KIEFER, Jewel Lovel 1928 - 2015

KIEFER, YARGES, BUNDY, PATE, STABILE, MOSHER, REININGA, ADAMS

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 9/29/2017 at 23:36:46

Jewel Lovel Kiefer, 87, of Mason City, Iowa died Friday July 24, 2015 at the Good Shepherd Health Center, Mason City, Iowa

Memorial services for Jewel will be 10:00a.m. Saturday August 1, 2015 at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, Iowa with Rev. Kent Mechler officiating. Burial will be in Madison Twp. Cemetery, Forest City, Iowa. Visitation will be one hour before the service. Family suggests memorials to Jewel L. Kiefer memorial fund.

Jewel was born May 17, 1928 in Mason City, Iowa the daughter of Harry S. and Mabel L. (Yarges) Bundy. She graduated from Mason City High School.

She worked several jobs as an office manager and accountant in Rochester, Minnesota and at McClellan Dept. Store in Mason City. She was also a hostess at several supper clubs including Michaels and Howard Johnsons.

She married Clifford Eugene Kiefer Dec. 3, 1946 in Mason City, Iowa. They lived in Forest City and then moved to a farm near Chester, Iowa, where she was a stay at home mom and farmer’s wife. She continued to live on the farm until the farm was struck by a tornado and then moved to Kentucky Ridge, Mason City.

She enjoyed reading, cooking, visiting, shopping, going out to eat and attending auctions. She and her husband loved the many trips to Minnesota State Fair and Branson, Missouri to attend the shows.

She is survived by her three children Gary (Dianne) Kiefer, Ottumwa, Iowa, Linda (Jesse) Pate, Clear Lake, Iowa and Doug Kiefer, Tempe, Arizona; five grandchildren Kristi (Jeff Reininga) Kiefer, Des Moines, Iowa, Brad Kiefer, Iowa City, Iowa, Nichole (Dan) Stabile, Ottumwa, Iowa, Hollie Pate, Clear Lake, Iowa and Jeff Pate, Des Moines, Iowa; six great grandchildren Tyler Mosher, Madison Reininga, Kaylee Reininga, Hayden Reininga, Charlotte Stabile and Evelyn Stabile; 3 sister-in-laws Mildred “Millie” Kiefer, Mesa, Arizona, Francis (Robert) Adams, Forest City, Iowa and Margaret Bundy, Seattle, Washington; Yarges cousins Richard, Diana and Vicki and lifelong friend Nick Strange, Mason City, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents Harry and Mabel Bundy; husband Clifford E. Kiefer; son Jay E. Kiefer and brothers Harry Jr. and Rondell “Ron” Bundy.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, Iowa. 641-357-2193. ColonialChapels.com