Magnussen, Gertrude "Maxine" (1919-2012)
MAGNUSSEN, MERIDETH, ALDRIDGE, MCMANUS, MCCARTY, TAYLOR, LEE, GALVIN, ANDERSON, DONNELLY, MITCHELL
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 11/17/2012 at 14:38:28
Gertrude "Maxine" Magnussen
June 30, 1919 - October 19, 2012Pocahontas, formerly of Alta, Iowa
Gertrude “Maxine” Merideth, the daughter of Ralph and Bessie (Aldridge) Merideth, was born on June 30, 1919, at Cleghorn, Iowa. She graduated from Brook High School in 1938.
On September 13, 1946, she married Clarence Magnussen. A homemaker, she also helped with the chores outside on their farm north of Storm Lake. After retiring to an acreage west of Alta in 1973, they moved to Arlington Place of Pocahontas in 2004. Subsequently, Maxine moved to the Pocahontas Manor in 2008. She enjoyed playing cards and especially loved her grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Clarence Magnussen, in 2006; her step-son-in-law, James McManus; her sisters and their spouses, Dorothy and Mack McCarty, Bonnie and Albert Taylor, Phyllis and Buster Lee, and Lorraine and Paul Galvin.
She is survived by her children and their spouses, David and Jan Magnussen, of Alta, and June and Mike Anderson, of Pocahontas; her step-daughter, Maxine Elaine McManus, of Georgia; five grandchildren, Ann Magnussen, Lynn (Joe) Donnelly, Paul (Jen) Magnussen, Chad (Christine) Anderson, and J. D. (Kari) Anderson; two step-grandchildren: Lonna (Jerry) Mitchell and Donald (Debbie) McManus; ten great-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren; three step great-great-grandchildren; and a brother and sister-in-law, Ralph and Arbie Merideth.
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