WYBORNY KALDENBERG, Luella Doris (CHRISTIANSEN)

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Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/22/2016 at 10:00:41

Obituary ~ Luella Doris (Christiansen) Wyborny Kaldenberg
October 17, 1910 ~ June 02, 2008

Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

ROCK FALLS - Luella Wyborny Kaldenberg, 97, of rural Rock Falls, died Monday (June 2, 2008) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Old Stone Church, Rock Falls, with the Rev. Jim Turner officiating. Interment will be in Rock Falls Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., and continue at the church one hour prior to the service.

Memorials may be given to Old Stone Church, Rock Falls Cemetery or Hospice of North Iowa and directed to 7 E. Jackson, Rock Falls, IA 50467.

On Oct. 17, 1910, Luella Doris Christiansen was born to Carolina (Wohlert) and John Christiansen. She was the fourth daughter, joining sisters Elsie, Minna and Viola; later two brothers, Leonard and Clarence, completed the family. When Luella was 7 years-old, her mother died. Two years later her father married Meta Peterson. Meta had three sons, Arnold, Arthur and William (Bill).

She attended country school through eighth grade and Rock Falls High School. June 2, 1928, she married Herbert Wyborny of Plymouth, and to that union six children were born, Roger, Novella, Marjorie, Arlo, Randy and James. Luella and Herbert were farmers. Luella always had a large garden and canned enough garden products to last a year or longer. She helped her husband during spring planting and fall harvesting by milking cows and feeding all the farm animals. She drove the horses to bring in the wagon loads of corn from the fields and helped unload them. She sewed all her clothes and the clothes for her daughters as well as patched the overalls and darned the socks. She did quilting, embroidering, crocheting and crafts.

Luella was a member and very active and deeply cared about her church, Old Stone Methodist Church in Rock Falls. For many years, she taught Sunday school and was Sunday school superintendent. She also was head of the Bible school for several years. Luella was a member of United Methodist Women and served as officer of many of the positions.

She was chairperson of many of their fund raising projects. Luella got great enjoyment from her beloved L.U.G.A. 500 card club that was organized by her mother. She joined this club after she was married. She also belonged to the Rock Falls Senior Citizens, Rock Falls Garden Club and the Rock Falls Birthday Club.

She enjoyed inviting friends and family over for meals and playing board games or card games with them. She spent a lot of time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She often babysat them and she enjoyed playing all kinds of games and putting puzzles together with them. She taught them to sew, crochet, and embroidery and went to many of their sporting events, musicals and dance recitals.

She is survived by four children, Roger (Shirley) Wyborny of Rock Falls, Novella (Don) White of Rock Falls, Randy Wyborny of Longmont, Colo., and James (Christi) Wyborny of Nora Springs; daughter-in-law, Sharon Wyborny of Mason City; son-in-law, Duaine Moore of Scottsdale, Ariz.; brothers, Clarence (Evelyn) Christiansen of Mason City and Leonard Christiansen of Mason City; 14 grandchildren, Vicki (Brian) Pederson, Mark (Lucia) Wyborny, Becky (Russell) Kidd, Tim (Donna) Moore, Monte (Dianne) Moore, Debbie (Don) Risius, Gregg Wyborny, Jeff Wyborny, Lisa Gibson, Anne Wyborny, Eric Wyborny, Libby Wyborny, Aly Wyborny and Kizzy Wyborny; 25 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, stepmother, husbands, Herbert Wyborny in 1969 and George Kaldenberg in 1982; daughter, Marjorie Moore, in March 2006; granddaughter, Beth White Ollanik in July 1997; son, Arlo Wyborny in April 2004; and sisters, Viola Bailey, Minna Stupka and Elsie Tibbits.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2016