:09:22

Biography

Elaine M. Hostetler Rathbone, 91, of La Porte City, died Saturday, January 12, 2019, at La Porte City Specialty Care of natural causes.

She was born on December 2, 1927, in Oelwein, daughter of Aaron and Zelma Short Sprague.

Elaine graduated in 1946 from West Waterloo High School and was a teacher's aide at Washburn and Kingsley Elementary Schools retiring in 1989.

She married Max Hostetler December 1, 1946; he died January 25, 1973. Elaine married Lyle "Paul" Rathbone November 11, 1989 at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Washburn; he died December 30, 2012.

Elaine was a member of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, the Iowa State Education Assoc. and she had been a Cub Scout Den Mother. She enjoyed sewing, cross-stitch, painting, traveling and camping in the trailer. She had visited the Black Hills, Badlands, Philmont Scout Reservation, California. She especially liked spending winters in McAllen, Texas with Paul.

She is preceded in death by her parents, husbands and a sister, Marlys Lamb.

Elaine is survived by sons, Mark (Jenny) Hostetler of England and Jeffrey (Brenda) Hostetler of Waterloo; daughter, Lynn (Arthur) Timson of La Porte City; step sons, Jim Rathbone of Waterloo and David Rathbone of Wichita, Kansas; five grandchildren and three step-grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and seven step-great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

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Services:
Memorial services will be held at a later date at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in Washburn

Cemetery:
inurnment in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Waterloo

Memorials:
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, 410 1st St., Washburn, IA 50702

SOURCE: Locke Funeral Home