Kerr, Joyce Mae (Turner) 1904-1986

TURNER, MILL, KERR, AYERS, ANDERSON, LIVINGOOD, HAMME, MEYERHOFF, HART, BRANDT

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 3/6/2011 at 15:09:05

SOURCE: Postville, Iowa POSTVILLE HERALD August 20, 1986
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Funeral services for Joyce M. Kerr were held Monday August 18 at 10:30 a.m. at Community Presbyterian Church, Postville, Iowa. Rev. Terrance P. Hennesy officiated. Schutte Funeral service was in charge of arrangements. Interment was in the Postville, Iowa Cemetery. Casket bearers were Larry Livingood, Francis Livingood, Wayne Livingood, Kelly Livingood, Marvin Wilson, Daryl Anderson, Richard Berns, Scott Kerr, K.J. Kerr, Gilbert Ayres, David Kerry and Paul D'Allura.

Joyce Mae Kerr, daughter of Harry N. and Mae (Mill) Turner, was born November 2, 1904 in Grand Meadow Township, Clayton County, Iowa. She died August 14, 1986 at Community Memorial Hospital, Postville, Iowa. She attended the local schools from Monona High School. On October 20, 1926 she married Kenneth Kerr at Postville, Iowa. They had 6 children. They lived on the family farm in Fayette County, which had been homesteaded by Kenneth's family since 1851. She had been a 4-H leader for over 30 years, was a 50 year charter member of the Henderson Prairie Study Club and the American Legion Auxiliary. After the death of her husband, she was employed as a housemother at Grandview College in Des Moines, Iowa and the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.

She is preceded in death by her husband, who died in 1961, a grandson, LeRoy Ayers, a great-grandson, Lee Albert Ayers, 1 brother, Harold Turner and a sister Ruth Turner.

Surviving are 2 sons, C. Keith Kerr and his wife, Verta, Donald Kerr and his wife, Norma, all of Postville, Iowa; 4 daughters, Mrs. Gilbert (Dorothy) Livingood, Mrs. Ed (Marjorie) Hamme of Riegelwood, North Carolina, Mrs. Willard (Geraldine) Meyerhoff of Waterloo, Iowa, and Mrs. John (Peggy) Hart of Newbury Park, California; 17 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; 2 brothers, Boyd Turner and Dale Turner, both of Postville, Iowa, and a sister, Mrs. Ewald (Lois) Brandt of Postville, Iowa.