Cleone Olson McCulloh

OLSON, MCCULLOH, LARSON, SCHULER, BLOOMBERG, PIETRUSZYNSKI, ABBOTT, RAMAEKER

Posted By: Ruth Maring - VOLUNTEER
Date: 3/16/2010 at 19:46:13

The Clinton Herald
March 16, 2010
Cleone Olson McCulloh
Clinton Herald

DEWITT — Cleone Rachel Olson McCulloh, 84, died on Sunday March 14, 2010, at Amber Ridge in DeWitt.

A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at the United Methodist Church in Low Moor, Iowa. Pastor Christine Minor-Heilig and Pastor Chuck Kelsey will officiate. Burial will be in the Prairie Union Cemetery. The visitation will be held at Schultz Funeral Home in DeWitt from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16, 2010.

Cleone was born August 15, 1925, at rural Calamus, Iowa to Waltin Olson and Jennie Larson Olson. She graduated from Calamus High School in 1943. Cleone received her Bachelor of Science in Institution Management from Iowa State University in 1947. While at Iowa State University she became involved with the Lutheran Student Association where she developed a network of friends she maintained until her death. Following college, Cleone worked for the national Lutheran Student Association and served as a counselor to young college women in Canton, SD, and the University of Oregon in Eugene. Cleone married Winton McCulloh on June 28, 1950, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in rural Calamus.

She was active in her church, the Clinton County Historical Society and 4-H. Cleone’s activities also included supporting Winton on the farm and her family’s interests and activities in both school and community.

Those left to honor her life are her children, 14 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren, Jim and Julie McCulloh of Waukee, IA; Reed and Kathleen McCulloh of North Liberty, IA; Nancy and David Schuler, Muscatine, IA; Brian and Lori McCulloh, Viroqua, WI; Murl and Tracey McCulloh, Camanche, IA; DeAnne and Brent Bloomberg, Orion, IL; grandchildren, Abbie (Jim) Pietruszynski, Grayslake, IL; Katie (Mike) Abbott, Urbandale, IA; Tim (Jess) McCulloh, Waukee, IA; Thomas McCulloh, North Liberty, IA; Joshua Schuler, Auburn, AL; Jennie Schuler, Muscatine, IA; Ryan (Jenni) McCulloh, Sun Prairie, WI; Matt McCulloh, Jackson, OH; Allison McCulloh, Chicago, IL, Christopher McCulloh, Delmar, IA; Rachel (Matt) Ramaeker, Jefferson, IA; Hannah, Karin, and Stuart McCulloh, Ames, IA; great-grandchildren, Leo and Ava Pietruszynski, Harrison Abbott, and Peyton Luanne McCulloh; a brother, Joel (Kay) Olson, DeWitt; numerous cousins.

Preceding Cleone in death were her husband, Winton in November of 2006, her parents, a sister, Jenora and brothers, Waltin, Jr. and Noel.

Condolences may be expressed and a photo tribute viewed at www.schultzfuneralhomes.com.

Death date: March 14, 2010