Emma Idella [Prentice] Starnes 1918-2010

PRENTICE, STARNES, JORDAN, JUDSON, LIGHTHILL, ALLEN, GEBERT, BELLINGER, HUBBARD

Posted By: Curtis (email)
Date: 9/27/2010 at 10:03:54

DEATH NOTICE:

(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa September 22, 2010)

STARNES, EMMS, 92, of Lamoni, Iowa, died September 5, 2010 at the Lamoni Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral Services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 18, 2010, at the Lamoni Community of Christ with Elder Charles Snethen officiating. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery, Lamoni, Iowa. Arrangements were through Slade-O'Donnell Funeral Home of Leon and Lamoni. Memorials may be given to the Lamoni Public Library.

Obituary -

(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa September 22, 2010)

EMMA STARNES ... Emma Idella Starnes, age 92 of Lamoni, Iowa, daughter of Jay Roy and Bessie Alice [Jordan] Prentice, was born July 3, 1918 in Wray, Colorado and died September 15, 2010 at the Lamoni Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Emma grew up in Colorado and graduated from Wray High school. She then attended business school in Chicago. After returning to Wray, she was a health aide for the Starnes Family, where she met Joe Starnes.

Emma and Joe Sample Starnes were married September 17, 1941 and began their married life on a farm in Laird, Colorado. In 1948, they moved to their farm north of Lamoni. Four children were born to Emma and Joe: Ardyce Idella, Ronald Joe, Mary Joyce, and Kenny Ray.

Emma worked side-by-side with Joe on the farm. She helped with the milking operation, raised chickens, helped with the cattle and hogs, worked in the fields, and kept meticulous books. Emma also spent 20 years at the Swarm Inn Snack Shop at Graceland College, retiring in 1980.

Emma and Joe moved from the farm into their house in Lamoni in 1965. She enjoyed playing the piano, doing jigsaw and crossword puzzles, watching game shows, playing cards and watching her family play softball and baseball. Emma was a lifetime diary journalist and wrote long letters to her family and friends.

She was baptized into and a member of the reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Preceding Emma in death were her parents; husband Joe Starnes in 1991; daughter Ardyce Judson; grandson Jon Ryan Lighthill; and brothers Keith, Gerald, and Ronald Prentice.

She is survived by her children: Ron Starnes of Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania, Joyce Lighthill and husband Duane of Hatfield, Missouri, and Kenny Starnes and wife Dianna of Littleton, Colorado; son in law Duane Judson of Dallas, Texas; 6 grandchildren: Scott Judson and wife Misty, Shelly Allen and husband Kevin, Danielle Gebert and husband Jim, Jay Starnes, Lyndsay Bellinger and husband Terry, and Dylan Starnes; 9 great grandchildren: Shelby, Jordan, Joshua, Rebekah, Taber, Emma, Hunter, Elizabeth, and Dakota; sister Carolyn Hubbard and husband Max of Reasoner, Iowa; brothers Deane Prentice of Sacramento, California and Elmo Prentice and wife Barbara of Lake Havasu, Arizona; nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends.